The Values Sort
A series of indeterminate length exploring the core things that drive us.
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S1E37 #37 Responsibility
Ahh, responsibility. That’s in the eye of the beholder I suppose. I think people think I’m quite responsible. I could be wrong.You know those graphs, negative correlations? I bet the longer people…
S1E36 #36 Loyalty
Loyalty is important, right? The card says faithful to my friends, group.I am deeply faithful to my friends. Particularly in recent years, as mortality has become so very real to us, a lot of…
S1E35 #35 Forgiveness
I value forgiveness. I need forgiveness. I feel a weight in my chest when I do not forgive. I feel a weight now. I have wrongs to forgive. I know I do.Recently I started dreaming again after a long…
S1E34 #34 Honesty
Honesty. It’s such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue. So says Billy Joel. So say I. Do you suppose that’s right? Everyone is so untrue?I have been untrue. I have betrayed those I love the most. I…
S1E33 #33 Helpfulness
When I was young there was this book that came out, The Five Love Languages. It was a decidedly Christian book, but the concept made its way into broader culture. Perhaps you’ve heard of the book or…
S1E32 #32 Inner harmony
When I was a child I was diagnosed with ADHD. That will come as a great shock to anyone who’s met me. (I kid.)Chaos has been inside my brain for as long as I can remember. The stiller I try to be the…
S1E31 #31 A World at peace
File SettingsDoneTitleDescriptionThumbnailWill be cropped to a 3:2 aspect ratioUploadScheduled for Mar 5 at 2:16 pmSend email to everyone ∙ EditIt’s difficult for me to talk about a world at peace.…
S1E30 #30 Equality
Equal opportunity for all. How about that?Women? Transfolks? Racial minorities?God, I don’t even know what to write about equality. My mind only goes to my sweet partner, my dear wife.Yesterday we…
S1E29 #29 Wisdom
There’s a whole book of wisdom in the Bible. It’s called the book of Proverbs. There are, conveniently, 31 chapters in the book of Proverbs, reading one chapter a day makes for a tidy month of…
S1E28 #28 Social Justice
Folks I feel strongly about this one. I’m about to come on strong. You ready for some strong? I’m feeling strongly.I do this values sort exercise with everyone I can. All the time. Ask anyone who…
S1E25 #25 A world of beauty
Now look at those peaches, won’t you? There’s a farm near my home where you can still U-pick. Blueberries, cherries, raspberries apples and yes, peaches. We go there several times each season. This…
S1E24 #24 Protection of the Environment
I don’t know if I’ve made the mechanics of this exercise clear. Probably many of the folks reading this have done the exercise with me and do not need this primer. But for the rest of you, here is…
S1E23 #23 Privacy
This is the last card in the section labeled “Self-Direction.” And honestly? I have big feelings about it.None of my five chosen values were found in this “Self-Direction” section. And having taken…
S1E22 #22 Independence
Do I have a value for independence?Look, I hate to make this a trilogy, but I gotta build on the last two: Freedom and Choice of Own Goals. We have established that I value Freedom (the environment)…
S1E21 #21 Choice of own goals
This one is vulnerable for me to write. I thought “Freedom” was the zinger, but this one hits closer to the bone for me on some levels.I did not choose some key parts of the life I have.I have made…
S1E20 #20 Freedom
Freedom looms large in my life. Let’s get into it.When I was a child, we sang songs about freedom. I grew up in the land of the free and the home of the brave! Let freedom ring, baby! When I was…
S1E19 #19 Curiosity
Curiosity is easier the older I get. I think that’s because when we are young, we are terrified of looking stupid. I was. I still am, sometimes. But less so with every passing day. We pretend to know…
S1E18 #18 Creativity
This card covers a lot for me. When you do the exercise, you have to sort concepts down from 57, all the way down to five. And as I’ve alluded here before, it’s not about finding THE FIVE, the ones…
S1E17 #17 An exciting life
We are moving from a Varied Life to an Exciting Life. They sound similar, but I think there is a crucial difference.If a Varied Life is external (the things that happen to us, often without our…
S1E16 #16 A varied life
I have lived what I consider to be an extraordinarily varied life. I think we all probably have. Which I suppose would make it an ordinarily varied life. Who among us knew the trajectory of their…
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