prompts to stare into the abyss

idea from Ben Kuhn — “Staring into the abyss as a core life skill”

• If you had to leave your job today, what would you do instead?
• What’s the best argument in favor of doing that right now?
• If you have a partner, what’s the best argument in favor of breaking up with them?
• Are there ways you behave that you wish you didn’t? What unacknowledged desires could be driving those?
• What have you said “yes” to that you wouldn’t say “hell yes” to? (prompted by Alex Watt)
• Is there something you “should” do that you’re not currently doing? Why? (prompted by Silas Strawn)
• What bad things are you afraid of happening? Imagine in detail what it would be like if they happened. (prompted by Kamilé Lukosiute)
• What do you need that you’re not currently getting? (—David MacIver)

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