The Motivators below are the 12 Basic Values outlined by Chris Bailey on his website. I have put them in order of how significant they are to me / how much they impact the way I think, feel and act.

• Core Motivators:
  • Self-Direction: Independent thought and action. Choosing, creating, and exploring. Freedom. Creativity. Independence. Choosing your own goals. Curiosity.
  • Universalism: Understanding. Appreciation. Tolerance. Protection for the welfare of all people and of nature. Equality. Unity with nature. Wisdom. World of peace. World of beauty. Social justice. Broad-minded. Protecting the environment.
• Strong Motivators:
  • Stimulation: Excitement. Novelty. Challenge in life. Exciting life. Varied life. Daring.
  • Pleasure: Pleasure. Sensuous gratification for oneself. Enjoying life. Self-indulgent.
• General Motivators:
  • Benevolence: Preservation and enhancement of the welfare of people with whom one is in frequent personal contact. Loyal. Responsible. Honest. Helpful. Forgiving.
  • Humility: Understanding your insignificance in the grand scheme of things, while believing you are a part of something greater than yourself.
  • Security: Safety. Harmony. Stability of society, relationships, and self. Social order. National security. Family security. Reciprocation of favours. Cleanliness.
• Partial Motivators:
  • Face: Preserving your own image. Avoiding humiliation.
• Limited Motivators:
  • Achievement: Personal success through demonstrating competence according to social standards. Ambitious. Capable. Influential. Successful.
• Things that don't motivate me at all:
  • Conformity: The restraint of actions, inclinations, and impulses that are likely to upset or harm others and violate social expectations or norms. Politeness. Self-discipline. Respect for elders. Obedient.
  • Tradition: Respect, commitment, and acceptance of the customs and ideas that traditional culture or religion provides. Respect for tradition. Modest. Humble. Accepting your portion in life. Devout.
  • Power: Social status and prestige. Control or dominance over people and resources. Social power. Wealth. Authority.

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• Mapping the 12 Values onto the things I value (my Core Values)
  • Connection to Others (Universalism / Benevolence / Security / Humility / Face)
  • Connection to the Natural World (Universalism / Pleasure)
  • Creative Productivity (Self-Direction)
  • Freedom of Expression (Self-Direction / Universalism)
  • Freedom to Explore (Self-Direction / Universalism / Stimulation)
  • Joy-Seeking (Pleasure / Stimulation)
  • Pacifism (Universalism / Security / Humility)
  • Personal Growth (Self-Direction / Achievement)
  • Personal Security (Security)
  • Positive Health (Security / Stimulation / Achievement)

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• Core Value One: Connection to Others
  • Spend time with my family, together and individually
  • Help my family out when they need me
  • Maintain healthy boundaries with my family
  • Seek out communities which feel safe and affirming
  • Build my social life around those communities
  • Persevere with things, even though social anxiety is so painful
  • Work on developing better professional relationships
  • Meet local people while travelling, listen to their stories and learn from their ways of life
  • Have a healthy and loving romantic relationship
  • Have 3-5 friends who I can rely on, who I can call when I've had a bad day and who I can try out the local coffee places and bars with

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• Core Value Two: Connection to the Natural World
  • Spend at least 5 hours outside every week
  • Wander off the track
  • Climb trees and rocks
  • Leave as little an impact on the physical world as possible
  • Learn more about the things I see around me
  • Forage for blackberries, wild garlic and maybe mushrooms someday
  • Spend more time doing outdoor activities, especially hiking and SUP
  • Buy only what I need, to eliminate waste
  • Be aware of the environment in my daily life
  • Reuse and repurpose things instead of buying new
  • Dedicate some time and money to travel every year
  • Explore different parts of the UK
  • Experience diverse ecosystems and natural phenomena around the world
  • Climb more mountains (and just hills)
  • Touch down on every continent (not including Antarctica)

