Self-evaluation of Life Lived

ROJoson's Concepts of Intentional Living

In Intentional Living, one makes a documented formal intentional life plan targeting a certain number of years (realistic and xxxxx) to live with specified goals.

Every year, the plan's implementation is evaluated and reviewed (formative evaluation) and continuous improvement made both in terms of implementation efforts as well as in the plan itself.

At certain landmarks or milestones, such as reaching 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, etc. or reaching at certain traditionally considered significant age, say 60, 65, 70, 80, 90, 100, etc., one must make a formal summative evaluation (in contrast to the yearly formative evaluation). This summative evaluation must be documented and it should spell out the extent of one's achievement of goals formulated in the Intentional Living plan.

The documents that contain the summative evaluation can be in the form of a simple report on a paper or digital file known only to the person who made the Intentional Life Plan or it can be publicized to inspire other people to do the same (formulate an Intentional Living plan and make a summative evaluation). The summative evaluation can also be made and publicize in the form of self-memoir or a self-reflection primer or booklet. As mentioned, publicizing the summative evaluation either in the form of self-memoir or self-reflection primer or booklet is done not to brag but to inspire other people to do Intentional Living Plan to help them live a meaningful and contented life.

Recently, November 2019, my wife shared with me a self-reflection primer or booklet by Mr. Rodolfo "Jet" Flores Jeturian with the title "Reflections of my Life with God." It was authored by Mr. Rodolfo Jeturian himself in 2017 at age 90. Upon seeing it, I liked it very much because it is an example of an illustration of a summative evaluation of a life lived, which I have been advocating within my Intentional Living Plan Program. A chapter in the booklet contains "A Life that Matters" by Michael Josephson. Mr. Rodolfo Jeturian had this introduction to the quote: "The essay below by Michael Josephson resonates with me. I have lived my life as a life that matters."

WHAT WILL MATTER by Michael Josephson (c) 2003

Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.

There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours, or days.

All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

Your wealth, fame, and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.

So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.

The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

It won’t matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end.

It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?

What will matter is not what you bought but what you built; not what you got but what you gave.

What will matter is not your success but your significance.

What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage,

or sacrifice that enriched, empowered, or encouraged others to emulate your example.

What will matter is not your competence but your character.

What will matter is not how many people you knew but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone.

What will matter is not your memories but the memories of those who loved you.

What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom, and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident.

It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters.

Here is the cover of the self-reflective booklet of Mr. Rodolfo "Jet" Flores Jeturian:

On my part, before I reached 70 on January 31, 2019, I made a summative self-evaluation of my life at 70. This was published in the form of a memoir. See link: https://sites.google.com/site/rojoson70memoir/

I made a formal intentional living plan in 1994 at age 45 targeting 70 years old. Every year, I made formative evaluation. In 2019, months before I reach 70, I made a summative evaluation.

Making formal formative and summative evaluation is part of ROJoson's concept of Intentional Living Plan.

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