Importance of evaluating current situation

To current situation we were brought by decisions we made. If you want to move forward you need to take 100% responsibility for your current situation of life.

Where are we now? If you changed one aspect of your life, how would you measure you are moving forward or backward? We need to have starting point.

Why starting point matters?
First reason is to know whether we are moving forward or backward. For example, if you now are saving 2000$ per month instead of 1500$, it doesn’t mean you are at better situation. Maybe, you are living at the cheaper and worse flat, which cost less. In short period it has almost no meaning, but in be long run it can cause worse health, bad mood or other things. To conclude, we must evaluate life using list of most important spheres. So, only average of all important life spheres can tell, that we are moving forward.

Second reason is very simple: if we know where we are, then it’s easier to say, where we want to go. Most important, we know how to travel there. Imagine, that you are in unknown place, but have a map and want to go to Washington. How would you travel? First of all, you’ll need to find out where are you. Later you’ll decide, it’s possible to go on foot or you need a plane.

Two months ago, I was doing “general cleaning”. I threw out lot’s of rubbish. Things to remember thoroughly put to boxes. By doing it, I found some papers with my goals. Every paper was written with at least one year difference. I was surprised to see, that half of goals were accomplished, despite the fact, that I always stopped using them after a few weeks. The quarter of goals doesn’t matter now, because I changed my mind about them. So, only 25 % of goals are waiting to be achieved. You may now ask, what’s the connection with evaluating your life? The answer is very simple – it’s very pleasant to remember and feel, that you accomplished, what you wanted, what looked so impossible. You have it now.

In my opinion, it’s worth to evalute your current situation and achievements every year. Don’t wait, start now and find out where you are now. And it would make easier to go where you want to be.

The next article will present some templates for faster life evaluation.

April 30, 2009 В· Povilas Panavas В· No Comments
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