Honesty Day (question mark?)

This morning, while I was eating my breakfast, I heard that it was "Honesty Day," which is a concept I find interesting; we live in a society that delegates a day to "coming clean." Not yesterday, not tomorrow, but today, yes, I think today is the day where I will be honest. Having never heard of this Hallmark Holiday, I decided to turn to Wikipedia, (obviously) and found out that April 30th is a day where we recognize the honesty of past presidents and raise awareness of current men and women in government, perhaps in hopes to hold them more accountable. Interesting.

So today, in the spirit of honestly, I say that we think about some of our own internal truths. Now, I don't think that we need to shout from the rooftops that we were once convinced we were going to marry Zach Morris, that we pee in the shower, (because we're eco-conscious citizens and want to save water!) or that we just figured out the lyrics to Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" (we still like ours better). But, a few months ago someone (aka my life coach, aka my therapist - hey! it's honesty day!) asked me to be honest with myself and what I needed from myself. It's an odd question that I had to contemplate for awhile. Sure, it's easy to say: "I need a job that makes me rich," or "I need my family members to stop asking why I don't have a boyfriend" or "I need a boyfriend who doesn't mind my family." But it's hard to strip away everything else and focus on what you need from you, aside from other people or things. Months ago I jotted down a list and revisit it every once in awhile. It's actually saved as "honesty" in my writing folder.

1. I need to have balance in my life.
2. I need order and organization in my life.
3. I need alone time without isolating myself.
4. I need to challenge myself.
5. I need to be doing at least one thing that I'm good at or passionate about.
6. I need financial stability.
7. I need to live a life that accommodates all aspects of my personality.

Within each need, I elaborate as to why I desire that particular thing in my life, as a reminder of it's importance. It can be argued that a lot of these needs depend on other people, a job, etc, but I tried to strip them down to their purest form. It was pretty eye opening for me.


Something to remember...