Age ~13 - Grade 7 (Middle school/Junior High - Teenager) - Stage 3 LifeWork planning activities

NOTE: This is a draft and subject to change. Some links are not set up properly yet, and some text may not make sense.

LifeWork planning activities for age ~13

1. Setup
   1. If you ...
      1. did not complete the Age ~12 LifeWork planning activities, please click here to go there.
      2. are a parent of a young child, please click here.
      3. are an adult who has never done any LifeWork planning, please continue.
   2. If you haven't already done so, please read this post about why I assigned LifeWork planning activities to specific ages.
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      2. "^" takes you to where this document is located in the My LW (e)Portfolio.
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   4. Turning thirteen (13) years old and entering middle/junior high school is one of the several key transitions/turning points (TR1) that I have identified in this post.
   5. Turing thirteen is where Phase 1 of the three (3) phases of LifeWork planning begins. (More). "I've either lost touch with my LifeWork or never (re)searched or (re)defined it. Using the "10 Rs" I need to start here - at this age - (even if I'm an adult) and start working on the following documents/templates in my version of the My LW (e)Portfolio.Google Template (GT). 440
2. # ^ T In the LifeWork planning activities for Age ~12 you created an unsorted list of your interests. In this step you will identify the top five (5) that pertain to your LifeWork.
   1. Create your version of My Top 5 Interests. (GT) (PH)
   2. COPY all of your interests from the list you created in Age ~12. Throughout your lifetime, continue to add your interests to either this list or both lists.
   3. Follow the instructions in My Top 5 Interests to identify the top five (5) interests that pertain to your LifeWork. (See Why ... ? below.)
3. # ^ T Create your version of My Top 5 Tools and Technologies (GT) (PH) (See Why ... ? below.)
4. My Skills
   1. # ^ T Create your version of My Top 5 Functional Transferable Skills (FTS) (GT) (PH) Write several stories (262) about what you like to do and your accomplishments, then analyze for FTS (190, 265) (GT) (PH) 20, 279 (See Why ... ? below.)
   2. # ^ T Create your version of My Top 5 Self-management Skills (SMS) (GT) (PH) (See Why ... ? below.)
5. Why am I asking are you to create these lists?: In the next activity, you will collect a list of LifeWork "tasks" and then you will identify the top five (5) most important to you. Your list of tasks will most likely emerge as composites of some of your top five (5) interests, tools, and skills (FTS and SMS). Later, I will ask you to use those top five (5) tasks to search a database of over 900 occupations to find the top five (5) that appeal to you.
6. # ^ T Create your version of My Top 5 Tasks (GT) (PH)
7. # ^ T Create your version of My Favorite Types of People (Environments) and "My SDS". (GT) (PH) 26, 311, 243, Interests
8. # ^ T Create your version of My Ideal Work Environmental or My Favorite Working Conditions (GT) (PH) 31, 317
9. # ^ T Create your version of LifeWork planning is important to me because ... to keep you motivated/inspired to do your LifeWork planning now and the rest of your lifetime. (Merge in LWP Decision #1 - Is LifeWork Planning (LWP) worth my effort? (for adolescents and adults). (GT) (PH)
10. # ^ T Create your version of this My LW (e)Portfolio and replace the link of each doc above with the link to your version of each doc.
11. If you have completed all of the activities above (for this round), please proceed to Age ~14. to continue Phase 1 activities of (re)searching and career exploration.