Garden of Self

 Instructions from the book: 

1 . Take five minutes to imagine a garden of self as a metaphor. The healthy plants represent your positive strengths and attributes, the seeds represent your goals, and the weeds represent the issues or problems that prevent you from reaching your goals.
2 . Using markers and oil pastels, draw your positive strengths as healthy plants.
3 . Draw the goals that you want to achieve as seeds (or sprouting plants).
4 . Draw weeds to represent what could prevent you from achieving your goals.
5 . Add other details needed to tend to your garden. 

 

 Questions for Discussion:
· How would you describe your garden’s plants, seeds, and weeds?
· What are some ways that you can maintain your garden?
· What are the next steps to get rid of the weeds and nurture the seeds in your life?

My garden has plants and weeds, not seeds. It seems I don't live my life according to goals, I just live. Ways in which I could maintain my garden is to take care of my plants and get rid of the weeds. This would translate in focusing on my strengths and eliminating frustration from my life. I could get rid of frustration by knowing what brings me pleasure and joy and doing just that.