Tools for Refocusing and Goal Setting

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Hi there. I’ve had a bit of a rough go when it comes to life the last few years, and I think I’ve been doing a pretty good job (thanks therapy) at coping with where I’m at right now versus where I’d like to be.

For some brief context I lost my job, had to move across the country for another one, I am now no-contact with my family, lost a long-term partner, and I don’t really have any close friends (always been a sore spot for me… I really struggle to connect with other people despite my best efforts). I spend most of my time alone, either working or at the gym. In an effort to make some positive improvements, I have started some new things recently, including psychedelic assisted therapy, which has opened my heart and my mind to new possibilities. Life really is messy and wild, and it’s also so amazing.

Anyways, I feel as though I’m in a place where the whirlwind of this last year or so has started to settle (I hope!), and I am feeling the itch to take some time to assess where I am (good and not so good), where I’d like to be, and what it is I really want out of life. As I get older I realize that our purpose is not to just work ourselves to death and I think I could use some refocusing.

My question - for those of you who have done similar soul searching, refocusing, or goal setting for your own life, were there any tools (thought experiments, worksheets/prompts, resources/reference, or other) that were helpful to you in gaining a newfound sense of direction for your life when you may have felt a little lost?

Any thoughts and suggestions are welcome. Thank you!

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