One focus of this final week of the course is to think about how critical thinking can improve our lives. To that end, this discussion post allows you to get started by working on some specific thing that you can do to apply critical thinking in your life.

Begin by choosing something that you can do that will take about thirty minutes that represents an application of critical thinking to your life. Examples include:

• Write a personal mission statement, including a list of your long-term priorities, how can achieve them.
• Create a budget or financial plan (for a week, month, year, or life)
• Read something about how to improve in a specific area of your life (e.g. a specific relationship, parenting, health, finances, education, etc.)
• Make a health plan with the goal of maximal long-term health and well-being.
• Look up, research, enroll in, or participate in a specific activity that you feel could improve your life (e.g. a yoga/exercise, an educational course, a service opportunity, therapy, spa appointment, a local gardening class, etc.).
• Design a strategy for making more effective decisions in a specific area of your life.