DEFINING YOU MEANINGFUL GOALS

Any goal-setting agenda begins with evaluating the current state of affairs. In the case of deceptive brain messages, you need to look at the costs to you of continuing on your current path. Let’s start by considering how much your behaviors and thought patterns are interfering with your life and impeding you from reaching your goals. Answering the questions below, use the goals you generated earlier and add new ones that may have come to mind.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT YOU WANT TO STOP?
(e.g., eating carbs when I am stressed out; using alcohol to calm myself after I get into an argument with someone; calling my ex-boyfriend whenever I feel lonely)

WHAT ARE YOU NOT DOING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO?
(e.g., eating healthfully; exercising more often; spending time with friends; meditating in order to notice my thoughts and soothe myself)


Now that you understand how important effort is in achieving your goals and that competing priorities and desires can derail those efforts, rate how meaningful each of your goals is to you on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 = not important at all, 5 = moderately important, and 10 = extremely important (a priority in my life). Also rate how much effort you are willing to put forth or which other opportunities you are willing to forgo to achieve each of your goals using a similar scale of 1 to 10, where 1 = will not expend any effort, 5 = would be willing to work hard/give up other things 50 percent of the time, and 10 = will work hard/prioritize this over everything else 100 percent of the time. We have provided a sample chart to help you get started. (Note: Use the categories only if they are helpful to you; otherwise simply list all of your goals on page 54—but make sure you do not include desires or cravings.) We have left intrinsic qualities, such as being honest, caring, or hardworking, out of this table because they represent values that tend to not include tangible goals.
They certainly provide your life with meaning, but for the purposes of this exercise we want you to focus on accomplishments, relationships, and leisure/ self-care.


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