Here are some questions for your own time to discover more about yourself. Often we can become frustrated or deflated over feeling powerless to change ourselves or our circumstances. Of course, there are many “self-help” exercises. Here are what I would deem the essentials to get back on track, or just to renew and reflect on the goals you currently have…
Think or write about the personal qualities of who you want to become. Try and make a list as broad as possible rather than in detail then order them by priority.
Do you have any pet hates or areas of your life you really don’t like spending time doing? Again make a bullet list as broad as possible and try and give them some order.
How do you want your skills & knowledge to develop? This time try and order them in terms of short, medium and long term.
What have you already tried in terms of skills, that you don’t want to pursue any longer? This could be because you are no particularly skilled in this area or maybe you just don’t like doing it.
This could be include hobbies as well as parts of your day to day work.
List any bad habits or routines that you need to improve on or that you struggle with.
How often do you see and interact with friends, colleagues. Are these interactions planned, if not how do you want to plan them?
How often do you see and interact with Grandparents, parents, siblings, children, grandchildren. Are these interactions planned, if not how do you want to plan them?
Think about:
What sort of qualities do you value in the people you admire? Are there any particular people you do admire?
You should have enough information to write a piece about yourself. Try and not think about it as you now - write in the third-person and see if you agree with what you have written.
Don’t forget to include the “Why” as well as the “what”.
You might like to now think about the “how” by setting some goals to help you achieve your aims.