Responsibility: Some Things to Consider
Grab your favorite journal, a notebook, or make a digiital note to reflect on the following questions. Enjoy what you discover!
Consider the “what you are responsible FOR” box above. Is there anything on that list that surprised you, you didn’t realize, or you disagree with? Why?
Is there anything you’d consider adding to that list as you think about your own life?
Are there ways you avoid responsibility?
If you do not take responsibility for something, do you blame someone else or a set of circumstances? Who? What? When?
In your own life, who are you responsible to, specifically?
Consider those you are responsible to. Are there ways you take responsibility for things that are NOT yours? Do you carry items from others’ backpacks? Who is it? What do you do? If you take responsibility for something not yours, why do you think you do that? To people-please? Get others to think a certain way about you? To create a particular outcome? To control and have your way? Avoid conflict? Because you just think you “should?” Because you’ve always done it that way? Other reasons? Take time to examine this one. Come back to it as you need to. What boulders in others' lives, that they cannot handle independently, could you help with? Examples might include: helping someone move into a new home, making meals for someone sick or recovering from surgery, giving someone a ride because their car is in the shop, etc. Is there anything that keeps you from helping them with these things?
Are there boulders in your life you could ask others to help you with? Is anything keeping you from asking? What would it require from you to ask?
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