Where you are going
The next year, five years, and the room at the end
Not a plan. Plans are for projects. This is about direction, which is quieter and matters more.
Answer these once a year and watch the direction change.
Write a normal Tuesday five years from now. Not the dream. The good ordinary.
What would you like to be known for among the twenty people who know you best?
What would you regret not trying?
What is one thing you could start this month that your future self would thank you for?
What are you becoming, if you keep going exactly as you are?
Who do you want to become for the people who will need you?
What would you do in the next year if you were sure it would work?
What will you be glad you did this year, when December comes?
What do you want to learn before you are old?
What would you like your eightieth birthday to feel like? Who is in the room?
What are you building that will outlast you, even a little?
Write to the person you will be on your next birthday.
If this year had a title, what would it be? And next year?
What would you change if you believed you had plenty of time?