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60 Questions That Make You Think
Yes—it’s tempting to stay surface level when the world is already a pretty darn serious place. But sometimes, you gotta resist the urge to ~tune it all out~ and instead, get curious.
'Cause ICYDK, being inquisitive can actually make you feel a bit better about, well, everything. "Asking yourself questions that make you think can help you get a little more control over life," says Amy Kind, PhD, philosophy professor and director of the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies at Claremont Mckenna College. (Yes, please!)
"We don’t really want to be carried from moment to moment simply by the currents around us," she says. "It’s important to step back and question what we’re doing and why, and also what we want to be doing and why. Otherwise, like a plastic bag, we’re just letting ourselves float in the wind." (Fine imagery for a Katy Perry song, but no way to live your life.)
However, questions that make you think are usually not easy to answer, Kinds says, and one of the most important questions to ask yourself is this: How can you bring meaning to your life?
"It can help you figure out how you want to make your way in the world," she explains, which might aid you in grappling with the other big stuff like work, family, friendships, responsibilities, and more.
That said, don’t put pressure on yourself to think too hard: "We often find an answer we’re looking for not by studied reasoning or analysis, but instead by letting our minds run free," Kind says. (Phew!) So, you have full permission to let those wild thoughts outttt.
The following 60 questions will trip your mind up (in a good way). Now, ask away and let your mind wander.
Questions That Make You Think About Your Life1. How long is your "now"?
2. Do your dreams have a deeper meaning?
3. What was the moment where you felt most motivated?
4. If you won the lottery, what would your "today" look like in five years?
5. What are you holding onto that’s holding you back?
6. If you didn’t know your age, how old would you think you’d be?
7.
Do you believe in love at first sight?
8. People say life is short. Why do you do so many things you don’t like, and like so many things you don’t do?
9. Why do you *actually* do "good deeds"?
10. Do you "work to live" or "live to work"?
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11. Do you hate or love better?
12. Would you rather lose all your memories or never be able to make new ones?
13, How do you measure success?
14. What is the meaning of life? What is the meaning of your life?
15. What was the moment where you felt most grateful?
16. If you restarted your life from scratch, would you end up in the same place?
17.
What is something you do differently than anyone else you know, and why?
18. What job would you do if you weren’t paid?
19. What is one part of your everyday routine that you’d be better off without?
20. Can you ever commit a truly selfless deed?
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21. What previous dream do you see the most meaning in?
22. How do you know your memories are true? Does it matter either way?
23. What would you try if you knew you wouldn’t fail?
24. What would you try if you knew you would fail?
25. What’s a question you wish people would ask when they meet you for the first time?
26. If you could have coffee with one person, dead or alive, who would it be?
27.
What's your most significant childhood memory?
28. Do you believe you have a soulmate? Why or why not?
29. What *actually* gets you out of bed in the morning?
30. What do you think about before you fall asleep? When you wake up?
Questions That Make You Think About The World Around You31. Is life a computer simulation?
32. Do we have control over technology, or does it have control over us?
33. How can a single moment have the power to change everything?
34. What if there were no experts, but everyone knew a little about everything?
35. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what about reality?
36. How much influence does a person’s name have over the course of their life?
37. What happens if aliens are real?
38.
If you had to support the idea that aliens weren't real, what would you say?
39. Who decides what the "right" thing is?
40. Can you believe what you see on social media? Why or why not?
41. Where do thoughts come from?
42. Is time a construct?
43. Why do most people work five days per week instead of four? Three? Two?
44. What shape is the sky?
45. Who knew what time it was when the first clock was made?
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46. What’s better: Being a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond?
47. Was math created or discovered?
48. Is fate a real thing?
49.
Does the "truth" exist, or is it all subjective?
50. What will civilization look like in 10,000 years?
51. Can you cry underwater?
52. Why is it called a "building" if it’s already built?
53. Do you think you’ve ever seen the same wild animal more than once?
54. If two mind readers read each other's minds at the same time, whose mind are they reading?
55. Which came first: the chicken or the egg?
56. Do you think anyone is really happy all the time?
57. Do people possess souls and if so, where are they in the body?
58. Does life need to have a purpose or can you just live, purposeless?
59. What is justice? What is truly evil?
60. At what point does working for a better life become an unhealthy obsession?
Clearly, Socrates was onto something when he said "the unexamined life is not worth living.
