Who do you want to be?

Who do you want to be when you grow up?

If you’re not sure, that’s ok.  No matter what age you are.  I know I still ask myself this question on a regular basis.

I want to know the mark I’m going to make on the world around me.  I want my life to have made an impact.

When we start considering our identity, we usually start with the roles we play or have played.  My list looks like this…

✏️Daughter

✏️Sister

✏️Friend

✏️Student

✏️Employee

✏️Colleague

✏️Supervisor

✏️Wife

✏️Mother

✏️Business Owner

✏️Professor

✏️…

Those are pieces of my identity, but I’m not sure they answer the question of who I want to be.  That question has to be less about titles and more about descriptive statements.

📣I want to be the type of person who feels….

📣I want to be the type of person who thinks…

📣I want to be the type of person who does…

📣I’m the type of person who appreciates…

📣I’m the type of person who is recognized for…

When we do an exercise like this, we need to be more reflective, pulling on our values to start drawing the picture of who we want to be.

Once we can draw this picture, we can start evaluating if we need to create change to get there.

❓Who are you today?

❓Who do you want to be when you “grow up?”

❓What will it take for you to become that person?