#calues

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. — Dalai Lama

Values are attributes, attitudes, ideas, beliefs, or qualities that are important to you. Identifying and prioritizing your values is helpful for making decisions and for finding a career/ location/ partner/ etc that is well suited to you. Two great ways to do it: 1. Write values as they come to you. Don't worry about repetitive or conflicting values, and don't put values that have been imposed on you. Just put things you truly find important. 2. Ask yourself questions that help uncover your values, like: What type of people do you enjoy spending time with? What type of people make you feel unhappy or uncomfortable? What do you do in your free time, when you have no work to do? When do you feel most alive? When do you feel like your best self? What causes you to experience joy and happiness? Anger and sorrow? What do you wish you could do? Why? After you have a list, rank your values from most important to least important. If you want, add clarifying sentences about why you value each one. Your values may change over time or they may not. Either way, having a list can be very helpful when making decisions or figuring out why something makes you feel a certain way. Next time you have to make a tough decision, you can refer back to your list and be confident that you made the decision that was most in harmony with your values.

- Robert L. Peters