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How to figure out what you want in life ✍️

2024-01-18 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:54 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Goals, purpose and life design · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis

In an extract from his book Feel-Good Productivity, Ali has you write out your life five years from now on your current path, an alternative path and a radical path free of money and others' opinions; the point is not a concrete plan but opening your mind to the possibilities.

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00:00:00 — Three five-year futures: current, alternative and radical path

  • ★★ To see what you want your life to look like in five years, Ali suggests writing out in detail three futures: your current path, a completely different alternative path, and a radical path where money, social obligations and what people think are irrelevant. — 00:00:00 · also in: How to Change your Life in a Year (3 Simple Ideas)

  • ★★★ Ali says sketching the three five-year paths is not meant to produce a concrete plan: the point is to open your mind to the possibilities and work out which path you really want to take. — 00:00:29

    “The point is just to open your mind to the possibilities.”

  • ★★ For some people, Ali says, the current path in the three-path exercise is the one they authentically want, so they are already aligned with their future self; for many it shows that their path is not the one they really want. — 00:00:29

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Central: Odyssey plan

Only in the description or credits: Feel-Good Productivity (book)

Also centred on Odyssey plan: I'm Moving to America 🇺🇸 - Life Update · 20 Lessons that Improved My Life · How To Figure Out What You Want To Do With Your Life · How to Make Productivity Healthier · How To Build A Life You Love · How to Change your Life in a Year (3 Simple Ideas)

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