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30 Days to a Better Man Day 1: Define Your Core Values

So today is Day 1 of this “Be a Better Man in 30 Days” ridonkulous quest Aaron convinced me to join him on. Of course, I couldn’t resist. So here goes the first day of my “journey to becoming a better man!”

The task of the day? Define my core values stemming from the question:
“What’s truly important to me as a man?”
I’m supposed to come up with five of these little suckers after weeding and prioritizing.

So now, per The Art of Manliness instruction, I will turn my dopamine-inducing bounce house dancy music off and will spend the next 5 minutes in silence, pondering and jotting with a pen upon pad whatever comes to me.
[[[[5 minutes later]]]]

Dexter’s Core Values
  1. Compassion
  2. Empathy
  3. Non-Violence
  4. Honesty
  5. Sex
  6. Growth
  7. Happiness
Fin! Whoa, feeling more manly already… ?

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