These can be personal, communal, or general to all of mankind. Write down your hopes, dreams, and wishes on the branches. For me this felt like a natural progression from roots to values to skills. I then transitioned into listing my skills. I chose to write my values starting at the base of the trunk going up. Write your skills and values on the trunk. These should not be things you are forced to do, but rather things you have chosen to do for yourself. Write down the things you choose to do on a weekly basis on the ground. You could also write down the culture you grew up in, a club or organization that shaped your youth, or a parent/guardian. This can be your home town, state, country, etc. Write down where you come from on the roots. And like a compost heap is supposed to do, I will eventually break those things down and re-sow the rich parts back into my life. There are in fact quite a few life defining lessons I learned through the things that ended up in my compost heap. Especially since many of them are not neatly categorized as “all bad”. I’ve found that the idea of a compost heap is an extremely helpful way to think about these things. Generally they all have to do with past trauma and damaging relationships I’m trying to let go of. I blurred mine out above, but you can see it has several items. You can write down places, people, problems, experiences. or anything else that shapes negative thoughts about yourself in your mind. These are often sources of trauma, abuse, cultural standards of normality/beauty/etc. Write down anything in your compost heap that would normally go in the other sections described below but which are now things you no longer want to be defined by. You might be surprised! The Compost Heap ( Optional–But Highly Recommended!) The most helpful thing in the beginning is to just write stuff down and see where it takes you. You can skip around and fill things in at any time. The nature of this exercise is that as you complete each step, it unlocks more memories and ideas for other parts. If you can only think of one or two things per section at a time, don’t worry about it. Next, follow the labeling instructions below.
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