In the Planning Paths area of your My Vault account, you'll find several Best Life paths where you can think about what you want for your best life and create a plan to get there.
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As you work through the Best Life paths and activities, your answers and the results are both saved automatically. You can come back to view, finish or edit an activity at any time. The results of each completed activity are saved in My Vault and you can also share the results with people who support you. Learn about My Vault's privacy.
Learn about each of My Vault's three Best Life paths and the activities in them:
This path helps you think about yourself and what others should know about you. There are three activities in this path.
Activities in this path include:
1. My Profile: Best Life (Individual & Family)
In this activity you'll answer three questions to make a one-page profile. This profile can be used to give people an at-a-glance way to know what really matters to you. You can also upload a photo to show who you are, if you’d like. Use the profile to list your strengths and interests, what's important to you, and the best ways to offer support. Your family or people who are important in your life can also complete their own one-page profile about you so they can share what they think matters to you and how others can help.
Do this activity when you want a quick way for people to get to know you and understand what’s important to you.
2. My Core Team
In this activity you can identify people who support you in your life — your “Best Life team.” Your team can include family, friends and other people you trust most to help you with planning and making important decisions.
3. My Resources and Supports: About Me
This activity lets you list what you have that can help you reach your best life. Answer the questions in five key areas. When you’re done, your answers will be shown in a visual called the Integrated Supports Star.
Do this activity when you need to see what resources and supports you have and come up with ideas about what you need to help you move toward your goal.
This path helps you think what you want for your life and the steps needed to get there. There are five activities in this path—three for individuals and two for family members.
Activities in this path include:
1. My Life Goals
This activity lets you set a vision for your future. You can list what you want in different areas of your life then rate what you want to work on first. When you’re done, your answers will be show in a visual called a Life Domain Vision. There’s also an activity for your family or people who are important in your life to complete so they can share what they’d like to see for your future.
Do this activity when you want to think about your future and keep track of the things you want in areas like healthy living, employment, safety, community living, and others. Writing down what you want and sharing it with others can help you move toward your goals.
2. Life Goals: Family view
This activity lets your family share their vision for what they’d like to see in your future. They can list what they want for you in different areas of your life then rate what they’d like to see you work on first. When they’re done their answers will be show in a visual called a Life Domain Vision. This should be done along with your own “My Life Goals” so you can see both perspectives.
Ask your family or others who are important to you to do this activity when you want help thinking about your future and keeping track of the things you want in areas like healthy living, employment, safety, community living, and others. Having people who are important to you write down what they’d like for your future and sharing it with you and others can help you move toward your goals.
3. My Vision: Best Life
This activity lets you list specific things you want and don’t want in your life and identify steps to get to what you want and avoid things you don’t want. When you’re done, the results will be shown in a visual called a Life Trajectory.
4. Vision: Family view
This activity lets your family list specific things they want and don’t want for you and identify steps to help you get there.
Ask your family or others who are important to you to do this activity when you have a goal you want to reach or a problem you want to solve and need help thinking it through and getting to next steps.
5. My Resources and Supports: Best Life
This activity lets you identify a specific goal and list the resources and supports you HAVE and those you NEED to reach that goal. When you’re done, the results will be shown in visuals called the Integrated Supports Star — you will have one Integrated Support Star showing the things you have and another showing the things you need.
Do this activity when you have a goal you want to reach or a problem you want to solve and need to see what people or things you have that could help, and the people or things you need to help you solve the problem or reach the goal.
This path helps you know what benefits you’re getting now and know how much money you might need to live your best life. There are two activities in this path.
Activities in this path include:
1. Get a Benefits Lookup
This activity lets you ask the Minnesota Department of Human Services for a list of the benefits you’re on. The report you get back is called a Benefits Lookup which will tell you the type and amount of each benefit you have, based on what is in the system as of the date of your request. Having a list of the benefits you have can help you understand your options, use other Hub planning tools, and plan for your best life.
Do this activity when you need to know what benefits you have, like when you’re talking with professionals who support you, or when you’re thinking of getting a new job, making a budget, considering moving to a different home, or making other plans for your future.
2. My Budget: Best Life
This activity lets you answer questions to see how much money you have now, and how much you might need to live the life you want. It helps you see your current income and expenses, think about how you want to live over the next few years, explore what things you want might cost, get ideas on how to pay for them, and set a goal for how much you need.
Do this activity when you want to see how much money it’s going to take to live your best life. It’s a good idea to do the Get a Benefits Lookup activity first to be sure of the benefits you’re getting.
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