"Tools"
Suggestions for a good life
There are many things that are good for many people. For example, getting enough exercise, eating a varied and organic diet, practicing mindfulness, getting good sleep, etc. However, there are hardly any activities that are good for everyone all the time.
Important "tools" in the sense of tools or keys to a good life are questions that repeatedly stimulate your self-regulation and consistency to healthy activity.
Your internal information processing constantly and implicitly evaluates your perceptions, states, and experiences, even without you being aware of it.
As a result of these perceptions and evaluations, a prompt, a motivation for activity, action, and cooperation emerges. After each activity, the organism reflects on its interactions with the environment, assessing whether they have led to greater coherence, and learns from this for a better future.
Self-care
What is good for you in the long term? And what is not good for you?
What brings you joy?
What is good for learning?
Exercise: What kind of exercise do you enjoy? How much per day and/or week feels good for you?
Nutrition: What do you like to eat and drink? How often and how much does the food agree with you?
Other needs: What physical needs do you experience (and how often)?
In your private / close relationships
Where do you feel most at home (in a family, group or community)?
Where do you feel accepted and welcome just as you are, even without words? And where can you relax?
Are there people you can fully trust?
Who would you like to be able to trust more? What do you need for that?
In public, social/cultural life – life in language
How important is it to you to be "yourself" or "normal"?
Can you express your needs and concerns appropriately in words? Are they understood and heard? What kind of response do you receive?
Is your professional and economic situation suitable / satisfactory / fulfilling for you?
Is the economic organization in society fair? How would you like to participate in the economy?
What aspects of public life are important to you? How would you like to help shape it? What would you like to cultivate?
In global and spiritual life
How important is it to you to be aware of being part of humanity? Part of the biosphere?
Do you have concerns or visions related to global life? Do you know people with similar concerns?
Can you feel a spiritual connection? Are there words for it, or is it beyond words?
Regarding internal vertical consistency
How do my gut feeling/body sensation, the love in my heart, my rational thinking, and my ideals fit together?
What is important to me?
What can and will I do to ensure that my gut, heart, and head are in agreement more often?
What can and do I want to learn from these experiences and inconsistencies for the future?
The questions formulated here can help you consciously stimulate your consistency regulation time and time again.
to make your life in and with your environment as good as possible.
You can ask yourself these questions from time to time, or ask and answer them with a trusted person.
It is helpful if you allow yourself and/or practice sharing your needs and concerns as well as your answers to the questions with other people – talking about them.
Through communication, you shape relationships and your life.
