I recall in school learning about the 5 Ws to help write reports.

You know them: who, what, where, when, and why.

People still use them but likely don’t realize they’re doing it.

➡️Who is this report for?

➡️When did this incident happen?

➡️Why did this happen?

It’s all a part of investigation and finding information.

Today, we’re going to start using this for your personal life.

Many people struggle to define their highest life, their ideal life–let alone start working towards it.

Most people haven’t taken the time to think about this on their own.

They likely follow whatever society has told them is the next step.

I’ve done it.

It wasn’t until a year and a half ago that I started to think about my life.

Just a few months ago, I started to consider what kind of life do I want?

Today, I’m going to give you five questions to answer and a ton of suggestions to help you start thinking about the life you want to have.

Before we start–

DO NOT LIMIT YOURSELF.

You’re going to do it.

You’re going to say “oh, but I can’t do that because I’ll have work” or “I’m never going to have enough money” or something of the like.

🛑STOP 🛑

Acknowledge those feelings, and then set them aside.

Let your imagination run wild when you do this exercise and answer these five questions.

Let’s dive in…

Who do you want to be?

• Are you a person who is physically active?

• Are you a person who has a wide circle of friends?

• Are you a person who spends the evenings reading?

• Are you a person who works on the weekends?

• Are you a person who goes on adventures every week?

• Are you a person who writes for work and play?

• Are you a person who meditates every day, no matter what?

• Are you a person who went vegan for the animals?

• Are you a person who plays video games and streams?

• Are you a person who lives to volunteer?

What do you want your life to look like?

• What do you want your mornings/evenings to look like? Up and at’em first thing? Staying up late from creativity?

• What do you want your days to look like? Traveling? Working? Going to concerts?

• What do you want your diet to look like? Plant-based foods? Meat and potatoes? A mix?

• What do you want your family to look like? Are you married? Single with foster children?

• What do you want your workout routine to look like? Do you spend hours in the gym? Go for long runs?

• What do you want your financial standing to look like? A billionaire? Someone who has just enough?

• What do you want your relationships to look like? Single? Partnered? Married? Tons of friends?

• What do you want your contribution to the world to be? Working a 9-5? Running your own business?

• What do you want your spiritual life to look like? An organized religion? Spending time with the universe?

• What do you want your

Where do you want to be?

• Do you want to live in a rural area or a city?

• Do you want to grow your own food and cook every night?

• Do you want to travel abroad full-time? A few months or days a year?

• Do you want to own a home or rent an apartment?

• Do you want to walk around your neighborhood?

• Do you want to spend years getting to know people? Meet new people every night?

• Do you want to engage in a lively nightlife? Have quiet, misty mornings?

• Do you want to be near animals, both wild and/or tame?

• Do you want to breathe in the smells of nature?

• Do you want to live in almost constant sunshine? The refreshing rain?

When do you want to accomplish things?

• Do you want to work until you’re 35 and retire early?

• Do you want to spend a few years in a city and then move to the countryside?

• Do you want to hustle and grind for a time to reach financial independence?

• Do you want to take life slower and just spend time with people around you?

• Do you want to travel for 6 months before settling down?

• Do you want to skip college and enter the workforce to earn money quickly?

• Do you want to go skydiving by the time you’re 30?

• Do you want to take time to prepare your own food?

• Do you want to become a world-champion puzzle solver?

• Do you want to spend weekends on long hikes and camping trips?

Why do you want to build this life?

• Do you want to avoid living a life of mundaneness?

• Do you want to stay active for your kids/grandkids/great-grandkids?

• Do you want to fulfill a lifelong dream?

• Do you want to serve others?

• Do you want to give someone the life you had or the life you didn’t have?

• Do you want to change your entire life because you feel unfulfilled?

• Do you want to make sure that your descendants never struggle?

• Do you want to build an amazing company that provides for others?

• Do you want to prove to yourself that you can?

• Do you want to become more than you are?

The most important thing is to really think about these questions.

1. WHO do you want to be?

2. WHAT do you want your life to look like?

3. WHERE do you want to be?

4. WHEN do you want to accomplish things?

5. WHY do you want to build this life?

Take time and let yourself mull them over.

Do not rush this process.

You should honor your highest life–your truest self.

Let your mind work.

Journal out the answers, and next week, we’ll talk about how you can start working towards your highest life.

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With love and a sense of urgency.

Jeff