I suppose this conversation with myself must come up every year?  I blogged about it May of a year ago.

Anyway, I felt I'd forgotten how I wanted to be - not goals, but ways of being.  And that I needed to remember what values are important to me.  Here, the fruit of a nice journal session, is the list.

  1. Romantic Relationship with love and spark and partnership
  2. Taking care of my own spirit
  3. Be happy with myself & enjoy my own company
  4. Sleep enough, exercise, eat well
  5. Be charismatic and confident
  6. Live truthfully (integrity)
  7. Find and learn from mentors
  8. Taking care of my “customers” in work
  9. Keep my commitments
  10. Follow up with people

I can only handle a "top ten" list.  The rest is too much to remember in the moment as life arises.  But, for what it's worth, here is the rest of the list:

  1. Spread love
  2. Live Lightly on the environment
  3. Approach People
  4. Building a team in my work
  5. Make money
  6. Study People
  7. Help & Teach
  8. Celebration & creation of beauty
  9. Listen to God
  10. Be a desired lover
  11. Welcome people
  12. Win
  13. Be a “success” in the world’s eyes
  14. Following spontaneous inspiration
  15. Be happy and charming to myself
  16. Be loved
  17. Be attractive
  18. Spread peace
  19. Confront oppression
  20. Build community
  21. Set high expectations for myself
  22. Get out there and DO, even when I feel stuck
  23. win
  24. Be thankful
  25. Set goals

You'll notice it's all color coded - that's different levels.  Red is what I really want and orange what seems essential.  And on down.

I'm trusting that you, the reader, won't be actually holding me to these standards!  I want to live this way . . . but I get no exemption from being human and do not claim so.  Actually these are my growing edges.  The values I've locked in I don't have to think about.