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The 55 Most Thought-Provoking Questions to Make You Think
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Whether it’s on a long drive, a long walk, or during a quiet night at home, there are moments in life when you’re left with your own thoughts, and when you find that your own thoughts are … not particularly entertaining. Sure, you can go over recent interactions you’ve had and figure out how something you previously thought of as innocuous was actually embarrassing, but you’ve already spent so much time doing that. Isn’t there any other way to entertain your brain?
For those lonely, quiet moments when you need to drown out the noise of the day-to-day and focus your mind on something bigger, weirder, or just more interesting, here are 55 light-hearted, thought-provoking questions. Who knows — maybe you’ll even stumble onto an inspiring idea that will change your life forever.
1. What book had the most significant impact on your life?
2. Do you feel older or younger than your age?
3. If you found out the world was ending in a year, how would you spend your time? Remember that the world would be ending in a year for everyone else, too.
How would that effect your options?
4. What is the lie you tell yourself most often?
5. What are the day-to-day things you do that really make you feel good? Do you find yourself doing them as often as you’d like to? If no, why not?
6. If there were a way to download your memories into a searchable spreadsheet, would you do it?
7. If you could have a second chance at one event in your life, what would you choose? What would you do differently? How would your life be different now?
8. What is your favorite thing about yourself?
9. What do you wish you could change about yourself?
10. What is keeping you from changing the things you’d like to change about yourself?
11. If you could choose to be any animal, what animal would you choose to be?
12. If you could have the credit for creating any piece of art — painting, or music, or movie, etc.
— which piece of art would you choose? And would you choose based on the money and fame that having created the piece of art would get you, or would you choose a piece of art you really loved?
13. About how much time do you think you’ve spent watching TV in your life? And do you think it’s multiple years? How does that make you feel?
14. If you could tell your younger self any one thing, what would it be?
15. In your life, have you been happier when you’ve had a lot of options, or when your options were limited?
16. If you had to make the case that you were living in a Truman Show situation, what evidence would you use?
17. If you could spend a day talking to an animal, what animal would you choose and what would you want to learn from them?
18. If you didn’t have to work to make money, how would you spend your time? What would you do, or create?
19. What is your worst habit, and what is keeping you from dropping it?
20. What superpower would you choose if you were given the ability to develop one superpower?
21. What do you think the world will look like in 300 years?
22. Would civilization be better off if the internet had never been created?
23. How would you describe the idea of a color?
24. Can you explain to yourself how glass is made?
25. Do you know how a moat is filled with water? Think about how, exactly, the water might get in there.
26. What is a boulder?
27. What does it feel like to remember something?
28. Is humanity inherently good or evil?
29. Do you know the anatomy of a turtle? Do you really?
30. Do you remember the first thing you learned about natural science? Do you still know the details of it?
31. If you had to give a speech detailing all of the knowledge you have right now about astronomy, how long do you think the speech would be? What would you say?
32. Do you know what accounts for changing tides?
33. Would you rather spend time floating alone in space, or floating alone at sea?
34.
How many internal organs can you name?
35. Many celebrities have tiny little real teeth under their large, perfect fake teeth. Take a second and think about all of those little teeth. What would it be like if suddenly all of the celebrities lost their big fake teeth?
36. How do you think people would react if the moon disappeared?
37. How do you think people would react if we suddenly had two moons?
38. Do you think you’d like living underwater if you suddenly became a mermaid, or would it be too scary?
39. Does it make you mad that trees are more beautiful in their short flowering stages, or are you okay with the fact that we mostly see them with green leaves (or with bare branches)?
40. Do you think you’ve ever seen the same wild animal multiple times?
41. What if aliens invade our planet and they’re really hot?
42. Do you think it’s scarier to imagine that humans are the most intelligent life form in the universe, or that there is a more intelligent life form out there?
43. Do you think you’ve ever encountered a ghost? If so, how does that impact your belief of an afterlife?
44. If you were a ghost, what location do you think you would haunt? Is it the same or different from the location you’d want to haunt?
45. Do you remember that thing people used to say, about how you swallow eight spiders a year while you sleep? It’s not true, but do you think you’ve swallowed any? What bug do you think you’ve eaten the most of by accident?
46.
If you could know everything the U.S. government knows about alien lifeforms and their access to our planet, would you want to know it, or would you rather live in ignorance?
