Where do you feel most like your favorite self? What are you doing? With whom are you interacting? What's around you? What values are you honoring? I know that for me to feel fully myself I must be learning, connecting, and laughing. My Highly Operative Me Environment will include challenges, other people, and fun. Someone else's H.O.M.E. might have solitude, nature, and physical activity. Another's might have music, computers, and knotty problems to tackle. Look around and see where you feel most alive. Now ask how much time you spend there. If answer's not "most of time" it's time to move back H.O.M.E.

If it seems impossible to change to a new environment maybe there are ways to adapt existing one to be more supportive. For example, you may not feel able to leave your current job, but perhaps you could take on new responsibilities to make it more challenging, or delegate to make it less stressful. Maybe you can't afford to rent perfect studio space yet, but you could clean out that spare room and start there. Start somewhere. Take that pottery class. Join that biking club. Choose to put yourself where you thrive.

To turn your current reality into a Highly Operative Me Environment ask yourself: 1. Where do I feel fully myself? 2. What values of mine are being honored there? 3. How could I apply those values elsewhere in my life?

You don’t need ruby slippers. All you need is to know way H.O.M.E.