In one of the courses I teach, the students and I interact around the Illness-Wellness Continuum. Basically, this model is intended to help someone determine if he or she is moving in the direction of Wellness or in the direction of Pre-Mature Death. The Illness-Wellness Continuum served as a wake up call for me a few years ago. I have found what I call "Continuum Thinking" to be a very helpful tool in determining if I am moving in the right direction, or not. A continuum is defined as, "anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition, to a different condition, without any abrupt changes"
Here's how it can work: decide what is important to you, and then determine what the opposite might be. For example, on one end of the continuum you might identify "Financial Freedom" as the end goal. What is the opposite of that? "Debt" or "Foreclosure", as examples. And then map a few indicators out on either side as points of evaluation to help you decide if you are moving towards Financial Freedom, or away from Financial Freedom. Or, another example might be if you had a dream to "Publish a Book". You can ask yourself, "Am I moving towards fulfilling that dream, or away from it?" Every day you make choices. You either move towards the things that matter, or you move away from the things that matter.
Today is my birthday. It's always a good day for me to reflect and think about the overall trajectory of my life. A question I am asking myself is: "Am I generally moving towards what's important to me, or away from those things?"
"Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses....Oh, that you would choose life...!" (God in Deut 30:19)
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