One interesting way to identify your values is to look at how they would factor into a stress-free day. In other words, if you could plan a stress-free day, what would your criteria be? What would you do, who would you spend it with, where would it occur? The answers would represent your Daily Life Criteria (DLC) for a stress-free day. The concrete activities that you want to partake in on a daily or regular basis are a reflection of what you value most in life.
Instructions:
Imagine a stress-free day for you and what it would include. Where would you be living? What would you be doing? Who would you be doing it with? Would you write something, cook an extravagant meal or serve a meal to others in a soup kitchen, make love with your partner, spend the day at the beach, help a neighbor, read a good book, earn money doing something you love, vote for the candidate of your choice, go to the theatre, get in a good workout etc.?
List up to ten Daily Life Criteria for a Stress Free Day:
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How do these DLC's reflect your core values?
How does your typical day compare to this stress-free day?
What is standing in the way of you meeting these criteria for having more stress-free days?
