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Know yourself 20 min DREAM
Looking back, what was this year really about?
A one-page review of your year: what mattered, what you underrate, and a title for it.
Moment 32 prompts 11 scenes
End of year.
The year is closing and you want to see it clearly before the next one.
More for this moment.
31 more prompts, drawn from 11 scenes.
Know yourself 10 min Whose definition of success am I living by?
Your goals traced back to where each one came from, and a definition of success that’s yours.
2 versions
Know yourself 10 min What have I outgrown but keep carrying around?
One goal, role or habit that fit an earlier you, and a fair way to put it down.
2 versions
Know yourself 10 min Which of my regrets can I still do something about?
Your regrets sorted into still open, closed but useful, and not yours to carry.
2 versions
Know yourself 20 min If my life were a book, what would the chapters be called?
Your life so far as a table of contents, plus three possible titles for the next chapter.
2 versions
Decide 10 min What decision am I avoiding?
The one decision you keep not making, what the delay costs, and a smaller version to make now.
2 versions
Decide 10 min Ten years from now, which choice will I wish I had made?
A look back from the future at each option: what you’d regret, and which regrets you could repair.
Decide 5 min I’ve put so much into this. Is that a reason to keep going?
A fresh look at whether to keep going, with what you’ve already spent set to one side.
Decide 10 min Was that a bad decision, or did it just turn out badly?
A fair review of a choice that went wrong, separating what you could have known from plain luck.
Work 20 min What did I get done this year that I’ve already forgotten?
A self-review built from your real year: results first, evidence attached, one honest growth area.
Work 10 min Am I ready for a promotion, or do I just want one?
Your case for the next level on one page, with the two gaps a skeptical manager would raise.
Money 20 min Tell me the story of my money this year.
A one-page review of your money year: what moved, what you’d repeat, and one change for next year.
Money 10 min Before I see my accountant, what should I have ready?
A checklist of what to gather and the questions most worth your accountant’s time this year.
People 10 min What kind of friend am I, really?
An honest portrait of you as a friend: what you give, where you go missing, and one thing to do.
2 versions
People 5 min What do I text someone I haven’t spoken to in years?
Three short messages that reopen a door, with no guilt trip and no pressure to reply.
People 10 min What should I ask my parents while I still can?
Twelve questions about a parent’s life that you’d regret not asking, shaped to who they are.
People 10 min Get me through this family dinner without the usual scene.
A pocket plan for a tense gathering: likely flashpoints, a line for each, and a way to step out.
People 10 min What do I get someone who says they don’t want anything?
Six gift ideas drawn from what they love, each tied to something you told the assistant.
Mind and body 10 min Would I talk to a friend the way I talk to myself?
Your harshest lines about yourself, checked for what’s true and rewritten the way you’d say them to a friend.
2 versions
Mind and body 10 min What went right this week that I barely noticed?
Three specific good things from your week, why each happened, and one thank-you worth sending.
Focus 10 min What should I stop doing?
Three recurring things to stop, each with the evidence, the hours it returns and a graceful way out.
2 versions
Focus 10 min If I really meant this goal, what would I do every week?
One weekly action with a time and place, what it replaces, and a check on whether it adds up.
Focus 10 min What kept happening this month?
Three patterns from your month with the evidence for each, and one experiment for the next.
2 versions
Focus 20 min If the next three months go well, what will be different?
Up to three outcomes for the quarter, a 30-day marker for each, and a list of what you’re not doing.
Write and create 10 min I’ve got three minutes and a microphone. What’s my one point?
Five note cards for a short speech: your one point, three beats and a closing line.
Write and create 10 min Before this memory fades, help me tell it the way it happened.
A first telling of one memory, under 250 words, made only from what you remember.
Write and create 10 min There’s an essay somewhere in this journal entry. Where is it?
The question your entry is circling, its strongest line, and an outline for an essay.
Write and create 10 min I want to give someone a poem that could only be about them.
A poem of twelve lines or fewer, built from details that belong to the two of you.
Everyday life 10 min If I were out of reach for a week, what would nobody at home know how to do?
A one-page outline of what only you know about running your home, ready to fill in on paper.
AI basics 5 min Show me everything you remember about me.
An inventory of what your assistant has stored and inferred about you, with sensitive items flagged.
Needs memory
Play 20 min Host a game for my group with no props and no setup.
A game picked for your group, rules in three lines, hosted live one round at a time.
Play 5 min My dinner guests barely know each other. What do I ask them?
Eight questions fitted to your guests that get a story out of everyone and corner no one.
There is a pack for this.
A sequence is a small set of prompts you run in order, one step at a time.
The year in review
Look back at the year properly before you plan the next one.
- 01 Looking back, what was this year really about?
- 02 What did I get done this year that I’ve already forgotten?
- 03 Tell me the story of my money this year.
7 steps
Other moments.
This is one of 16. These two sit on either side of it.