Day 21 | Daily Dose of learning
This project is inspired by the ‘100-day project’, a challenge consisting of committing to doing an activity everyday for 100 days.
I have decided to write about one thing I learn everyday for the next 30 days. This can be a skill, a deep concept to elaborate on, or a mere life lesson that made me become aware of something I consider relevant.
The decision is based on the belief that “we are what we repeatedly do”, as Valentin Perez put it.
Deciding what to do in life
Unjaded Jade made a video on how to decide what to do in life some time ago. In that video, she shares a worth-considering technique of situational and introspective analysis. The ‘Odyssey plan’.
The Odyssey plan is based on 3 different questions we should ask ourselves when trying to make some mental clarity on what to do with our lives. The questions are meant to be answered rapidly, without overthinking, in order to avoid bias and manipulated answers as much as possible.
The first Odyssey Plan goes like this:
““ What will your life be like in 5 years if you continue to pursue your current path?” ”
Include where you would live; who you’d be surrounded with; what daily life would look like; responsibilities.
The second Odyssey Plan is based on the following question:
““What will your life be like in 5 years if you pursue a completely different path?””
The third and final question is:
““What would your life be like in 5 years if money and societal expectations didn’t exist?””
Answering these prompts is not the ultimate solution to deciding what to do. They may be very useful at bringing clarity and awareness as for the situation you are in. But they are meant to be integrated in a self-awareness plan which starts with being in tune with yourself and figuring out what are your personality traits as well as your aspirations.
In the end, as Jade suggests, we need to be ‘biased towards action’ and follow up on the vision we have, because over-analysing is likely unproductive.