Character development and value systems.
so this morning I woke up pretty early, 6. Drank water, made coffee, had breakfast. Something I been challenging myself to do is to be more intentional about my mornings instead of doomscrolling. For like 5 minutes I was in the rabbit hole but I caught myself. A system I built a while ago has it that I do something that will increase my productivity in my spirit, mind and body. Today was mind and spirit. Which is rooted in something that i been thinking about for a while: values.
for a while, i wasn’t sure, or I wasn’t clear on what my values are, which lead to a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding with myself and the people around me. So I have been thinking about what they are hence my search this morning, identifying values. I watched 2 videos:
https://youtu.be/1R7o-fo9EFE
https://youtu.be/pMusjixdf10
before I break those down I want to mention that my value system was based on Christian and Buddhist beliefs. But they were more in the air around me instead of within me. So apart of my practice was doing more dives into spiritual texts and meditations and just more conversations with God.
in the second video the man states we can find our values in the things we spend our time, money and energy in. Almost instantly I remembered a sermon about how money is a form of worship. And where your money goes constantly, not your bills, are the things you worship so to speak right? So I took a good look at myself and saw that I dont actually value the things that I think I do. Not really.
This clarification was kinda scary. Our perception of ourselves is probably different from who we show up as. But one thing I did notice was the small changes that I’m undergoing. Definitely worth noting: i made a 3 column chart titling each; time, money and energy. And under them I added the things that I spend the most on. Upon further reflection recently I’ve been gardening more, taking better care of my plants so I added that. What’s powerful is that I’ve recently incorporated this change and value and i have been showing up daily for this.
I say all this to say, I’ve accomplished A LOT this year and in the past 5 years. But I truly think that with further self reflection in this way, the change that really matters will start to shine. The inside change.