I am adding a new tag so that I can organize the things I have written down in the book Julie got me for Christmas.The name of the book is “Five” by Dan Zadra. I went through it once to understand it and then again to record my details. Now it’s time to publish them so I can track my progress. The book itself is a very nicely designed concept book. Through a thoughtful layout and color scheme it presents the tools that anyone has at their disposal to answering the question,
“Where will you be five years from today?”
The question and answer format is interesting; it forces the reader to focus inward for the answers. And as fond as I am of snowboarding the Vasquez Cirque by myself or gentle morning yoga sessions that focus more on the mind than the body; I do very little inward directed thought to answer questions. Most of questions can be answered with a quick web search. However, for questions like this, there is no way to Google an easy or quick answer. As I went through the exercises the first time one thing became apparent. I have become very dependent on internet search to answer my questions, so much so that the really difficult questions, the ones only I can answer are even harder for me to answer because I am expecting instant gratification. I am not used to working through rambling half answers and cobbling together a cohesive and comprehensive answer that is satisfying. I want an easy answer to where I will be in five years but there is no index with that information, there is no web app that can help me. The book doesn’t give me those answers either. What it does give is questions that will help me. Questions that only I have the answers to. The hard thing is that I must be the one to make them up if they are to come to pass.
