Feeling Behind
A self-reflection for the gap between who you are and who you hoped to be by now.
Describe the feeling of not yet being who you hoped you'd be by now. When does it come up? What are you doing when it's strongest?
Start with when it comes up, or tap the mic
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You leave with
- When the feeling comes: the moments in your days when it shows up
- Who you hoped to be, made concrete in your own life
- One small first step, and what could get in its way
Many of us carry a picture of who we'd be by now. It might be a partner, a parent, a job, or something else.
About this reflection
Feeling Behind is a free, 3-minute guided reflection for the gap between who you are and who you hoped you'd be by now. You describe when the feeling comes up. It makes the hoped-for self concrete in your own life and ends with one small first step you choose. It draws on research on regret about the person we hoped to become.
Draws on research about the gap between who we are and who we hoped to be. The studies are named in the field guide. Read the field guide · How it works
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