| ROOF: Our Why, Values, Dreams, Vision, Purpose, Goals |
| ROOM 1. Comfort Zone | ROOM 2. Stretch Zone |
Connecting with family, friends, doing the hobbies we love | Learning, growing, going on a new adventure |
| Feels good Good for self Good for others Good for the wider good | Doesn’t feel good Good for self Good for others Good for wider good |
| ROOM 3. Quick Fix | ROOM 4. Quit |
| Enjoying too much chocolate, procrastination, short-term good feeling but not sustainable | Depression, anger, apathy, fatigue and this is when we decide to quit and move to room 1 and 2 |
| Feels good Isn’t good for self Isn’t good for others Isn’t good for the wider good | Doesn’t feel good Isn’t good for self Isn’t good for others Isn’t good for the wider good |
The quality of your life will be determined my how much you choose to be in level 1 and 2, which is determined by the clarity of your over-arching roof — your “why”. Your purpose, why you do what you do, your reason for being.
If you are not aware of your vision, or purpose, or dreams, your values or goals, you can become rudderless, floating with the tides, storms, winds or no winds. You might be lucky and avoid smashing onto the rocks, perhaps aware or unaware of what you have missed in your life, or you may find yourself shipwrecked — crashed and broken.
By having a target to steer toward, which you know is good for yourself and others, you can make conscious decisions to move into levels 1 and 2, which will provide fulfillment, support, heathy challenge, learning and growth.
You are human after all, and will find yourself becoming distracted and lured into levels 2 and 4; that’s OK if you recognize it is happening, because you can then take responsibility and also take your power back to make a conscious choice: stay in the basement or choose levels 1 and 2 where you re-energize, expand and develop.