# Think with the end in mind

- What is purpose?
- What are the right things to spend attention/time on?
- What's my personal mission statement?
- What are my goals?
- Keep your eyes on the prize.

## How I Want to Live My Life

- Able to make decisions out of love and not fear.
- Being able to do something for the sake of doing. Liking for the sake of liking.

## Likes

- Movement.
- A relaxed environment.

## Dislikes

- Uncomfortable environments.
- _Wasting time_, friction, or distractions.

## What is meaningful to me?

- Being able to live a sustainable lifestyle:
  - Having surplus capacity for flexibility and freedom.
  - Being able to respect my own time and energy.
- Being able to live with flexibility and freedom:
  - Freedom to do the things I want to do
    - Doing things I want when I want
  - Being able to exercise hobbies to hearts content.
  - Being able to do what I want when I want to.
- Being able to live comfortably:
  - Living healthy.
  - Living in comfort.
  - Being able to enjoy the day to day.
- Being able to live a life worth living:
  - Able to live an analyzed life.
  - Able to work towards a meaningful goal.
- Being in control of what I'm doing.
- Relations
  - Meaningful relationships
- Having a positive impact:
  - Environmental
  - Community
  - Social
  - Mentoring - Seeing people's lives improve/grow.
  - Providing something for future generation
- Having a balanced life for myself.
  - Goldilocks Zone
  - Lagom - Just the right amount, not too much, not too little.
  - Hygge - A cozy quality that makes a person feel content and comfortable.
  - Perfect balance
  - Developing personal mission statement
  - Routine (Hybrid)

## Goals

- Building a small business.

## Life Roles

### My roles in life

- [Partner](./relationship-core-values.md)
- Software Developer
- Pet owner
- Friend

### What it means to be good at my role?

- Responsible/Dependable
- Doing what I want when I want. Not necessarily what I am doing that is more important, more so the fact that I want to do it or that it is interesting at the moment to me.
- doing something short for the feel of doing even if you do not have enough time.