13 questions to begin

What do you have now that you once wished for?

What is a good life, in one paragraph, for you specifically?

What were you like at eight?

What small thing made today better?

What would you do with a free afternoon, no phone, no plans?

What are you carrying that was never yours to carry?

What makes you laugh, reliably?

What do people come to you for?

Who makes you feel most like yourself? What do they do differently?

If money were handled, what would you do on Monday morning at nine? Not forever. Just Monday.

What did you want at twelve that you later talked yourself out of?

What calms you, reliably? Make the list.

Write a normal Tuesday five years from now. Not the dream. The good ordinary.