PINNED POST - Week 1: Choose Your Question (Identity and Direction)
🎇IDENTITY & DIRECTION (full path here for reference)
YOUR PROMPT BELOW⬇️⬇️⬇️
This Path and Micro-Experiment is about how you are showing up right now. Who am I now and what deserves more space?
  • How you describe yourself
  • What roles you are still carrying
  • What roles you are ready to drop
  • What you want to step into
📌WEEK 1 - PINNED POST INSTRUCTIONS📌
1️⃣Step 1: Look at Your Evidence
Open your Big Book of You.
Review:
  • Your top skills
  • Your top interests
  • Your lived experiences
  • Your current desires and environment
Now ask yourself:
  • What part of me am I not using?
  • What do I keep saying I want but haven’t acted on?
  • Where am I still describing myself based on the past?
  • What feels true but I haven’t claimed yet?
Don’t analyze. Just notice what stands out.
2️⃣ Step 2: Choose ONE Question
Your question must:
  • Start with “What would happen if…”
  • Be about identity or direction
  • Be testable in 30 days
  • Not require a life overhaul
Strong Question Examples
  1. What would happen if I described myself based on what I’m building, not what I did?
  2. What would happen if I acted like someone with a future instead of someone wrapping up?
  3. What would happen if I dropped the phrase “I don’t know” for one month?
  4. What would happen if I claimed one word as my identity this month? (Writer. Explorer. Builder. Teacher.)
  5. What would happen if I stopped apologizing for wanting more?
  6. What would happen if I let myself be seen as a beginner?
  7. What would happen if I stopped over-explaining my choices?
  8. What would happen if I said no to one role I’ve outgrown?
  9. What would happen if I leaned into one skill I’ve minimized?
  10. What would happen if I behaved like someone who trusts herself?
  11. What would happen if I stopped deferring to others in decisions?
  12. What would happen if I gave myself permission to change publicly?
  13. What would happen if I stopped hiding one part of myself?
  14. What would happen if I treated my interests as serious?
  15. What would happen if I stopped saying “this is just how I am”?
Weak Questions (Do Not Choose These)
  1. Who am I really?
  2. What is my purpose?
  3. What should I do with my life?
Too big. Not testable.
▶️Optional AI Help (If You’re Stuck)
Paste into ChatGPT: “Here are my starred items from my Big Book of You: [paste list]. Based on this evidence, give me 10 specific ‘What would happen if…’ questions I could test in 30 days that are identity-based and behavior-focused.”
✒️✒️✒️3️⃣Step 3: Your Prompt - Respond Below - RESPOND BELOW
Format:
  1. Path Category: Identity & Direction
  2. Your Question (starting with “What would happen if…”)
  3. One sentence: What from your Big Book of You led you here?
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Colleen Kochannek
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PINNED POST - Week 1: Choose Your Question (Identity and Direction)
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