Do Your Values Line Up with Your Priorities?
Inside Out Weight Loss Episode 73 asks you to write down your values and priorities, then keep a time diary to see if how you spend your time lines up with your values and priorities.
Why? Because so many of us say we just don’t have enought time for sleep, or self care in general. We are too busy with work, commute, family, volunteering, etc. to fit it all in.
But given each of us has the same 24 hours in a day, how is some people manage to take great care of themselves and others don’t? It’s all about priorities. “I don’t have time” is another way of saying “it’s not a priority for me.”
What do you value most? Do your priorities reflect your values? Do you spend your time on your priorities? Post a comment here and let us know!
minnasgirl said,
June 8, 2009 @ 8:53 am
When I examine my values, I see a humanist, liberal, creative bent. I’m an artist, but I don’t spend time with that. I prize order, yet my home is a disaster pit. I value health and fitness, fitting into my clothes and feeling good in my body, yet I weigh over 200 now. (I was very fit in my 20s). I think I need to reevaluate the way I spend my time.
I was a free spirit, artistic sort in college, but I was recovering from a very dysfunctional home, suffered from depression and so was really not in touch with who I was. I ended up getting a degree in graphic design, and never succeeded in it. I didn’t see at the time that I didn’t really want it. Now I work in the nonprofit sector and love it.
I can see after writing this that I need to bring my values and actions closer, but I want to thank you for the insights that your podcasts have brought me over the past year, which I listened to through losing a parent and a major surgery, and which I shared with others on a weight loss website. I connected my emotional overeating with childhood emotions of feeling alone and abandoned by parents who ignored my emotional needs due to the needs of a mentally ill sibling, which has been helpful to me. There is a reason. It’s not just my own weakness. I can work with it. I feel that now I am ready to begin realigning myself and being able to drop the weight. Thank you, and keep the podcasts coming.
Celestial81 said,
June 11, 2009 @ 7:08 pm
I find on average I put myself before my work. I find I dedicate 60% of time at least taking care of myself, getting enough sleep and preparing organic healthy meals for myself and exercising. I spend the rest of the time with my wife, having fun and working. I definately thing work is the lowest on my totem pole of priorities and I know I need to bring it up a notch in order to reduce some stress levels and find a bit more balance.
sjdnurse said,
June 28, 2009 @ 11:43 am
I find that I do not live up to my values consistently when it comes to fooling myself in what I am doing with my food plan. I have values of honesty, caring and right thought. When it comes to eating and food, these values are not always upheld. I struggle with it but I am now learning how to also include my values in my day to day foodplan. What a learning experience it is working with the podcasts of Renee’s. Thank you.