My EF is no longer an EF.....Its an Opportunity Fund... which I like the sound of... I said "I'll need if I lose my job"... She said "yeah, but losing your job will be an opportunity... if a chance at doing something you really love comes along you may need a bit of money to get yourself set-up"... or along those lines... good point.
Work-life balance. Currently I work on the evening shift which rules out a lot of social activities during the week- I live in a small town. That leaves the weekends. I've worked 7/8 of the last 10 weekends - 3/4 hrs overtime on a Saturday or Sunday morning. I find that getting up at 8 am on a weekend morning really knocks me out of my rhythm when I am used to getting up later during the week...
Action - Transfer to day shift when the opportunity arises. This will mean losing the evening shift premium, which will impact on my budget, but it will improve my work-life balance - so it is a good idea. Also no more overtime at weekends. I normally work overtime on weekdays in addition to the weekend work. I've decided to cap the overtime at just during the week and keep the weekends entirely to myself (until I get on the day shift at least).
When we looked at my "Wheel of Life" my family relationships and finances were the 2 strongest areas. A big thank you to all the bloggers here for helping get my financial plans in order !!! kiss kiss :-) (not you BA ! hehe).
My weakest areas were Personal Growth and Relationships/Friendships so I'm gonna be directing my attention to those areas (e.g. at the now free weekends).
The next stage is where we determine what my values are. These are things I need to have present in my life in order to feel complete. When I determine what these are, then I will think about decisions in terms of whether they're compatible with my values or not...
so definitely a positive experience so far !
Financial Outcomes of 1st Life Coach Session
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Life Purpose/Spirituality/Fulfillment
Health/Well Being/Self Care
Finances/Wealth
Relationships/Friendships
Home/Family
Personal Growth/Development
Career/Work/Job
Leisure/Fun/Recreation/Hobbies
Basically you rate yourself from 0 to 10 in each area. For example my lowest score was 1 and my highest was 9. Then you draw a line across each segment in the pie chart equivalent to your score in that category.
The idea being that it is Wheel and if one segment is a 1 and the next segment is a 9, when that wheel turns you'll be in for a bumpy ride !!
So the point of it is to get you to focus on bring all areas of your life up to a good level. Lifting one area of your life will also impact on the others - increase your wellbeing overall. It gets you to be aware of your life overall.