Your favorite thing to do on a free Saturday says more about you than your five-year plan.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
A plan is partly written for other people, and it tends to describe who you intend to be. What you reach for when nothing is required records what you actually like, which is less impressive and more accurate. The second is the better predictor, since it is what you will still be doing when nobody checks.
Look back at the last three free afternoons and write down what you did with them. Not what you meant to do, what happened. If there is something in that list you keep returning to, it belongs in your plans rather than at the edges of them.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which five-year plan of yours does your weekend quietly contradict?
MORE IN SOLITUDE & SELF-KNOWLEDGE
- What are you pretending not to know about a friendship, a habit or a plan? That’s usually the next thing to deal with.
- Spend a weekend alone and notice who you wanted to text first. That’s a clue about who matters.
- Noise-canceling headphones can give you peace or a wall. Know which one you’re putting up.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.