#Things to consider

  • Your life is not a thing, it’s an experience; the fun comes from designing and enjoying the experience.
  • Focus on a health / work / play / love dashboard.
  • Health is at the base of our diagram because when you’re not healthy, nothing else in your life works very well.
  • Play is about activity that brings joy just for the pure sake of the doing of it.
  • You need two things to build your compass—a Workview and a Lifeview.
  • Here’s another key element when you’re wayfinding in life: follow the joy; follow what engages and excites you, what brings you alive.
  • There are many lives you could live happily and productively (no matter how many years old you are), and there are lots of different paths you could take to live each of those productive, amazingly different lives.
  • She designed the life she is living, step by step, by thinking like a designer and building her way forward by doing small experiments—prototypes.
  • In a good labor market, a job posting should never be open for more than four weeks (six at the max).
  • When you reframe the job search into an offer search, you end up being more authentic, energetic, persistent, and playful while you pursue your next position or opportunity.
  • The best way to know what you really think and value about the big questions of life is to ask yourself and see what you have to say.

#Prototyping your life

I like the way they’re offering prototypes as a tactic in 📚 Designing Your Life. You don’t have to dive heads down into something you think you will love. Instead try out some small experiences beforehand. And find out what you love along the way. Your dream job doesn’t exist, it’s something you co-create as you find out more about yourself. I also liked this concept. 80% of the job market is hidden away. It’s a waste applying for jobs online. Better to have conversations with people that you think are doing interesting things. You need to pursue opportunities, instead of applying for jobs.

#Odyssey plans

Every Odyssey Plan is a Plan A, because it’s really you and it’s really possible. Odyssey Plans are sketches of possibilities that can animate your imagination and help you choose which wayfinding direction you will actually take to start prototyping and living into next. For all of us, Odyssey Plans can define important things still to do in our lives, and help us remember dreams we may have forgotten.