There was no specific exercise to go with this entry, but I decided to use this as a prompt to take some time to think about what helpful and unhelpful “I am the kind of person who [...]” self-images I have, whether I have already done some things to challenge the unhelpful ones (and try updating on that), and what further actions I could take to challenge the unhelpful ones and strengthen the helpful ones. I also thought about what helpful self-images of this sort I don’t quite already have but aren’t counter to my current ones and seem within reach, and how I might make them true.
(I know this post doesn’t really focus on self-image and is more about direct relationships between past and future action—but I do think that self-image is one of the mechanisms that fuel that relationship, in addition to directly affecting people’s well-being, so it’s worth spending some thought on. I did find this a useful line of inquiry.)
There was no specific exercise to go with this entry, but I decided to use this as a prompt to take some time to think about what helpful and unhelpful “I am the kind of person who [...]” self-images I have, whether I have already done some things to challenge the unhelpful ones (and try updating on that), and what further actions I could take to challenge the unhelpful ones and strengthen the helpful ones. I also thought about what helpful self-images of this sort I don’t quite already have but aren’t counter to my current ones and seem within reach, and how I might make them true.
(I know this post doesn’t really focus on self-image and is more about direct relationships between past and future action—but I do think that self-image is one of the mechanisms that fuel that relationship, in addition to directly affecting people’s well-being, so it’s worth spending some thought on. I did find this a useful line of inquiry.)