What are your values?

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I've been asked this recently and was bewildered to find I couldn't answer straight away. I even had to look up the definition of values (deeply held beliefs that guide the way you live your life).

I'm not an amoral person or a sociopath, honest .

What are your values? And how did you come to hold them - e.g. your upbringing, your life experience, someone you admire, etc?

If you rephrase the question and ask what you value in life, does that make it easier to answer?

For me it's being connected with my family, having a home which is orderly, calm & clean, having my finances in order and taking holidays with my partner to experience new things.

With these values in mind, it helps me make choices in my life that reflect the things I care about most.

Over the years I looked back at all the experiences I had and determined which made me feel good and determined that those were the things I want to prioritise in the future. This helps me to live my life in line with my values and therefore do more of what makes me happy!

I also grew up with a big extended family and we spent lots of time together (and still do) so I think this also shaped my value of family connection.

At least that's my take anyway :)

I agree that it's hard to think of values.

I suppose it could be a good idea to think about things that you judge. Eg - So I would judge someone for not putting their small dc in a car seat in the back of the car. So reversing that my value would be to follow guidelines in keeping dc safe.

I don't know what all my values are yet either. I've been thinking I need an eat, pray love type of journey to discover who I am.