Sample Life Manual
Advertisement How I Came to Create My Life Handbook Back in 2006, I was just about to graduate from university. I had already found, but decided to work in the corporate world first rather than pursue it right away. I promised myself to keep my passion in mind and pursue it when the time was right.
Fast forward a year to 2007, and what had I done about my passion? Absolutely nothing! It wasn’t that I lost interest, but that I had been so busy working that I had no mental space to think about anything else after work.
During weekends, I would either be working or recharging after a hectic work week. I also found the same non-progress in my like, losing weight, and spending time with my family. Despite wanting to realize these goals, it was difficult to do so with day-to-day priorities screaming at me every day. I realized that I needed some kind of tool to remind me of my long-term goals while helping me live every day to the fullest.
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Not a to-do list, because this is only a micro-tool that will help with managing daily to-dos but not long-term goals. Not an action plan, as it tends to be goal-based (e.g. Lose weight or improve work performance) and doesn’t give me the holistic view on life that I needed. What I needed was a guidebook for life.
A guidebook that would consist of my life purpose, personal values, daily mottoes, long-term goals, short-term goals, and my personal life lessons. A guidebook that I could refer to every day to live my best life. This guidebook would assist me in my everyday thinking, and actions; it would also remind me of my long-term priorities so that I would always be moving toward them and not forget about them.
From there, my life handbook was born. Benefits Of Having Your Life Handbook. Advertisement Secondly, it gives you clarity. There are so many distractions in our lives that it’s easy to get sidetracked by them. Many things that are can often take center stage and pull us away from the things that matter. Your life handbook reminds you of the important things that matter and to focus on them. Thirdly, it is your guidebook for living a great life.
Not sure what to do in a dilemma? Have a conflict that you don’t know how to resolve? Feeling a little lost in life? Well, refer to your life handbook! As you review your purpose, your values, and your goals, it helps you to reconnect with your inner self and to make the decisions that align with your highest being.
How To Create Your Life Handbook Step #1: Decide on the Format. Soft Copy or Hard Copy? First decide on the format of your book. Do you want to go soft copy (e.g.
Excel spreadsheet, MS Word, or Powerpoint) or hard copy (e.g. A notebook or a physical folder)? There is no hard and fast rule on which format to use; it’s up to your personal preference. Some of my clients and readers prefer a digital format for their handbook. Some prefer hard copy; they purchase blank notebooks and decorate them as their handbooks.
Personally I prefer a soft copy handbook as 1) you can easily edit the information, 2) most software has functions to help you organize information readily, and 3) you can transfer it across different mediums like mobile, your work laptop, and your home laptop. I use an Excel spreadsheet for my handbook. Some PE readers have great success using EverNote and MS OneNote for their handbooks, so you can consider them as well. If you want to use a hard copy handbook, that’s great too! 😀 Shop for a nice notebook to get started.
😀 Step #2: Fill in Your Handbook Your handbook is meant to be your manual for living. It should consist of anything and everything important to living our best life. Below is a good starting point of what to put:.
Your. Your values. Your strengths. Your improvement areas. Your life adages (i.e. Your personal mottos on living a great life.
These can be inspirational quotes or personal mottoes.). Your vision board (Vision boards are visual representation of your goals and dreams. Check out.). Your long-term life goals, comprising of five-, three-, and one-year goals. Your short-term life goals, usually a breakdown of your long-term goals. Your action plans to achieve your goals.
For those of you who have done, you should have identified most of the items above, so it’s a matter of putting them together in your handbook. Advertisement While the above outline may seem a little hefty, there is no need to work on everything in one sitting; neither is it reasonable to expect that. Simply filling out one section (say, your life purpose) requires deep thought and self-reflection. Rather, take as much time as you need. Do whatever you can today, then continue tomorrow. Two weeks is a good time frame to get the core sections in place. Remember that your handbook is meant to be a work-in-progress. There will never be a point when your handbook is truly completed, because life is a journey to be discovered every day.
Make it a habit to update your handbook daily, even if for just five minutes each time. Step #3: Decorate it!
Your handbook is all about you, so personalize it! A great way to spice up your book is to decorate it with photographs and images that inspire you.
For example, for my healthy living goal, I have visuals of fruits, nuts, fruit/vegetable smoothies, salads and water (to remind myself to drink enough water every day). Different sections of my Excel handbook is color-coded to facilitate my reading. Here’s an example of PE reader Kulit’s digital life handbook. Advertisement Step #4: Have a backup (if you’re using a soft copy!) Because your handbook is extremely important, have at least one backup. I back up my handbook via email every month and also save a copy on my external hard drive.
