Ponder the following, either with yourself during a walk or quiet moment, or over a good chat with friends. It might be an interesting exercise to go through with your partner as well – you can answer for yourself, and on their behalf, and compare notes with them.
- If you didn’t know your own age, how old would you think you are?
- What is more cause for regret: failure, or never taking on the challenge?
- Why do we tend to spend so much time doing things we don’t like, at the expense of what we love?
- If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
- If happiness were money, what kind of work would make you rich?
- If you knew you were only going to live for one more year, what would you change, if anything?
- What is the one piece of advice you would give a small child about life?
- What do you do in life which sets you apart from other people?
- What have you ever really wanted to do which you’ve never done? (And what stops you from doing it?)
- Are you holding on to something/someone you should have let go?
- What makes you, you?
- What are you most grateful for?
- What would you choose: to lose all of your past memories, or never have any new ones?
- Has your biggest fear ever come true?
- What have you been unhappiest about in your life? Does it still have any significance?
- What’s your happiest memory from childhood?
- What makes you feel the most alive?
- Is it ever possible to know with complete certainty what is good, and what is bad?
- If you were given a million dollars, what would change?
- Do you think it is more important to take action a clear plan in your head, or with belief in your heart that it can be done?
- What would you be able to do differently if you knew that no one would judge you?
- Are you able to distinguish between what you did yesterday and what you’ve been doing every day for the past five years?
- Do you make decisions yourself, or does someone make them for you?
- What’s the most important promise you’ve ever made to yourself?