If you've got this far thank you and well done! This was a difficult exercise to complete to a high degree of satisfaction and it's something I will yet revisit from time to time as it isn't written in stone, I regard it rather as subject to evolution over the longer term. I may in future wish to place more emphasis on and develop other important values but for the time being all the above feels right and as it should be. It was figured out over a period of weeks, often revisited. The internet was a useful resource, and I trawled back through my library and memories, spoke with some of those closest. The beneficial consequence of having done the work is I now know better who and where I am, which is important. Difficult decisions are easier having this well-defined frame of reference to work with. Because of the self-examination and now conscious knowing of what I stand for, time is more consistently spent in activities aligned with this framework. Life became more rewarding, I feel more focused, less wasteful with time. There's less inner conflict, more peace, harmony, integrity. And, in order to chart any course surely we must first know where we are, and to where we wish to travel. In this way resources may be more readily identified and marshalled, actions directed & progress assessed. Better efficiency & effectiveness along the route. And if this isn't enough to convince that it's a good idea to know ourselves in this regard here's Eleanor Roosevelt. "When you adopt the standards and values of someone else, you surrender your own integrity and become to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being." So consider reading on and taking a step toward knowing who you are, who you wish to become, and what you stand for...