Life area 7 – Mental, emotional and spiritual health
Some of the questions you might benefit from answering here are:
In what ways could I grow in maturity?
In what ways could I become more consistent? In what ways could I grow indecisiveness?
In what ways could I develop my character?
In what ways could I develop my strength?
How can I further develop myself mentally?
How can I further develop myself emotionally?
How can I further develop myself spiritually?
Does my life set a positive example to other people?
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 being mentally healthy (and strong) to you?
How mentally healthy (and strong) do you currently feel?
How important is being emotionally healthy (and strong) to you?
How emotionally healthy (and strong) do you currently feel?
Are you confident and secure in who you are as a person?
How fulfilled are you with how you are currently living your life?
How content are you with how you are currently living your life?
How important is being spiritually healthy (and strong) to you?
How spiritually healthy (and strong) do you currently feel?
I regularly invest time into developing myself spiritually.
I am consistently competent at managing my emotions. I have good self-control.
My emotions will often manage me. I am undisciplined in self-control.
Negative and destructive emotions will often get the ‘better’ of me.
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?
