I want to walk you through step by step how to define your values and how to start living a values-based life because values are

Like your Google Maps, you Chuck your Google Maps on to guide you through the world

And if you're like me, you manage to take 3 wrong turns even though the lady was extremely clear in her direction

Take the third exit, not the second, but, as a general rule, you always get directed back onto the right path.

How is that for a metaphor. Your core values, if you choose, can drive your everyday actions

And who you grow to be as a person. When you're living with defined values and you behave and you live in line with them

You just like feel right and the first step to doing that is getting real about them. Step 1

Have a look at when you feel the most right. So I feel the most right when I am laying in the sunshine with Luke

I feel the most right when I have gone for a run. I feel the the most right when I'm taking

regular little steps outside of my comfort zone and when I'm taking in information that is outside my bubble. think of all the times that

you felt the most content the most like in line with who you want to be. The most alive and the most

excited then pick out three to five values that really align with that feeling of just

rightness. You might even go ahead and choose values that don't necessarily align with how you act and behave now

like for instance health and wellness, that's okay

just choose values that maybe you want to embody that you know will lead you to feeling the most right in life.

Some other questions that might prompt you to start thinking about what your values might be are

Who do you want to be? how do you want to feel? and what do you stand for? if you're having trouble deciding

on what you value the most in life. You can use a resource that I've linked down below

It's basically a value card sort so you can print out all of the cards, cut them out

And then you can have a very important not important and important pile. go through each value

And place them in the pile that feels right and then keep on narrowing down until you have three to five values in place that

Feel the most right for you. step two is to give your values an associated

Mantra. so one of my values is health and wellness

Like physical and mental health I've stretched that out into a mini mantra for myself, which isn't like my own self-made mantra

But it is mind and body first and everything else second. I think I posted this onto my Instagram just a few weeks ago

It's something that I can say to myself over and over again when I don't feel like going on a run it in the morning

Or when I feel like I just can't be bothered to make myself food and eat

You can repeat your mantras to yourself over and over and every time

They'll give me like a little bit of like energy even if that sounds a little bit woo woo

Step 3 is to understand what your values look like on a day-to-day basis

So if one of your values is to always be curious

What does that actually look like to you is it all about like asking lots of questions when you meet a new person

Maybe it's all about seeking out lots of new reading materials and always be learning

is it watching documentaries that make you question your whole life or trying something new every weekend and traveling regularly

write down a list or draw out a little mind map that

Demonstrates what your values actually look like in a day a week a month or a year

Step four is to keep yourself on course so your values are your Google Maps

They remind you of how you want to live and who you want to be and of course you are going to get off course

Sadly you do not have a little lady inside your head that barks your values at you like every time you take a wrong turn

You're responsible for reminding yourself that they exist

Often. so you might want to incorporate a weekly values check in or a monthly values check in into your routines when you're planning out

Your week it you want to keep your values in mind. so defining my own values has been a really helpful thing for me

It's just helped me to see things more clearly and to push myself back on track whenever I veer off so I'm really hoping that

This exercise will be just as helpful for one of you

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I would love to know what one of your

Values is down in the description below. if you can say like what your value is and what it looks like on a day to

day basis

That would be even better to give people some inspiration that are going through this video

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