My Core Value

Part two of the finding meaning, joy and happiness project has really made me think about my goals in life and how my current behavior is contributing to those goals. Thinking of my core values helped me see if I was being the person I want to be. Realizing what I think negatively about and my coping strategies helped me feel like I have some control over my emotions. The core values I choose to focus on were family/love, honesty/communication, and punctuality. Family and love is so important to me. My family growing up was not very emotionally there; they were great and always financially there, but emotionally not so much. I took a lot of value in creating my own family and expressing my love to friends and significant others. Honesty and communication go hand in hand for me with family and love. To have a good relationship of any kind you need to be honest and …show more content…
I tend to work out, walk away momentarily from hostile situations and research the situations I am in. Working out is obviously healthy for the body but also the mind. It gives me clarity and helps work out frustrations. Walking away is good for me because I tend to say things I do not mean in the heat of the moment. Walking away helps me compose my thoughts and be more reasonable. If there is something wrong with my health or my car is broken down research on a situation always makes me feel calmer. I really enjoyed writing down things I was grateful for and acts of kindness. Even after the three days I started writing some down in the notes section of my phone. It helps me feel better about my day and that I made a difference in some way. It helps me feel I have more purpose. Which, thinking of six was actually more difficult than I thought. I had some obvious choices, like my husband, family and my cats. However, thinking of hobbies that gave me purpose had me thinking more deeply about why I have the hobbies I have and what they add to my everyday