Inspired by Staring into the abyss as a core life skill | benkuhn.net (WIP)
- If you had to leave your job today, what would you do instead?
- What’s the best argument in favor of doing that right now?
- Are there ways you behave that you wish you didn’t? What unacknowledged desires could be driving those?
- What have you said “yes” to that you wouldn’t say “hell yes” to? (prompted by Alex Watt)
- Is there something you “should” do that you’re not currently doing? Why? (prompted by Silas Strawn)
- What bad things are you afraid of happening? Imagine in detail what it would be like if they happened. (prompted by Kamilé Lukosiute)
- What do you need that you’re not currently getting? (—David MacIver
- What are you avoiding because it conflicts with some part of your identity / self-image? (—Nicholas Schiefer; more at link)
- “What is the biggest thing in your life that you just kinda casually fell into and would you have made a conscious decision to do it if you’d known in advance everything you know now?” (—@GeniesLoki; hundreds more at link)