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General
The general questionnaire
Twelve questions in FLAPSS wording — taste, daily life, craft, failure, and who formed you. The place to start if you have no idea where to start.
12 questions 499 answers 1 member
Identity & self
An honest inventory
For a birthday, a quiet Sunday, or the week you realise you have been answering other people's priorities. Not a goal worksheet — the questions people answer differently at fifty than at twenty-five.
27 questions 2,190 answers 1 member
Reading & recommendations
Reading & recommendations
Five questions about books you pass on, books that changed you, gaps on your list, and long-form work that stayed with you.
5 questions 227 answers 1 member
Craft & work
Craft & work
Six questions about how you work, what your job really is, and the advice your field gets wrong.
6 questions 144 answers
Daily life
Daily life
Six questions about how your days start, what you refuse, and the small habits you keep.
6 questions 121 answers
Book authors
For book authors
Twenty questions about the book you wrote and the writer behind it — fifteen about the work, five about you.
20 questions
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How has your life turned out differently from what you once imagined — and which difference are you grateful for?
Which quality in your friends matters most to you?
Asked of someoneWhat question are you living right now — not answering once, but carrying for a year?
Can you describe a moment when someone's small act of kindness changed the direction of your life?
How would you describe what love feels like to you?
Asked of someoneIn this season of your life, what is life-giving and what is merely death-dealing dressed as responsibility?
Where in your life have you felt most accepted — and where most shut out?
What has been most rewarding about being a parent?
Asked of someoneWhat does the version of you that nobody applauds do all day?
What did you love doing as a child that you stopped — and when you stopped, was it worth it?
When you need counsel, who is the first person you call?
Asked of someoneWhat would you stop doing immediately if you trusted that your worth does not depend on it?
What recurring struggle comes with the work you want to do anyway — and have you decided the cost is worth paying?
What disappointment has stayed with you longest?
Asked of someoneWhat did you sacrifice without noticing until years later?
What is the worst job you have ever had?
Asked of someoneWhat question do you wish interviewers would stop asking — and what deeper question should replace it?
What side project are you most glad you pursued?
Asked of someoneWhat part of your reputation is no longer true, and how do you live with the gap?
Which problem are you still chipping away at?
Asked of someoneWhat is the most expensive mistake you keep making in a new form?
Who makes your work possible behind the scenes?
Asked of someoneWhat would you rebuild from scratch if you lost everything except your judgment?
What do you need to believe in order to get through an ordinary day?
Asked of someone