North - Grounding

NORTH - PURPOSE

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North Star

🌱 Personal Reflection Tool

North — Grounding in Your Why
(This is the companion tool that pairs with the reflection.)

Purpose

This reflection tool helps you gently reconnect with:

  • the deeper reasons you said yes to caregiving
  • what matters most to you about showing up
  • the meaning beneath the exhaustion

There are no right answers.

You may return to this reflection when you've lost sight of why you're doing this.

✍️ Reflection Prompts

1. What originally drew me to say yes to this caregiving role?
(Love, duty, obligation, no other choice, values...)
2. On my hardest days, what truth can I return to about why this matters?
(This person matters to me. I'm honoring my values. I couldn't live with myself if I walked away...)
3. What do I hope this person knows — or will remember — about the care I've given?
(That they were loved, that they weren't alone, that they mattered...)
4. When I look back on this season someday, what will I want to remember about why I stayed?
(Not the tasks, but the meaning behind them.)

🌿 Closing Pause

Take one slow breath in.

Exhale gently.

If it helps, return to the affirmation:

Even small acts of care are worthy offerings.