There are two very last steps in this wonderful journey of an e-guide:
First, to reflect upon what you’ve learned, remembering the lessons and knowledge that you’d like to take forward with you.
Second, to plan for the future so you can continue to live and evolve on purpose and in accordance with the E & E process.
The questions below are also presented within the Module 7 homework documents. Take a moment to get familiar with these questions and to think them through, and then feel free to fill in the documents within the homework section of this module.
1. For the Record (Reflect/Evaluate)
Take a few minutes to reflect on your experience with this e-guide and with the course material by answering the questions below. For questions # 3 and 4, consider writing your answers down and sticking them in front of you in a place where you can see them each day as reminders.
- Think back to the beginning of this e-guide. What was your viewpoint on finding your career/life path then, and how has it changed over the course of this e-guide (if at all)?
- What are you still struggling with — what questions are left unanswered? (Please feel free to submit them to me here so I can respond and add them to the questions in this module).
- If there was just one thing from this e-course that you’d want to remember in order to help guide you going forward, what would that one thing be?
- If there was just one thing that your current experience might be here to teach you, what would that one thing be?
2. Plan Going Forward
What is your plan going forward to continue with your E & E process? Use the ideas below as starting points (check those that apply and then “smoosh” them all together into a single statement (or two) that describes your plan of action.
A. In order to continue moving forward with my E & E process, I need (check as many of as few as apply):
- Action & accountability
- Use the list of examples in Module 4 and the Module 4 homework documents in order to continually brainstorm, choose, and execute new experiments.
- Commit to doing your next experiment using two weeks (or other appropriate timeframe) as a deadline.
- Set up a support system to keep you accountable and moving (see the “support” section below).
- Repeat indefinitely.
- Support
- Commit to checking in with a small group or a partner every few weeks or as necessary, either via email or via Google Hangout/Skype/phone.
- Brainstorm, share insights, thoughts, progress and stories periodically in the Facebook group, email, OR within an organized hangout.
- If you’d like me to group you up with an accountability/support buddy who is also taking the course, please shoot me an email (therese@theunlost.com) and I’ll see what I can do.
- Any other ideas for support? Let me know, or feel free to schedule and plan an open hangout anytime — just post in the Facebook group and interested people can feel free to join in on the fun.
- Other
- Describe what else it is you might need. Shoot me an email (therese@theunlost.com) if there’s anything I can do to help.
B. In a sentence or two, clearly summarize your action plan going forward.
Write this down and reference it often to keep you moving in the right direction.
(Example: “I commit to doing a new experiment every 2 weeks with an initial “deadline” of July 15th, 2013. I will publicly post my experiments, my evaluations and results in the Facebook group in order to help keep me accountable, and I will also meet with Judy every two weeks in order to mutually share our experiences and report our progress.)
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Next: Document your answers to these questions using the Module 7 Homework Documents.