You At Your Best

12/21/13: It's hard to know where to go if you don't have a destination. That is the basic principle of this article. Most of my clients, people I know, and even myself at various times, have not had a clear vision of how we wanted to be, or what we wanted to do in the future. It leaves us lost and stagnant. The following article is a way to help develop a vision of where you want to venture next in your personal development by defining what you are like when you are at your best.Before going any further, pause and give some thought to the best (healthiest, happiest) that you have been in your life; not in a single moment, but overall. Where were you living? What were you doing? Who was in your life? What were your habits? How was your diet? What were you not doing? What were your worries? How successful were you? How did you feel about yourself? What were you priorities? What were you planning for? What was meaningful to you? If you can't think of a time, that is alright, but means it is even more important to carve out a vision for that in the future. So what we want to do now is take that information and translate it into a realistic and even improved future vision of yourself. If you have some ideas already, I'd suggest getting out some paper and writing them down (or sending yourself an email). If you need more structure for it, or want to see some ways researchers conceptualize this, keep reading. Mental Health A recent effort to help people with this task has been ...
Source: Staff Psychologist - Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Tags: Blog Source Type: blogs