My Experience Creating My Handbook After realizing that I needed a tool to guide me in everyday living, I created my life handbook in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. At that time, I didn’t think of this as my “life handbook” — I simply saw it as a tool to document my life lessons. Each day, I would add to this document, edit the content, and structure the information. If I was busy I would spend five to ten minutes on it; if I wasn’t, I could spend hours fiddling away! From my life purpose, to my values, to my daily mottoes, to my long-term life goals, to my short-term life goals, I would add all kinds of information important to living my best life. Before I knew it, this innocuous document had transformed into my life manual. It was about a couple of months before I finally felt that the core foundations of my handbook was in place. Today, my handbook is a massive Excel workbook with nearly 20 sheets!
It’s chocked full of knowledge that I have gained in my past three decades of conscious living.
Parish Catechist resources developed by the Diocese of Lincoln for every chapter of each Grade. The Diocese of Lincoln resources were developed for parishes using Faith and Life in a weekly classroom session. These resources include a Power Point presentation, a lesson plan, video clips and suggested activities for each chapter, organized for from our website by Grade and Chapter. FREE for you to use.
Parish Catechist Manual The Parish Catechist Manual is specifically designed for teaching Faith and Life in a once a week 60-90 minute lesson. More information can be found on the Parish Catechist Manual - Curriculum Outlines See how the Parish Catechist Manual organizes lessons over the course of the year. These outlines are particularly important to understanding how the PCM organizes the flow for Sacramental Prep in Grade 2. Parish Catechist Manual Curriculum Outlines Grade Parish Catechist Manual - Appendices To save space in the Parish Catechist Manual and to allow for easy updating in the future, Appendices B and C resources were removed from the print version and are posted here in PDF files for easy download and printing.
There is also a listing by topic for Grades 1-6 below for cross-reference. Parish Catechist Manual – Appendices Grade Type Grade Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8. Parish Lesson Plans NOTE: these Parish Lesson Plans are different from our new Parish Catechist Manual and were designed for use with the School Teacher's Manual before the Parish Catechist Manual was created. With our new Parish Catechist Manual, there is no need to download and use these lessons to adapt the School Teacher's Manual, but we leave them here for those who have not as yet purchased the PCM or who wish to teach from the TM in a once a week setting.
Downloadable Lesson Plans of the Faith and Life Series to adapt the School Teacher's Manual for your Parish Religious Education program. These lesson plans for all grades (1-8) condense each grade into 22-23 lessons per year.
These teacher lesson plans are provided FREE of charge but are not needed if you have purchased the Parish Catechist Manual. Parish Lesson Plans – 3rd Edition (before the existence of the Parish Catechist Manual which replaces these and contains much more) Grade Type Grade Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Parish or School Resources. These quiz and unit test packets are password protected. The password is emailed to all new Faith and Life customers. If you are a teacher or catechist, please contact the school/parish office to obtain the password.
You need Adobe Acrobat Reader and the file password in order to view these files. If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, you can download it. These quiz and unit tests are found in the Third Edition Teacher's Manual.
These files are made available to facilitate printing instead of photocopying the quiz/test from the Teacher's Manual itself. Quiz and Unit Tests – 3rd Edition Grade Family Guides The Faith and Life Family Guide is a special resource that involves the parents or guardians of each student in their weekly religious formation by providing an easy way for them to understand and review the main points taught each week in the classroom with their child at home. Family Guides are available in print (each covers 4 grades) or as a digital CD (one for each grade level).
We recommend that parents use the print version at home to facilitate ease of use and visual aids while the digital version makes it easy for a teacher, catechist or DRE to send the weekly lesson review home as a printout or emailed as a PDF for the parent to print out and use. More information can be found on our. Spanish Student Textbooks The Faith and Life series includes a supplemental Student Textbook in Spanish for each grade. This Spanish textbook contains the entire text of the English student textbook translated into Spanish along with paragraph references to the English Student Textbook. Chapter questions are included, but the layout and image selection varies from the English counterpart.
This supplemental student textbook in Spanish allows Spanish speaking parents and guardians of children using the English student textbook to follow along with the child's religious formation, and the Spanish textbook can be used in the classroom by Spanish speaking students. Please note that the TM is only available in English and there is not a Spanish Activity book.
The Spanish text is meant as a supplement to the Faith and Life 3rd Edition series in English. Sample pages of new Spanish Student Texts Grade School Resources. Teacher's Manual designed for 5 days a week classroom usage. The Faith and Life Teacher's Manual contains many improved features over the years that aid in preparing and implementing each lesson.