It's January! And regardless of how you feel about the whole “new year, new you” vibe, January is the ultimate case study of goal-setting in the wider cultural zeitgeist. Maybe you’ve tried the often-hyped approach of choosing a word to act as a mantra or touchstone to guide you over the course of the year.
Tools like a word of the year can be powerful reminders of the ways you want to feel and act along the path toward your ideals – but only if they also help you stay curious about that path, and about your actual life, as it exists right now.
This year, what if we all chose questions rather than words? A question is a reminder to keep going deeper, to explore how our ideals are emerging and evolving in the moment.
And for storytellers, the art of asking good questions is maybe the most important gift, even more than the art of writing pretty words.
Tune in for some support and solidarity to nurture your creative potential in the months ahead (regardless of how all those goals turn out).
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Episode links:
On Being podcast: “Foundations for Being Alive Now,” Krista Tippett
Episode 10, “Freedom with form (Or, story structure for optimists)”
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