Some of the questions you might benefit from answering here are:
What do I want to achieve with my health?
What pastimes would I like to do more of?
How can I achieve a better life balance?
What options do I have for improving my fitness levels?
What options do I have for doing more of the things I enjoy?
What would I LOVE to do with my life before I die?
Self-evaluation questions – Please evaluate from 1 – 10, your current situation and where you would like to be in five years from now.
How important is establishing a healthy work/ life balance to you?
How satisfied are you with your current work/study/ life balance?
How important is your physical health to you?
How happy are you with your current physical health?
How happy are you with your physical fitness levels?
How important is having plenty of ‘free’ time to you?
How content are you with the amount of free time you have?
How important is your physical appearance?
How satisfied are you with your current physical appearance?
I can handle my stress and anxiety levels effectively.
How much do you currently enjoy life outside of work or study?
Are you able to do things that you enjoy frequently?
I have room for improvements in my life outside of work or study.
Write a personal vision statement and goals in your relationships related to this life area that you like to make changes in:
What is your greatest life vision for this life area?
What are your main ‘life area’ goals that will lead you towards fulfilling your greatest life vision? What needs to be done and by whom? When do these goals need to be completed by?
What are your medium-term milestone goals? What needs to be done and by whom? When do these goals need to be completed by?
What are your short-term mini-goals? What activities and tasks are needed to be done, by whom and by when? (Prioritise doing important or urgent activities and tasks that leads you to achieve your greatest life vision goal and long-term main goals and eliminate those that are not important or not urgent.)
Then ask yourself, for each goal, the following questions to determine whether they are SMARTER:
Specific – Are you specific with your goals?
Measurable – How will you know when you have reached your goals? How will you know that you are making progress towards them?
Action focussed – Do you have a good idea about what’s required to achieve these goals?
Relevant – Why are these goals important to you? How do they fit in with your greatest life vision or long-term goals?
Time-specific – When do you want to have achieved these goals by?
Exciting (and enjoyable) – Why are these goals exciting to you and why will you enjoy working towards them?
Revisable – How will you revise and review the progress you are making?
