My Basis

I was looking through my Google docs for something I had noted a while ago (btw: it is helpful to have all your notes in one place—I need to do that more often), and I came across this list I made back in December of things that I consider important. I'm not sure if this is a complete list, but it is certainly still true.

It's good that I keep these things somewhere that they can be found. Now I need to work on finding and reminding myself of them on a regular basis.

• Be African
• Wear my Africanness proudly
• Study/explore my Africanness avidly
• Be a Craftsman
• Care about my craft(s)
• Strive to be the best that I can be
• Never cease to learn about what I do
• Be Ma'at-ian citizen of the Earth
• Apply my knowledge and talents to the betterment of life
• Lead a balanced life
• Not bite more than I can chew
• Be honest with myself and others
• Spend time getting to know myself
• Strive to make things that I'm a part of better

• Make good decisions
• Be prudent
• Be just
• Be discerning
• Be confident
• Be open (and humble)
• Be willing to change your mind
• Treat each day as a new opportunity to [... what? be great? be effective? act on my values? bring what I want into the world? ah...] live with purpose.

• Keep my life interesting!

To do: Work out a system to review and place things I do in context of these important things regularly.