The first step in life design is to radically accept who you are and where you are in the journey.

1. Now that you have learned a little about Life Design, response to the following questions related to your readings and the videos.5 points

• Describe at least one career-related area where you currently feel stuck.
• List and describe at least one dysfunctional belief you need to reframe and describe how you might reframe this belief.

We live in a world that has come to fetishize passion... if someone says 'follow your passion' they have harmed you...it makes you feel more excluded, like a failure... Curiosity is a milder, quieter, more welcoming, and more democratic entity [than passion]...curiosity is our friend that teaches us how to become ourselves.

-Elisabeth Gilbert 'On Being' with Krista Tippet

Very few people have that one thing that they are passionate about. Lean into curiosity. Life design requires constant and continual self-reflection. You cannot design your life well if you do not understand who you are, where you come from, and what unique interests and skills you have to offer the world.

2. Next, honestly reflect on where you currently are in your journey: not where your mother, advisor, or mentor would like you to be. But where are you, really? Submit responses to the following questions.5 points

• I think I am most interested in pursuing {which career}; although I am curious about ___________________.
• My biggest open question in thinking about my future is ___________________.
• I also have some doubts about ___________________.
• I'm currently focused on trying to ___________________.