How to design a life that works for you

One of the best thing that happened to me in 2020 is discovering the book "Designing Your Life" by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans in which they help you create a life you love by introducing the concept of "Design Thinking"

For the longest time, I had this notion that one has to find their one true passion in life and once that happens, everything else will fall into its place but unfortunately, even after trying and testing everything I could , that never happened for me and I used to feel really frustrated for my inability to answer the question ; what's your passion? 

In the book , the authors state that people actually need time to develop a passion and for most people it comes after they try something, discover they like it , and develop mastery - not before. Life is all about growth and nobody really knows what he or she wants to be , what people need is a process - a design process for figuring out what they want and whom they want to grow into , most people are passionate about many different things , and the only way to know what they want to do is to prototype some potential lives, try them out , and see what resonates. 

So the bottom line is ,we don't need to know our passion in order to design a life we love !

The solution that authors provide is "Design Thinking " which is like a set of mindset , it's how designers think ,we start with curiosity and we try to lean into what we're curious about, we also try to reframe problems so that we work on the right problems, not waste time working on the wrong things!

To understand the concept better , I suggest you to watch this Ted talk by Bill Burnett 

https://youtu.be/SemHh0n19LA

If you find this interesting please comment or feel free to send a direct message so that we can collaborate on designing a life we truly love ! 

Aparna