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Make your own Mission Statement
Feel a Guilt Trip kicking in - this is the time to use all your resources around you to distract yourself from the negative thoughts going on in your head. Why not distract yourself and build your mission statement.
Mission statement helps you to focus on the steps you need to take to succeed. Here's how to create a mission statement that's uniquely yours. Help to add focus, direction, and a sense of purpose to your daily decisions creating a unique, personalized Mission Statement to help guide your life.
A useful mission statement should include two pieces: what you wish to accomplish and what you wish to contribute, and who you want to be - the character strengths and qualities you wish to develop.
Step One
Firstly Describe your ideal day. What would you like to be doing during your day if you did'nt have an eating disorder and did'nt constantly think or spend time trying to avoid food. Try to include as many sides of you and of your enthusiasms as possible: creative, competent, artistic, introverted, extraverted, athletic, playful, nurturing, contemplative, etc.
B. Imagine yourself 70 years old and surrounded by your grandchildren and/or those of your friends. You are in a warm and relaxed atmosphere (such as around a fireplace). What would you say to them is important in life?
C. Imagine you have reached a milestone birthday (perhaps your 13th, 18th, 30th, 40th, 60th Birthday). You have been asked by national print media to write a press release about your own achievements. Consider what you would want your family, friends, co-workers in your profession and in your community to say about you. What difference would you like to have made in their lives? How do you want to be remembered?
Step Two
Read your notes for these three activities. With those responses in mind, reflect on questions 1, 2, and 3 above. Now you can start to write a rough draft (any length) of your mission statement. Remember that it should describe what you want to do and who you really want to be. You can keep it with you, place copies in visible places around your home and at work if possible. Remember to be patient with yourself. This process is as important as the outcome. After a few weeks, write another draft. Ask yourself if your statement was based on proven principles that you believe in, if you feel direction, motivation and inspiration when you read it. Over time, reviewing and evaluating will keep you aware of your own development.
These exercises are designed to access the real values and principles that guide your life and to help you recognise your actions and accomplishments in all areas of your life.