TAKE ACTION (from Chapter 2 in Balance Your Life, Balance the Scale)

IDENTIFY YOUR CORE VALUES

IDENTIFY YOUR CORE VALUES
Using the list below (and adding any of your own), pick four to six of your most important core values. Be authentic—choose not what you think you should value, but what is in your soul. A value is not something you should be guilted into—it is who you are. You may hold a number of the values listed below. Remember, too, that our priorities change as we travel through different seasons of our lives. But by honing in on the four to six that resonate most with you, you will begin to give yourself, your life, and your wellbeing direction and meaning.

After you’ve identified your core values, write them down in your B.A.L.A.N.C.E. Journal because we will refer back to them later in the book.

Abundance
Acceptance
Accessibility
Accomplishment
Accountability
Accuracy
Achievement
Acknowledgement
Activeness
Adaptability
Adoration
Advancement
Adventure
Affection
Affluence
Agility
Alertness
Altruism
Amazement
Ambition
Amusement
Anticipation
Appreciation
Approachability
Approval
Art
Articulacy
Artistryy
Assertiveness
Assurance
Attentiveness
Attractiveness
Audacity
Availability
Awareness
Awe
Balance
Beauty
Belonging
Benevolence
Bliss
Boldness
Bravery
Brilliance
Buoyancy
Calmness
Camaraderie
Candor
Capability
Care
Carefulness
Celebrity
Certainty
Challenge
Change
Charity
Charm
Chastity
Cheerfulness
Clarity
Cleanliness
Clear-mindedness
Cleverness
Closeness
Comfort
Commitment
Community
Compassion
Composure
Concentration
Confidence
Connection
Consciousness
Conservation
Consistency
Contentment
Continuity
Contribution
Cooperation
Cordiality
Correctness
Country
Courage
Courtesy
Craftiness
Creativity
Curiosity
Daring
Decisiveness
Decorum
Delight
Dependability
Depth
Desire
Determination
Devotion
Dexterity
Dignity
Diligence
Direction
Directness
Discipline
Discovery
Discretion
Diversity
Dreaming
Drive
Duty
Dynamism
Eagerness
Ease
Education
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Elegance
Empathy
Encouragement
Endurance
Energy
Enjoyment
Enthusiasm
Environmentalism
Ethics
Excellence
Excitement
Exhilaration
Expediency
Experience
Expertise
Exploration
Expressiveness
Extravagance
Extroversion
Exuberance
Fairness
Faith
Family
Fascination
Fearlessness
Fierceness
Financial independence
Firmness
Fitness
Flexibility
Flow
Fluency
Focus
Fortitude
Frankness
Freedom
Friendliness
Friendship
Frugality
Fun
Gallantry
Generosity
Gentility
Giving
Grace
Gratitude
Gregariousness
Growth
Guidance
Happiness
Harmony
Health
Heart
Helpfulness
Heroism
Holiness
Honesty
Honor
Hopefulness
Hospitality
Humility
Humor
Imagination
Impact
Independence
Individuality
Industry
Influence
Ingenuity
Inquisitiveness
Insightfulness
Inspiration
Integrity
Intellect
Intelligence
Intensity
Intimacy
Intrepidness
Introspection
Introversion
Intuition
Intuitiveness
Inventiveness
Investing
Involvement
Joy
Justice
Kindness
Knowledge
Leadership
Learning
Liberty
Lightness
Liveliness
Logic
Longevity
Love
Loyalty
Making a difference
Marriage
Meaning
Mellowness
Meticulousness
Mindfulness
Modesty
Motivation
Nature
Neatness
Nerve
Noncomformity
Obedience
Open-mindedness
Openness
Optimism
Order
Organization
Originality
Outdoors
Outrageousness
Partnership
Patience
Passion
Peace
Perceptiveness
Perfection
Perkiness
Perseverance
Persistence
Philanthropy
Piety
Playfulness
Pleasantness
Pleasure
Poise
Polish
Popularity
Practicality
Pragmatism
Precision
Preparedness
Presence
Pride
Proactivity
Professionalism
Prosperity
Punctuality
Purity
Rationality
Realism
Reason
Reasonableness
Recognition
Recreation
Refinement
Reflection
Relaxation
Reliability
Relief
Religiousness
Reputation
Resilience
Resolution
Resolve
Resourcefulness
Respect
Responsibility
Rest
Reverence
Rigor
Sacredness
Sacrifice
Sagacity
Saintliness
Satisfaction
Science
Security
Self-control
Selflessness
Self-reliance
Self-respect
Sensitivity
Sensuality
Serenity
Service
Sharing
Shrewdness
Significance
Silence
Silliness
Simplicity
Sincerity
Skillfulness
Solitude
Sophistication
Soundness
Speed
Spirit
Spirituality
Spontaneity
Spunk
Stability
Stillness
Strength
Structure
Success
Support
Surprise
Sympathy
Synergy
Teaching
Teamwork
Temperance
Thankfulness
Thoroughness
Thoughtfulness
Thrift
Tidiness
Timeliness
Traditionalism
Tranquility
Trust
Truth
Understanding
Uniqueness
Unity
Usefulness
Utility
Variety
Victory
Vigor
Virtue
Vision
Vitality
Vivacity
Volunteering
Warmheartedness
Warmth
Watchfulness
Wealth
Willfulness
Willingness
Winning
Wisdom
Wittiness
Wonder
Worthiness
Youthfulness
Zeal