I just type-no editing, no filtering-only me scribbling my thoughts on the page.Īnd you know what I’ve discovered since doing this? Whenever I feel overwhelmed or when I don’t know the answer to something, before I bother someone smarter than me for the answer, I open a blank doc, and I start typing out questions. “Questions can be like a lever you use to pry open the stuck lid on a paint can.” - Fran Peavy I do know something that will help, though… Asking yourself questions. It certainly won’t help sort out your career path or relieve any anxiety.

In the words of Steve Jobs, you can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backward, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.Īdvising you to just trust that the dots will connect later isn’t exactly helpful, though. I prayed for this fairy godfather to drop down out of Silicon Valley and into my inbox with a complete roadmap for my life.Īs it turns out, fairy godfathers don’t exist and no mentor-no matter how brilliant-can deliver a complete roadmap to anyone’s life. When I started out in my career, I thought I needed a mentor to tell me exactly what to do, when to do it, and how to do it. What should I do with my life? That’s a really scary question. “Ask the right questions and the answers will reveal themselves.” -Oprah

Bring it all together to create a roadmap.

What are you good at and find interesting?.

What have I always thought I’d do for work? Why?.

Twist of my life guide