📑 Five step mapping: Clues to the Labyrinth of you

The practice is quite simple. Make a list of the last five explorations in a range of inquiry areas.

1. The last five podcasts that grabbed you

2. The last five books that you read completely

3. The last five websites, articles, blog posts, YouTube videos, newsletters that grabbed your attention

After you have collated the list, have a look at the list. What does it tell you? What questions were looking to be solved? What, as my dear mentor Leon Cossar would say, ‘stretched your attention in the right direction’? Note down themes. Note down feelings. Note down anything else of interest. Revisit the steps and note any quotes of interest.

There is a reason you walked these paths.

4. Sit with the clews and ask yourself how these steps will shape where you are going next.

5. Once you have allowed the clews to marinade in your consciousness, set aside five minutes to write continuously. You may like to pose a question at the top of your page to target the writing. For example, what message does my last five steps have for me?