Mythogem # 0 - Where Are You?: The Beginning of Self-Discovery

Questions adapted from 344 Questions?: The Creative Person’s Do-It-Yourself Guide To Insight, Survival, And Artistic Fulfillment written and designed by Stefan G. Bucher

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In our busied go-go-go-culture we rarely take the time to self-reflect, to question what we really want out of life—we chase shadows, but we hardly find ourselves in the hasty, half-hearted process of passively longing for more; all the while, never analyzing how to get there. Therefore, I advise you to use this mythogem as a point of meditation to quiet your psyche/soul, so that you can find your center or immovable spot (the point at which you align yourself with your destiny, your personal myth).

Do you look at life as a straight line or a circle, a recursive line or a spiral? Or, in other words, what is the difference between thinking in terms of beginnings and endings, and beginnings and new beginnings? The following questions will help initiate you with your journey to self-discovery. To ultimately know where you are going, you need to first look at where you’ve been—what has brought you to this moment, and why? (As a sidenote, don’t just think about the following questions literally, but figuratively too.)

So,

Where

Are

You

Now?

At this point, how would you describe your life in one sentence?

Where are you currently living? Do you like it here, why or why not?

Where do you want to be? In your career? In your life? Geographically? Artistically? Mentally? Emotionally? Spiritually?

What are you doing? Are you doing what you love?

What

Do

You

Want (Out of Life—Goals)?

What

Are

Your

Expectations?

In broad strokes, how do you think your life will unfold?

Name five things that will happen to you this year?

Do you like your expectations?

Do you consider yourself lucky or charmed? Why?

Do you see yourself as average or born for greatness? What makes you think that? Inevitably, how can you push yourself further?