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• Core Value Three: Creative Productivity
  • Go to live music events as often as possible
  • Learn to play Is There Somewhere and Daydreams on piano
  • Pass piano grade 5
  • Read often
  • Try out different creative projects - I don't really know what I want to pursue right now, so it would be good to just try some different things

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• Core Value Four: Freedom of Expression
  • Stay confident in what I believe and comfortable with what I don't know
  • Allow others to experience life however they want to, where their behaviour is not harmful to others
  • Live my own truth, being myself and living by my own values, regardless of what others think
  • Take time for sensory seeking, hyperactivity and daydreaming (when safe and appropriate to do so)
  • Meet myself when I am, rather than holding myself to others' standards
  • Work on expressing my ideas in different settings i.e. socially and professionally
  • Develop confidence in sharing my opinion and engaging in different conversations
  • Worry less about how people might perceive me and my ideas

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• Core Value Five: Freedom to Explore
  • Engage with interesting materials (articles, books, podcasts)
  • Treat every day as a new lesson
  • Learn through the activities I do at work
  • Carry out additional research around areas of construction (although right now by this I literally just mean complete coursework)
  • Use travel as a means of learning about the world
  • Learn more about ancient history and about how things work
  • Become fluent in Cymraeg
  • Try out new recipes often (most weeks)
  • Learn to climb more challenging walls
  • Go to new places, even if they're not that far away
  • Try new things whenever possible
  • Attend classes and conferences
  • Be open-minded about different activities and ideas (especially when considering other peoples' recommendations)

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• Core Value Six: Joy-Seeking
  • Love / enjoy as many things as possible
  • Experience those things as often as possible
  • Engage in comfort activities in order to wind down
  • Rewatch episodes of shit TV shows that make me happy
  • Stand barefoot in the grass
  • Listen to lots of good music
  • Play with cats whenever I can
  • Have fun, life is short

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• Core Value Seven: Pacifism
  • Find courage in peace
  • Be respectful and kind to others
  • Treat all living things as I would like to be treated
  • Distance myself from negative topics and opinions
  • Learn to respectfully disagree with unpleasant opinions instead of allowing them to impact me personally

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• Core Value Eight: Personal Growth
  • Find strategies for becoming more confident in social and professional settings
  • Develop confidence in my ability to be productive and responsible at work
  • Use this to develop my career and in promoting myself
  • Get to know more people who I can feel confident around
  • Put myself out there into more social situations
  • Make an earnest start at dating
  • Actually respond to peoples' messages rather than overthinking about them
  • Get into the habit of texting or emailing people back as soon as possible
  • Learn to manage overthinking about how people will perceive my actions and words
  • Continue working on knowing and understanding myself
  • But don't get so caught up in introspection that I just get lost
  • Use yoga to help clear my mind and allow me to be present in the moment
  • Have better conversations which elicit different perspectives and help me work through different ideas

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• Core Value Nine: Personal Security
  • Keep better track of my incomings and outgoings, preventing the latter from exceeding the former
  • Be able to afford my needs and wants
  • Invest in my future (saving for a house, future partner or family, potential career moves, pension)
  • Increase my earnings
  • Budget for the things I want to have (car, phone), and the things I want to experience (travel, concerts)
  • Cultivate an environment in which I feel safe to be myself
  • Cut out things in life which do not make me feel safe
  • Have a place of my own and enough money to maintain it

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• Core Value Ten: Positive Health
  • Walk a minimum of 6000 steps every day
  • Spend more time doing adventurous activities
  • Extend my workout routine beyond walking and yoga
  • Try running
  • Do yoga at least twice a week
  • Keep myself nourished with healthy food, cooking fresh as much as possible
  • Drink (a lot) more water
  • Keep up with daily tasks and positive self-care habits e.g. washing myself, brushing teeth, skincare, laundry etc.
  • Be aware of what's going on with my body
  • Look after myself, especially when I'm not feeling great e.g. around my period or when I'm super tired
  • Take the pressure off myself when I need to
  • Use the values throughout this list to help me live my most fulfilling life and maintain good mental health
  • Don't be afraid to talk about how I'm feeling in different situations