Prototype your path
When you are not sure which path to take, or which decision to make, you can prototype several possible options. Bill Burnett and Dave Evans in their book Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-lived, Joyful Life write: “Good prototypes isolate one aspect of a problem and design an experience that allows you to “try out” some version of a potentially interesting future. Prototypes help you visualize alternatives in a very experiential way. That allows you to imagine your future as if you are already living it.”
This week spend time prototyping three different versions of your future for the next five years. You can do it in the form of meditation or in writing, but try to envision it as vividly as possible.
HOW TO: If you are a yoga teacher, you can use this yoga practice to prototype three possible versions of your work life for the next five years.
If you are not a yoga teacher, you can instead envision the following three scenarios:
Version 1: What would be the next logical step in your current career? What would happen in the next 5 years if you followed that path?
Version 2: What would you do if you could not do what you are doing right now at all? What alternative path would you pursue?
Version 3: What would you do with yourself and your time if money or approval by others were no object? What is the craziest career you would pick for yourself?
Reflect on each one of those paths and notice which one makes you the most enthusiastic and energized.
Hoping the Omicron Variant does not derail our return to “in person” classes. Even as an Instructor, my motivation with online classes, even well presented ones, is not at the level of exercising with a group. I hear the same from my students and I am concerned we will get out of shape and lose interest if we cannot meet. A shame as we are all at the age where we benefit the most from movement and fall prevention/balance practice. I primarily teach active, older adults.
Hi Cynthia, thank you for saying this, I share your concerns. A lot is lost in the virtual interactions; I am also looking forward to returning to in-person classes and sessions. There are certainly a lot of limitations in virtual classes; did you find any positives for yourself and your students?