for the one carrying three possible lives and unable to pick one
Goal
Draft three radically different five-year life plans in a single focused day.
Source principle
Draft three radically different five-year lives to break the illusion there's only one path. : from Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans.
The plan
- ☕8:00-9:00 AMSettle in. Coffee, no devices. Today is for three lives.
- 📋9:00-9:30 AMCurrent-life inventory. What's actually true right now.
- 🅰️9:30-11:00 AMDraft Plan A: current path extended forward 5 years.
- 🚶11:00-11:15 AMBreak. Walk, water, no phone.
- 🅱️11:15 AM-12:30 PMDraft Plan B: backup if Plan A vanishes tomorrow.
- 🥣12:30-1:30 PMLunch + a real break. Let the drafts breathe.
- 🅲1:30-3:00 PMDraft Plan C: wildcard, if money and judgment didn't matter.
- 🏷️3:00-3:30 PMGive each plan a six-word title. Just six words.
- ⭐3:30-4:15 PMScore each on resources / likeliness / coherence / confidence. 0–5 each.
- 🗣️4:15-5:00 PMTable-talk each plan for 10 min. Out loud, to a wall.
- 🍪5:00-5:15 PMBreak. Snack, step outside.
- 🎯5:15-5:45 PMPick ONE to prototype. Not commit: just prototype.
- 📅5:45-6:15 PMSchedule the prototype. Calendar it before you leave the table.
- 📊6:15-6:30 PMClose with a dashboard check. Which dial does this plan move?
Reward
Dinner out and a drink to toast the plan you'll prototype.