Relationships as a general rule.
Nothing has a bigger impact on our well-being than our closest relationships.
Nothing can really compensate for impoverished connections with others.
And we can tolerate just about anything if our relationships are strong and supportive.
Now, think about your important relationships, including with your parents.
Children and friends take stock of each connection and determine anything you'd like to change about
the relationship, especially in ways you can control as you construct your relationship goals.
It may help to consider how your personal struggles with an anxiety, anger or other issues have affected
the quality of your connections with others.
For example, if depression has led you to interact less with the people close to you, consider setting
goals to spend more time with them.
Education and work work can be a means to satisfy our basic psychological needs.
Through work, we can feel like we're competent at work, at what we do, whether we are students,
employees or stay at home parents.
We can also satisfy our need for autonomy through our work if we have some control over what we do and
how we do it.
Our need for connection to others is also affected by the quality of our relationships at work.
How have things been for you at work?
Do you like what you do?
Maybe even finding a sense of meaning in your job has an anxiety, depression or another difficulty
made it harder to do your job or interfered with your performance.
Does your work feel appropriately challenging, not so easy, or coasting along, feeling bored and
not so hard that you are overwhelmed by the demands?
Take a moment to write down what you've noticed about your recent relationship to your work.