Title: Personal Growth: Your Values, Your Life | Psychology Today
Headings: Personal Growth: Your Values, Your Life
Jim Taylor Ph.D.
Personal Growth: Your Values, Your Life
Are you living your life in accordance with your values?

Content: What those underlying values might be may vary, but one might assume that the investment banker values money, while the teacher values education and helping children. Where do you live—do you live in a high-rise apartment in a city, in the suburbs, or in the country—and what values led you there? What activities do you engage in most—cultural, physical, religious, political, social—and what values are reflected in those activities? What do you talk about mostly— politics, religion, the economy, other people—and what does that tell you about your values? Finally, perhaps the most telling question reflecting what you value is: What do you spend your money on—a home, cars, travel, clothing, education, art, charity? Because money is a limited resource for most people, they will use their money in ways that they value most. Above anything else, where people spend their hard-earned money says the most about their values. You can then ask yourself whether your current values are the same as those you grew up with. Have you gone through a period of examination and reconsideration?