Real Life | Top Values
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My Top Three Values in Life
:: clutter free, minimalist home
:: regular travel, adventuring far and wide and sleeping outside
:: time for deep, introspective thinking that leads to clarity and peace
It's a challenge to keep a clean home while traveling regularly and even a greater challenge to find large chunks of thinking time [with young kiddos]. And of course, when you enter into life with your spouse, you've got his/her values to consider as well. In my case, that looks like this:
His Top Three Values in Life
:: more space for storing fantastic yard sale gems that he might need some day (!)
:: shared experiences with friends -- adventuring, tinkering or exercising together
:: opportunities to teach and mentor young people
Fortunately, we have plenty of values that are the same -- picking fruit together is one. Swimming in cold water is another. I think marriage is a constant exercise in looking for the common ground and enjoying that while not worrying too much about the inevitable differences.
And then there are the kids' values -- centering mostly around mud and friends.