Identity prompts

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Look up one cultural figure from your heritage this week whose work you don't really know.

Action

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What's something that feels different about you this year?

SocialIdentity

Do you ever feel that you are too young or too old for your life?

SocialIdentity

What identities do I feel I've inherited versus chosen?

Self-ReflectionIdentity

What is a memory of a time I felt truly cool or confident as a kid and what was the source of that confidence?

Self-ReflectionChildhood

How do you stay authentic when you are trying to brand your life for a job or a project?

SocialAuthenticity

List every role you play in other people's lives this week and mark the one that gets the most of your time but the least of your real self.

ActionIdentity

Where did I prioritize conformity today over authenticity?

Self-ReflectionAuthenticity

What's something you've done recently that made you feel like the real you?

SocialIdentity

Name one thing you were taught to keep private that people from other backgrounds openly discuss and write one sentence on what that's cost you.

ActionCultural

Ask a friend to tell you three qualities they admire in you that you might not see.

ActionIdentity

Write down one cultural message you got about what your body is supposed to look like or how it's supposed to be used and where you think it actually came from.

ActionCultural

What did you want to be when you grew up and is that embarrassing or actually still kind of appealing?

SocialWork

Write down three things your job has taught you that you'd keep even if you changed careers tomorrow.

ActionWork

Write down the name of a chapter in your life that's clearly over and give it an actual title like a book chapter.

ActionClosure

Do you trust yourself to know when an AI is telling you what you want to hear versus what's actually true?

SocialIdentity

How did I feel about religion or spirituality as a child and how has my faith or lack thereof changed over time?

Self-ReflectionChildhood

How can I align my response to success with a sense of service?

Self-ReflectionAlignment

Do you think the culture you grew up in gave you a particular idea about what counts as respectable work?

SocialCultural

Write one sentence tonight about the kind of person you showed up as today and one sentence about the kind of person you want to be tomorrow.

ActionIdentity

Do you think we are more afraid of AI taking our jobs or AI taking our personalities?

SocialIdentity

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