How to figure out what to do with your life:
I just turned 24, this year I got made redundant from my first job (which worked out pretty well for me), begun pursuing a business opportunity with Wild Minds Community, and started a new Software Engineering job. That may seem straightforward, but I’ve found myself wondering, “What’s next?”.
The Odyssey Plan is a method to help you navigate these exact situations.
“A coherent life is one lived in such a way that you can clearly connect the dots between three things: who you are, what you believe, what you are doing.” – Bill Burnett ,Designing Your Life
Coming with your Odyssey Plan is an important exercise so you don’t spend your time living a life somebody else assigned to you (unless the societal conditioning is just that deeply ingrained).
As they say “No plan survives first contact with reality.”, but sketching it out will help you know which first steps to take.
How do you make an Odyssey Plan?
- Write out, in detail, what your life would look like 5 years from now if you continued down your current path.
- Write out, in detail, what your life would look like 5 years from now if you took a completely different path.
- Write out, in detail, what your life would look like 5 years from now if money and social obligations were irrelevant.
Which one triggers the most excitement? That’s usually a good proxy for which path you should take.
I’ll be mapping mine out over the next few days/weeks