Review of Needs

I like this Woody Allen quote when wondering what the new year holds for us:

"It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future"

Some predictions may seem necessary in order for us to plan, especially with respect to our financial investments. However, the overall objective of planning for another year is to promote our own well-being. If I have to drill further as to what constitutes well-being, I will fall back onto my template based on Reality Therapy's basic needs. Once again I remind myself of these essential needs being that of

1) Survival (food, shelter, healthy body)
2) Love and Belonging
3) Power (including learning, achievement and feeling worthwhile)
4) Fun
5) Freedom (including independence, autonomy, one’s own 'space')

Personally I feel the first, third and fourth of the above needs are more within our control, ie. if one chooses to make it happen, is committed and chooses the right actions to achieve them, they are not unattainable.

To me, the second and fifth needs are more challenging as they can be psychological in nature as well, ie. they also hinge on one's own belief and perception. As for me, this year I plan to gain more "Freedom" which is to free myself from the shackles of a story which I probably adopted for myself since I was a kid, a belief that "it is dangerous not to worry".

Another quote may be useful in my quest:

"Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all"- Ovid