Taking stock of your life simply means taking time off to review or evaluate your life, the good, bad and the way forward. Taking stock of your life can be from as many angles as you choose; physical, emotional, financial, health, happiness, family, etc. It is looking at your life as raw as it is and from as far away as you want, quarterly, biannual, yearly a decade or as old as you are etc.
Sometimes, when you think about taking stock of your life, it can be scary for many reasons. Maybe there are some grey areas you don’t want to reach or maybe you think possibly what is there to take stock about really. You may feel everything is perfectly fine or things are just falling apart so why bother. Sometimes, people wait until they are at the hospital bed or when in the evenings their lives.But, I suggest that we don’t wait that long because it is something important. It helps you refocus, set priorities right, see your achievements and identify areas of improvement.
It makes you aware of and appreciative of the great milestones you have reached in life or the great people who have supported you through your life journey. It will also help you aware of your fears and also provide ways to go about them It gives you more control of your life and you can better live life in the direction that you desire for the best.
For instance, when your health deteriorates, death, job loss etc you need certain things in place that will ensure that your child or children will still have access to good quality of life.
Build a community or be part of a community where your child can grow, feel safe and receive the benefits of community support. The community could be your immediate or extended family, friends etc.
When my dad passed on, I was raised by my grandparents and some extended family members. Today many prefer to disconnect from other relatives for various reasons but in the event that you’re deceased or critically ill , your child is most likely to stay with your extended family.
Instill in your child(ren) entrepreneurial skills and other life skills.
Hold Extensive conversations and discussions with your child(ren) on various topics in life like death of the parent, what to do in case of an emergency etc.
My journey as an orphan has been tough both as a child then and an adult now.
Expericing multidimensional rejection , bottling up emotions because you’re not sure who to share with, things happen to you but you have no idea how and with whom to share, uncertainty of provisions, having to live in different homes at different stages of life in search for survival among others .
These experiences left wounds in my life that I had to intentionally Walk the healing process which requires a lot of patience.
For details on how life may flip in the event that a child becomes an orphan and what they go through till adulthood, Visit my YouTube channel on this link: https://youtu.be/N81mREPSy0g?si=Lg0nyL8lJtOE-5PZ
In the web of complexity of the world’s challenges/problems or limitations, start wherever you are, unwinding one Web at a time, every effort counts.
Cheers to a new week ahead and to doing the small things with commitment, kindness & love creating a better tomorrow for yourself & neighbour in the various walks of life.