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Adjectives
I’ve been working on values and what exactly they are and what they mean to me. The guiding definition is a state of being that I am continuously working toward. Goals, by contrast, are achievements along the way. This definition is startling because it flips aspects of personal growth. I have read countless articles and media click-bait about how to achieve goals. What I’m learning is that the goals aren’t really the point. This concept made sense once I was challenged by “what happens when the goal is achieved?” The goals becomes a checkmark; that’s all. There’s no other interaction with them. I can achieve them, then what? Values are…
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Values
It is an interesting coincidence that in therapy we are just started to work on values. Without going into the necessity of therapy, the values study is a piece of acceptance and committment therapy. The idea of this therapy is to base our actions on our values in order to live fully. What I am discovering is that values are more simple and more complicated than I expect. The simple view is that values are what we desire and want most in our life. The complicated view is how do we distinguish a “want” as a somthing fundamental and important versus a “want” that is superficial and unimportant. And by…