47. Similarly, if ghosts exist, and they populate your living space, would you rather be able to see them or would you prefer they stay invisible to your eye?
48. What is the most life-changing decision you’ve ever made on a whim? Can you imagine what your life would be like if you hadn’t done it?
49. Do you think it’s scarier to think about how much of our life is formed by things that are out of our control, or how much of our life is formed by things that are within our control?
50. What do you know about your neighbors that they don’t know that you know? What do you think they know about you that you don’t know that they know?
51. What do you think is your most justified paranoia? (For example: that someone could be watching you through your computer’s camera.) How do you justify it? (For example: that Mark Zuckerberg covers his computer’s camera, and he seems like a guy who should know whether or not he should.)
52. What if you found out that there is another Earth out there, the complete mirror of our own in every way, and that another you existed on it. Would you want to meet the second you?
53. Listen to yourself think. What does your mind voice sound like? Do you think your mind voice is inherent to your mind, or do you think you developed your mind voice based on hearing your speaking voice?
54. Does social media make you in general happier or sadder? If sadder, why do you keep participating in it?
55. What do you think dogs dream about? Do you think fish dream? What do you think fish dream about, then?
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17 things that will make you smarter
June 10, 2015 Productivity
Our brain is a very mysterious thing. For productive work, he needs attention and care. Read the article about 17 things that will help your brain always be in good shape, which means that they will make you smarter.
1. Drink two glasses of water after waking up
Drink two glasses of water every day for 30 minutes after waking up. Your body did not receive water during sleep, and this is from six to nine hours (more sleep is harmful). But water is vital to us. Your body in general and your brain in particular should not be dehydrated.
By the way, it is very easy to estimate how much water you need to drink per day. To calculate, multiply your body weight by three and divide by 100.
For example, my weight is 80 kilograms, which means I need to drink 2.4 liters of water per day.
2. Read summary books during breakfast
Reading books is great, but breakfast is better for reading something short. You can read the Twitter feed, but will it benefit you? You can read the news, but do you need it? Try to have a month without news. Believe me, everything that is most important will reach you in any case, and you don’t need everything that does not affect your life.
Read summaries of good books during breakfast. What book is good? Try turning your attention to the bestsellers. This is a popular book, which means that it can no longer be very bad. At the very least, you won't like it. But you will read the summary and do not spend much time.
3. Listen to stimulating podcasts or audiobooks while you travel
Even if you spend a little time on the road, still download stimulating audio files to your phone. Useful files can be audiobooks, podcasts from your favorite authors (just choose the right authors), or TED talks.
Their app allows you to pre-download audio, which can save your mobile data.
4. Drink green tea while you work
I could write long scientific treatises for you here describing chemicals and their effects on various organs. But I won't do it. Instead, I'll just tell you: drink green tea instead of coffee. It has a positive effect on your body, your condition and ability to mentally work.
5. It is good to doze off during the day.
A short nap helps you refresh your mind. Studies have proven that people who sleep not only at night, but also during the day, learn faster and more efficiently. I strongly recommend reading an article about the benefits of a dream from Nastya Raduzhnaya.
6. Stop eating sugar
Sugar is bad! If you can, cut sugar out of your diet entirely. Or at least bring it to a minimum. If you can't give up sugar, try not to consume it when you need to focus. Sugar simply does not allow your brain to work smartly. Eggs or fish are much healthier than sugar and foods that contain large amounts of it.
7. Only access social media or entertainment sites a couple of times a day
The brain adapts very quickly to the information you feed it. If you constantly relax on Facebook *, VKontakte, or on sites with entertaining (and often low content) pictures, then your brain will be constantly relaxed and it will be quite difficult for you to switch to work. Make your brain work to the limit, feed it with useful information. If you still need to relax, set yourself a timer for 10-15 minutes, and forward, in a sea of useless photos and quotes from various publics.
8. Play games, don't watch TV
Yes, after the point about avoiding entertainment sites, the advice to play games sounds at least strange. But nonetheless! When you watch TV, you simply absorb what is presented to you from the screen. Rarely do films come out that make us think. Games, on the contrary, force you to participate in the process, to think about your actions. Even such a simple game as Mario has a very noticeable and positive effect on the plasticity of our brain.
By the way, Lifehacker has already introduced you to many useful games.
