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What's a social rule from your upbringing about how you treat guests or hosts that most people you know now don't share?

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Drop one rule about how you're supposed to act that came from your upbringing and not from you.

ActionCultural

Do I make myself sound busier than I am because slowing down feels like falling behind?

Self-ReflectionCultural

Name one unspoken rule about money you absorbed growing up and write one sentence on how it shows up in what you do now.

ActionMoney

Do you want to just vent about how corporate or hustle culture is ruining everything?

SocialWork

Do you think we compare our lives to other people's more because of social media or would we do it anyway?

SocialDigital

What is a success story you see in the media that actually makes you feel empty?

SocialSelf-worth

Pick one expectation about how you're supposed to act or feel that came from your culture and ask yourself whether you actually agree with it.

ActionCultural

Is there a money belief you got from your family that you didn't question until someone pushed back on it?

SocialMoney

Write down one cultural norm about how people your age are supposed to handle money and mark whether you've followed it without realizing.

ActionCultural

Write down one cultural expectation about how you're supposed to feel or behave around work and decide whether it was ever actually yours.

ActionCultural

Pick one financial message you got from your culture growing up and write one sentence on whether you've ever actually decided if you agree with it.

ActionMoney

Write down one thing about your cultural background that you're genuinely proud of and rarely mention.

ActionCultural

Pick one holiday rule from your family you'd change and decide how you'd do it your way.

ActionCultural

Write down one cultural expectation about how you should dress or present yourself that you follow mostly for other people.

ActionCultural

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