living congruently
Sunday, 14 November 2010 @ 13:27
stumbled upon this interesting exercise (about finding one's direction in life) on the net. the writer called it the Heart, Body, Mind, and Soul exercise...and so i've decided i shall do it to see what comes out of it...
Questions to answer
* What do you want to do? (desire)
* What can you do? (ability)
* What should you do? (purpose)
* What must you do? (need)
Then you look at your list and try to see if there’s anything or any thread that made all four lists.
what i had wanted to do when i grow up - my desires
i think at some point in life (when i was below 12 years old), i had wanted to become a scientist... a detective..an artist or a pianist when i grow up.. i wanted to work in a pet shop... a zoo... or a farm because i love being with animals.. i wanted to work with the lego company, little tikes, toys r us, playdoh and all the other cool toy brands that i love to play with, even now.
i like solving mysteries and puzzles. i like playing and having fun - literally. i like to build blocks and knead dough to create something of my own. i like animals because their behavior is simple.. unlike humans. who insist on complicating simple things.. i like designing.. though i don't have the patience nor heart to re-sketch, redesign or refine.. stuff like that. which brings me to my next point
for someone who can work on a grueling project spanning many months, i actually have a very short interest span. i can be passionate about something for some time.. and after that time has passed. you can count on me to be very unpassionate about it. haha..
what can i do - my abilities
systematic thinking. i am concrete and logical, i guess.
anything with words and numbers should be easy enough. though, probably not the engineering kind of calculations, nor the philosophical kind of words..
i think i'm quite good with my hands (crafts) though there's probably many who are much better than me.
i am much more careful and meticulous than the average worker... tho when there's too much stuff floating around me, i sometimes make mistakes too.
finally, i think i'm really a jack of all trades: music, crafts, business, a bit of engineering and computing.
what should i do? (purpose)
honestly, i have no idea.
helping people and making them happy is good. having fun and relaxing is good. creating beautiful things is good.
what must i do? (need)
i need to earn lots of money to support my family and pay my debts, to build my dream house, tour my dream tours and live my dream life (which is mostly doing my own things at my own time and earning peanuts - tested and proven).
i need to work in a place where i am free to be myself. free from false pretenses and other time wasting complexities. free to create the things i want whenever i want, to work hard and to idle.
ok i have completed this exercise but it has not lead me to anywhere.
maybe i'll think about it a little bit more.
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shopping trip at vivo
went down to vivo to get some supplies for my craft yesterday and after walking for like 5 hours, i could not find some crucial things that was needed.
2x glass fishbowl/globe
food bowls just wouldn't do... i've seen a couple of smaller betta bowls on sale at the aquarium shop but those cost 18 bucks. yikes.
small autumn maple leaves.
no luck in daiso. they sell huge ones though. gah. do i really have to make everything myself?
dried starfish
remember seeing some in chinatown last time. no luck in vivo
hamster dollhouse
no luck in pet safari
still, i managed to complete another "terrarium" without the glass globe -.-
bought the basket and zeolite pebbles from daiso, but managed to dig out some shells from my stash of odds and ends.. and do up a small card from paper, potpourri and felt.
