Learning what your values are is so important no matter what goals you have or what phase of life you're in.

Often times, we're influenced by outside sources like our friends, family members, celebrities, or even the media and we may interpret their beliefs or actions with things we should value when they're not actually our values at all.

It can take a lot of experience and soul searching to determine what your values are, but in this week's episode, we're focusing in on how we established our own set of values along with helpful tips to enable you to determine what you truly value in life.

The Danger of Not Identifying Your Values

Many people confuse values with beliefs and characteristics like morals and ethics but your values simply include things that are most important to you. It sounds like it should be simple to determine your values, but it's harder to narrow them down thanks to things that will deter the process like peer pressure, the imposter syndrome, and social media.

However, if you don't get clear on your values, you may not be able to find your purpose or feel comfortable with your lifestyle. People who are confused about what they value also tend to spend mindlessly, lose motivation to reach their goals easily, dedicate their lives to pleasing other over meeting their own needs, and overall, they just lack any real direction in life.

It's fun in the moment to have a 'YOLO' mindset and live life without any foundation but after a while, it gets old once you realize it's pointless to live with no real purpose.

Some people even identify with having a quarter-life or mid-life crisis, which indicates that they need to slow down, refocus, and choose clear values for their life.

Your Values Change Over Time

You also might find it interesting to realize that your values change over time just as you change year after year. You may value certain things like coffee or meditation one day and other things like your new car or travel the next.

when it comes to your values, there's no right or wrong answer. But when you decide what's most important to you, be sure to own it so you can live a more intentional life with fewer regrets.

Ready to Determine or Reassess What Your Values Are?

Be sure to tune in to this week's episode of the Financial Conversation podcast.

As you saw with last week's episode, we're switching things up and providing regular seasons with the podcast.

You'll still get to hear our lovely voices chat about important topics that relate to your everyday life whether it's surrounding finance, business, or personal reflection. However, this season is all about self-care and being the best you can be so the 10 episodes for this season will surround that overall theme.

If you've been feeling lost lately in terms of setting goals and being content with your life, you may need to work on setting clear values which we will help you explore in this episode!

In this episode we discuss:

• 1:55 - What are our values?
• 8:45 - What do you want to be known for?
• 9:45 - Did you have trouble defining your values?
• 17:15 - Using values to set goals and create a path
• 19:15 - Erin's process of finding values
• 23:00 - 3 questions to help you define your values
• 26:35 - Benefits of having clearly defined values
• 29:20 - Defined values help you take your life back

Related Links to Check Out:

• The Power of Habits Over Resolutions
• The Seven Stages of Money Maturity by George Kinder - contains the 3 questions to help you define your values