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Welcome back to the Growing Tree of Life, our weekly exploration of personal growth and well-being.
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Issue Number: #095
Date: 19 November 2024
Reading Time: 4 minutes
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Looking Ahead to New Beginnings
Good morning, or whatever time you're reading this,
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In my last newsletter, I mentioned starting my New Year's resolutions a bit early. I usually reflect on my life twice a year. Around my birthday in early July, I focus on my internal values and who I am. I ask myself if I'm living true to my values and purpose. At the end of the year, I focus on what I want to do and achieve in the coming year, those outward expressions like goals and projects.
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This year, my reflection came early, and I have to say I'm quite impressed with what I've achieved in the last year. Even though there's some time left in the year, I've nearly accomplished everything I set out to do.
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If you've read my book or joined the Tree of Life Quest, you'll know that I use the image of a tree to diagnose life. The tree is a metaphor to explore different facets of your existence. The roots of the tree represent you—your identity, values, and what's important to you personally. These are like the foundational aspects of who you are. From the ground up, the trunk stands for how you allocate, manage, and track your resources such as time, focus, life energy, and more. It considers how you use your physical, emotional, and spiritual strengths. Finally, the crown of the tree reflects how you interact with the world. It’s about the relationships you build, the goals you pursue, how you present yourself to others, and the impact you create in the community around you.
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This framework is a way to assess different aspects of life, identifying where actions are needed. It helps in understanding which areas require attention and adjustment, but it's not about taking action itself. It's a diagnostic tool that guides you to make informed decisions. By examining the "tree" of my life, I can clearly see where I need to focus my efforts to grow and thrive. So, looking forward to the next year, I've decided to focus on two main areas.
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First, on a personal level, I've had a growing desire over the past decade to move out of the city and be closer to nature. I want a homestead where I can connect with nature, maybe raise chickens or sheep, and grow my own food. My goal for the upcoming year is to explore different places where I might live, weighing their pros and cons. I aim to gather the information I need to make an informed decision on where to settle, in harmony with my purpose and the life I want. The idea is to lay the groundwork during upcoming year so that in the year after I can make this dream a reality.
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The second focus area is on the Tree of Life Quest. Since I started working on it two years ago, I've developed it as a service to help others, but I haven't treated it as a business that sustains itself or provides financial rewards. To make my dream move to the countryside a reality, I plan to turn Tree of Life Quest into a proper business that solves problems for people, creating benefits for them and generating rewards for me. In my book, I use leaves as a metaphor for money—while they're not the main goal of growth, they're essential. Leaves take in CO2, a problem, and through photosynthesis, transform it into oxygen, a benefit, using carbon as building blocks for growth. Similarly, my aim is to identify a problem, provide a solution, and use the proceeds to support my life and future plans.
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So, these are my two main resolutions: preparing fully to transition into a life closer to nature and transforming Tree of Life Quest into a revenue-generating business. It's all about making dreams actionable and sustainable.
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Here's my tip for you:
When you think about your life and what you want to do, use the Tree of Life approach to diagnose your life. Check your roots (how you take care of self and support your personal growth), trunk (how you allocate, manage and use resources) and crown (how you interact with and influence the world around you).
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It's about reflection and knowing where you need to make changes. And when you're ready to act, remember the garden and garden shed analogy in my book. If you haven't read "Live the Life You Love" yet, you can join the Tree of Life Quest community and get the electronic version for free.
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Thank you for reading, and see you next Tuesday.
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