9. Read books instead of watching TV
The reasoning for this is the same as with games. While reading a book, you have to create images of characters in your head, imagine their voices and even entire scenes of events. All of this is good for keeping your brain in good shape.
10. Learn to Code
Programming is the kind of thing that can teach you how to think logically and structured. I'm not saying that you need to sit down for fifteen hundred pages of books and study in detail a couple of programming languages and a lot of algorithms. Just take a couple of courses on sites like Codecademy. It's free and interesting. Who knows, maybe you will get carried away and it will lead you to change your profession.
11. Watch TED videos instead of TV shows
We spend a lot of time watching TV shows. Friends, How I Met Your Mother, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, House of Cards.
All this is very interesting and captures all our attention. But, as mentioned above, we simply consume the picture and do not think. Our brains are almost shut down. Watch videos from TED conferences instead of series. You will really learn something new.
12. Add exercise to your life
Our body and brain are interconnected. Physical exercise not only keeps our body in shape, but also helps our brain to work well. You do not have to run to the gym and spend all your free time there. Climb the stairs instead of using the elevator, walk home from the metro instead of taking a bus or minibus. Also, spend a couple of minutes doing the plank.
13. Spend time with someone who is smarter than you
If you want to win a game of chess, choose a weak opponent. If you want to learn how to play better, choose an opponent stronger than you. It's the same story with our brains. If we communicate with people who are smarter than us, this will lead to the fact that we ourselves will reach for their level.
And someday we will reach it. Unfortunately, this principle also works vice versa.
14. Argue with those who disagree with you
Truth is born in an argument. And not only! In such discussions, you learn to argue your answers, accept and admit your mistakes. That is, even if you are wrong, you will benefit! After all, you will learn new things.
15. Walk in the fresh air
Many articles have already been written about the benefits of fresh air for the human body. It is also beneficial for the functioning of our brain. It literally feeds on oxygen. Feed your brain!
16. Carry a notebook with you
You should always be able to write down new ideas, thoughts, some sketches of work. It is also worth writing down the questions that you have. You can then go back to your notes and reflect on them. This has a beneficial effect on logic. However, you can use a smartphone instead of a notepad.
17. Take 10 minutes today to plan your tomorrow
Everything works much more efficiently with a plan.
Without a plan, our lives are a mess and turmoil. Write down your tasks for tomorrow, spread them out on a time grid. And in the evening of the next day, you will be able to evaluate your progress.
Have a productive life!
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Questions that make you think -
Answer them and you will rediscover yourself each of us. Answer each of them and you will rediscover yourself. To practice spoken English, we recommend formulating answers in English.
Who are you?
Who are you?
There are people who say that there is no such thing as a person - there is only a set of roles that we play. How we understand it can say a lot about us. But who are we really? Chief or subordinate? Family man, bachelor, careerist?
In fact, we define who we are. Don't let other people take away your right to self-determination. 
Who would you like to be?
Who would you like to be?
In an ideal world, the answer to this would be the same as the question above. But we, however, do not live in a perfect world, so “who we are” and “who we want to become” are completely different things. What do you want from life? Make sure you become who you want to be.
Are you proud of yourself?
Are you proud of yourself?
Short answer: yes or no? Why? If your answer is “no”, then it is worth doing something that will make you see yourself in a completely different way.
If you met yourself five years ago, what would you say?
If you met yourself five years ago, what would you say?
If you could warn yourself against the mistakes you might make during these five years, would you want to? Realize that you need to treat failures as an experience, and not in every possible way dream of correcting them. 
If you were to meet yourself in the present, what would you say to yourself?
If you met yourself in the present, what would you say to yourself?
Imagine that you saw your future, would you be happy with it? Or maybe you would like to radically change everything? If you have doubts about this, it's time to act!
What is the most important thing you have learned in your entire life?
What’s the most important thing that you’ve learned?
Why is this so important to you? Does it help you in any way? Will it be useful for other people? Answer these questions to understand the value of your knowledge.
What is your greatest achievement?
What's your greatest achievement?
If you look back and see what achievement brought you the most pleasure, then you will understand what you want to achieve in the future.
If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don't like?
If life is that short, why do we do so many things we don’t like?
It is clear that there are situations in which you just need to do something hateful, but, for example, to work for 10 years in an unloved place under the leadership of bad bosses - why? Why do people like to torture themselves and look for excuses?
