Uncovering Your Childhood Vows – Worksheet: Instructions: Contemplate each question and write down your answers in as much length as the question demands. Write thoroughly. Be honest, accurate, and concrete. Part 1: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Make a list of each decisive moment or situation (even minor ones) that you can recall from birth until age 25. Take your time compiling this list. Part 2: Apply the following set of questions to EACH item on your list. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------How did this situation shape your worldview? How did you decide (or vow) you would ACT from then on? How did this vow make you mechanical, reactive, or inflexible from then on? How has this mechanicalness created suffering in your life? What is that vow protecting you from? Now that you have more life experience and distance, what weren’t you seeing at the time? Could you summon the courage to drop that vow entirely? Copyright © 2016 Actualized.org. All rights reserved. Part 3: Answer these questions only AFTER completing the part above. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My top 3 most-mechanical and limiting childhood vows are… How would you act differently if you were free of all your childhood vows? How would you feel differently if you were free of all your childhood vows? Copyright © 2016 Actualized.org. All rights reserved.
