How Expansive Are You?

Here are two tools to help you fill this year with love, kindness, compassion and fulfillment.

This one is a reminder from last year, intended to capture what it means to be expansive:

Now, let’s consider how you are doing. This tool will let you visualize how you behaved last year vs. how you wish to behave this year (and beyond):

As you can see, I’ve taken the eight expansive elements from the first image and inserted them into the second. But now each element has five stages that represent how strongly you embrace that element.

I suggest you review the framework twice. The first time, write “NOW” in the box that you feel best represents how you have been behaving. In other words, what percentage of the time are you protecting Love and Gratitude? What percentage of the time is your Attention Rooted in the Present?

The one exception is the last (purple) box, which is not based on percentages but instead asks you to rate your ability to Go Beyond Thoughts, Words and Effort.

The second time through this framework, write “GOAL” in the stage you would like to attain in 2024. You then will have a visual summary of your Current vs. Desired states.

To make your life easier, you can access the file on which this is based here. The link will take you to Google Drive; when you get there, please make your own copy of this file.

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