If life is so short, why don't we do what we love?
If life is that short, why do we do so many things we don’t like?
Maybe lack of money, time, energy? But think about what memories in forty years will bring you more pleasure:
- working from morning to evening, seven days a week; a car for a million and a rich house?;
- trip to the mountains with family; a small car and children's laughter in the house.
Who knows, maybe you will become the lucky one who will get everything at once?
If you had only one year left to live, what would you like to do?
If you only had a year to live, what would you do?
What if it were not a year, but a month, a week, a day, an hour, ten minutes? I don't want to be a fatalist, but accidents happen in real life.
There were millions of people among us who thought they were going to the store, for a walk or somewhere else, but never returned home. Don't procrastinate.
Agree with parents? Call your old friend? Apologize to someone? Let there be many opportunities for you to do this, but it is better to do it right now.
What would you do if you knew that tomorrow never comes?
What would you do if you found out that there's no tomorrow?
There is only here and now. Remember that not only the result is important, but also the process. Let me remind you that we have no idea when tomorrow will no longer exist for us.
Is it better to try and fail or never try?
What’s better, to try doing something and fail or don’t even try doing it?
If you have a problem answering this question, imagine this situation: you wake up in the morning and realize that you are now a superstar.
The whole world knows and adores you. All roads are open. You are living the best day of your life. But the next morning, everything is as usual, as if this day never happened. Would you like to live it in this case?
Do you prefer doing something that is pleasant for you or that is right for others?
What do you like better, doing something that you like or doing something that’s right for others?
Of course it would be better to combine the two, but imagine that you can't. You need to choose. What would you do in such a case? This question is very complex and there is no single answer to it. What is better than one's own good or human happiness?
Do you believe in what you are doing?
Do you believe in what you do?
You can only answer “yes” or “no” here. No other is given. Answer honestly to better understand yourself.
Is it more important in your life to chase prey or finally to catch it?
What’s more important, stalking a victim or catch it?
Are you more satisfied with the achievement of the goal or the most expensive one on the way to it? Are all means good to get what you want?
What does your self-talk look like?
What is your self-talk like?
Sometimes you need to talk to someone.
Often you have to turn to yourself. How often do you do it? How do you address yourself? In what situations? What for? Are you listening to your inner voice? Do you pay attention to your needs or sometimes ignore them?
Do you know how to devote yourself entirely to something?
Can you devote yourself entirely to something?
One of the best feelings in life is the feeling of doing what you love. If a person has not found his calling, then he most likely will not be happy.
What good habits do you value?
What are your good habits you appreciate?
What do you like about yourself? Do others like it? There is not only criticism, but also praise. Don't forget about it.
What habits would you like to get rid of?
What habits would you like to quit?
Coffee, cigarettes, sweets, snacks between meals… There are probably a lot of things that we would like to get rid of.
And now answer the question: why haven't you done it yet?
Would you rather be an unhappy genius or a happy but stupid one?
Would you rather be an unhappy genius or a happy but stupid person?
Quite a difficult question, but very interesting. Answer it to prioritize your life.
Are you living in the past, present or future?
What do you pay the most attention to? Keeping memories? Or maybe create new ones now? If you have already answered this question, then remember these principles:
- you will not change the past, no matter what;
- you are shaping the present NOW;
- the future will someday become the present.
Can you think of five situations that have hurt you in the past?
Can you recollect the five situations that hurt you in the past?
Remember? Think about whether they hurt you now? Understand that any disappointment will go away, so don't focus on the negative.
A few more years and even today's problems will not be important to you.
What is the best memory from your childhood?
What is your best childhood memory?
Why is it so unique to you? Is there any chance to experience something similar again?
If you could only have one memory, what would it be?
If you could have only one memory, which one would you choose?
Many people would prefer to keep the best memories in their memory in order to return to them again. But maybe it’s better to remember failures, because in this way it will be possible to avoid them? A difficult question that requires time to think.
What do you consider a waste of time?
What do you consider as a waste of time?
If you had to name three things that you would never spend even 10 seconds of your life on, what would they be? Do you really see no value in this? Do you judge people who do this? Why?
Is what you do of value to others?
Are your activities valuable for other people?
If yes, who will care? If not, would you like to fix it? An excellent question that helps to understand what we really want.
Why do we love someone?
