The good Scott Thigpen provides yet another interesting life insight: Nineteen Basic Human Requirements. These are as follows:
- Connect emotionally
- Be vulnerable and share feelings
- Have an appropriate sense of power and assertiveness
- Say “NO”
- Have initiative and drive
- Have at least a minimal amount of organization
- Be real, but not perfect
- Accept imperfections and have grace and forgiveness
- Grieve
- Think for oneself and express one’s opinions
- Learn and grow
- Take risks
- Grasp and use one’s talents
- Be responsible and follow through
- Be free and not controlled by external or internal factors
- Be sexual
- Be spiritual
- Have a moral sense
- Have an intellectual life
I think I can safely say that some years of my life are more fully actualized than others. I’m currently trying to fill in some of the blanks in this list, but resource management for this kind of thing is, as always, a real challenge.