A little studio of life-design exercises — take stock, find your compass, and imagine several futures.
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Your life isn't a problem to be solved — it's a design problem to be explored. There's no single right answer; there are many good designs for your life, and you build your way forward through small experiments. These exercises (adapted from Designing Your Life) help you get curious and get unstuck.
Bring these along to every activity.
Old belief on the left, a more useful one on the right.
Start anywhere — the dashboard is a gentle on-ramp.
Take stock of Health, Work, Play & Love on four gauges — and spot what needs your attention.
Take stock → Activity 2 · Build a compassWrite short reflections on why you work and why we're here — then check that they line up.
Find your compass → Activity 3 · Imagine futuresSketch three very different 5-year lives — your plan, your backup, and your wildcard.
Dream in threes → Activity 4 · Find your wayTrack what engages and energizes you across your days — and read the patterns with AEIOU.
Catch the clues → Activity 5 · Build immunitySort recent flops into screwups, weaknesses, and growth — and harvest a lesson from each.
Turn flops into fuel → Activity 6 · Get unstuckFree-associate around a word, watch a doodle map grow, and mash outer ideas into a wild new concept.
Make a map → Activity 7 · Prototype by talkingPlan friendly “life design interviews” with people already living what you're curious about.
Plan a chat → Activity 8 · Radical collaborationAssemble a small crew of supporters and mentors, agree on the rules, and plan a first meeting.
Build your team →