Reading Time: 6 minutesA couple of years ago I was at a point in my retirement where the “permanent fun vacation” (finally freed from work!) period was over, and I was feeling bored, unproductive, and unfulfilled. I fortunately encountered material written by David Sparks (aka MacSparky) on how to do a life roles inventory and evaluation. I took …
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’m the kind of person that seeks to be intentional in my life. When I did my initial life roles identification and evaluation, I also wrote descriptions of my ideal behavior for each role. These descriptions are idealistic and aspirational. I’m not there yet, and likely never will completely arrive. They describe the type of …
Reading Time: 6 minutesSelf-evaluation and self-assessment have become popular in the business community, replacing the old employee evaluations process. Businesses see the value of having employees evaluate their behavior, both the negatives and the positives. Self-evaluations have also been a part of spiritual and personal growth processes for hundreds of years. Why Do Self-Evaluations? According to High Five …
Reading Time: 6 minutesLast week, I did a quarterly review & planning session. To be able to focus on my review, I rented a room at a local desert resort and planned to spend two days working on only my review. I find it helpful to leave my normal surroundings to be able to give total focus to …
Reading Time: 6 minutesAll of us acknowledge that we want to live lives that are in balance. We understand that focusing on one or two areas of our lives and excluding others will lead to problems, and isn’t healthy. I hope you don’t expect that I’m going to give you “three easy steps” to bring balance to your …
Reading Time: 5 minutesA new friend recently read some of my prior blog posts about using a roles-based productivity system and wrote, “I like the idea of looking at each life role separately. I’m someone who has measured myself mostly by my career/projects alone for a lot of my life but I’m giving more space and attention to …
Reading Time: 4 minutesI stumbled across a YouTube video this morning that I wish I’d seen before I retired. When I retired, I had a vague idea of how life might change, and I tried to do some planning, but I was really totally unprepared for the reality. When I watched this video, I immediately identified with it. …
Reading Time: 4 minutesListening to the Mac Power Users podcast #650: Craft Deep Dive earlier this week got my attention focused on the Craft app. I’ve had it installed on my Mac for over a year now, but haven’t done much with it. I figured out how to easily create a few documents and emails containing links to …
Reading Time: 3 minutesLife Roles: A Tool For Helping Me to Live an Intentional Life For the past year and a half, I have been taking life roles inventory and planning retreats every six months. These retreats were based on the system outlined in David Spark’s Personal Retreat Video And Planning Pdf. I’ve written about my experiences here …