Why do we love someone?
Attention, this is a rather philosophical question. He seems ridiculous. We rarely think about why we love this or that person. Do you know why? Because it is chosen by our heart (well, or hormones).
Does your life have meaning?
Does your life make any sense?
Try to look at yourself and your life as if you were looking at someone else. Does your life have meaning? What do you exist for? Sub-question: What is the difference between "life" and "existence" in your opinion? Where is the border? Do you happen to cross it?
If you had to make life more meaningful, how would you do it?
If you had to make your life more meaningful, how would you do it?
Maybe you will go (or put “would go” here, or in the second sentence write “create” instead of “would create”) to Africa? Or create something new? You must decide here and now what gives meaning to your life. 
How could you change your life for the better right now?
How could you have changed your life for the better right now?
Of course, there are goals that are very difficult and take time. But there is something that you can change right now. The main thing is to set tasks for yourself and diligently complete them.
Do you have any secrets?
Do you have secrets?
Why? What would you do if other people recognized them? Can it harm or embarrass you? If yes, then think about how it can be fixed.
What is your biggest fear in life?
What are you most afraid of?
Think about it. Is it really that scary? Remember that it is important to overcome your fears in order to become a truly strong person. Think about why you are afraid and when you started. If your fear has its origins in childhood, then you can turn to a psychologist.
Can you name 3 situations when you did nothing because you were afraid of the opinions of others?
Can you name three situations where you did nothing simply because you were afraid of what others can think?
How do you feel about these situations now? Don't you regret? And if you knew that no one would judge you, what would you do with your life now? Would you change something or leave everything as it is?
If we learn from our mistakes, why are we afraid to make them?
If we learn from our mistakes, so why are we afraid to make them?
So where does this fear come from? Never forget that mistakes are experiences. When we do them, we become smarter. Learn to lose.
Are you looking forward to a chance in your life?
Do you expect getting a chance in your life?
Why do you need it? Don't wait for someone to give you a chance, give it to yourself.
What is your first thought in the morning?
What’s your first thought in the morning?
It is very important to wake up in the morning with pleasure. If you have thoughts: “I don’t want to go to work”, “I don’t want to get out of bed”, then you should urgently do something with your life.
Is there anything you do differently than most people?
Is there something that you do in a different way than others do that?
What is it in your case? Can you tell why you do it this way and not otherwise? Do you have any explanation for this? This behavior proves that you are unique, so you need to learn to appreciate yourself.
If you could live anywhere on Earth, what would it be?
If you could live wherever you want, what place would you choose?
Don't worry about money, visas and other such things right now. Turn on your imagination.
Hawaii? Majorca? Maybe a harsher climate? Scandinavia? Why yes / no?
When are you most inclined to act?
When do you most likely act?
Are you most inclined to take decisive action in moments of tension, or in a calm environment? It is important to answer this question in order to create situations that will motivate you in the future.
If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?
If you had a million dollars, what would you do?
Do you dream of winning the lottery? Do you need it to be happy? Think about where you would spend a million.
Could you break the law to save the person you love?
Could you break the law to help a person you love?
Where do you think your boundaries are? Could you cross them to save someone close to you? Try to imagine such a situation with all its consequences. How far can you go for your loved ones?
Do you think you know where is good and where is evil?
Do you think you know where is good and where is evil?
Are there things for which you can unequivocally condemn other people? Can crime be justified in any way? Where is the line between good and evil?
Who are the five people you spend the most time with?
Who are those five people you spend the most time with?
Who are these people? What influence do they have on you? Are you inspired by them? Can you talk to them about any issue.
And most importantly, are they dragging you down?
What connects your friends?
What binds your friends?
The choice of the company characterizes us very well. It's no secret that we like people we are like, or those we would like to be like.
Who is the person who inspires you the most?
Who is the person who inspires you the most?
What exactly do you like about this person? Is there a way for you to become more like him?
Who is most important to you?
Who is the most important to you?
Can you answer the question why this person is the most important to you? Are you paying enough attention to him? Do you still care about your relationship? Do not forget that sometimes you need to add a little wood to each fire.
If all the people you know die tomorrow, who would you visit?
If you knew that everyone you know die tomorrow, who would you visit?
Do you prefer to spend more time with one or two people, with all your friends? What would you do with them if you knew you would never see them again? I bet you'd be great.
