It turns out the adage that an unexamined life is not worth living is true.
The New York Times had a wonderful article last year on how to live wisely. It is about college students at Harvard who participated in a non-credit seminar called “reflecting on your life” which considered of 3 90 minute discussions with 1st year students facilitated by faculty. See http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/how-to-live-wisely.html
Participants were asked thoughtful questions. How well do your commitments reflect your goals? How do you spend your free time? (In other words, what are you passionate about?) Would you rather be extremely good at one thing or pretty good at a lot of things? What are your core values and how does your chosen career path align with them? How do you define success and why?
3 years later, the participants all reflected that the experience of thinking about what it is they value was valuable and helped them turn “college into the transformational experience it is meant to be.”
Want to live life wisely? Thing about what it is you value.
The New York Times had a wonderful article last year on how to live wisely. It is about college students at Harvard who participated in a non-credit seminar called “reflecting on your life” which considered of 3 90 minute discussions with 1st year students facilitated by faculty. See http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/how-to-live-wisely.html
Participants were asked thoughtful questions. How well do your commitments reflect your goals? How do you spend your free time? (In other words, what are you passionate about?) Would you rather be extremely good at one thing or pretty good at a lot of things? What are your core values and how does your chosen career path align with them? How do you define success and why?
3 years later, the participants all reflected that the experience of thinking about what it is they value was valuable and helped them turn “college into the transformational experience it is meant to be.”
Want to live life wisely? Thing about what it is you value.
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