Just trust me on this. And go with… whateverything.
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1 :: What am I freakishly good at?
Is it: scoring those quintuple-word-scores in Scrabble? Training unruly puppies? Cooking without a recipe? Nodding calmly in the midst of hysteria? Crafting unforgettable puns?
What are the things that comes so naturally to me, they don’t even register as legitimate ‘talents’?
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2 :: What do I geek out about?
For real: what am I secretly researching, ogling & fantasizing about when I’m ‘supposed’ to be ‘working’? What gets me breathless & bug-eyed? What causes my voice to escalate, ten decibels? What do I long to (Jedi) master?
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3 :: If I was a horrifically superficial & shallow person, what would I really want?
(FAME + MAD RESPECT + A JACUZZI WITH MOOD LIGHTING is a perfectly acceptable answer.)
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4 :: What do I want to be known for?
I think I already know, but I’ll: consider my ideal job title or position, and then pop an (imaginary) hallucinogenic. So, like, NOW what?
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5 :: If I had a full year off, and a stipend of {insert ‘how DARE you?!’ amount of money, here}, how would I spend it?
The time, that is? And then the money?
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6 :: What’s going to be carved on my hypothetical tombstone?
Or: if that’s too grim to contemplate — what’s on my future résumé?
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7 :: If my parents / my grandma / God / whoever holds my sense of personal propriety in check was GONE (poof!) and there was no one to offend, upset, or disappoint… who would I become?
What unspeakably dark (or exquisitely light) truth would I tell? What would I (finally!) allow myself to write, publish, announce or create? What kind of closet would I come out of? What would I completely, at last, and fully… forgive?
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(Self)knowledge = power.
And more power to you.
xo.

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For inquisitive entrepreneurial types:
Prowl through (even) more prompts & provocations, in my Pre-Velocity PlayBook. It’s the (free!) prelude to a full-day VELOCITY session with me. Which, incidentally, are booked up till kingdom come. (Thanks, universe!)






Your timing could not have been more perfect. I needed these questions like a crumbling mess of an old parking garage needs a wrecking ball.
Time to start from the ground up.
Thank you.
A fashion designer
A reader of books
A fiber artist
A world traveler
I’ll be thinking of more things….
Great questions.
Judging by my answers, Im already on my way to become a world explorer with camera and notebook in hand.
ps: Im freakishly good at sleeping.
Thank you so much for these questions! This post is simply stunning.
My list:
Singer
Traveling writer
Teacher
Florist
Bartender
Gorgeous responses, y’all.
And The Dame :: ‘sleeping’ is a wonderful thing to be ‘freakishly good at.’
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Such a wonderful post! This definitely helped reaffirm that I’m headed in the right direction! I wonder where I can go though, based on the fact that I’m freakishly good at finding out what other people are freakishly good at?
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Stephi Dee: Talk to us! Be a career consultant or life coach! Perfect skill for it :)
I’m freakishly good at finding stuff on the Interwebs. Human Google w00tness.
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I love this : ) Thank you. Inspirational times ten!
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