One week, one question, three deep breaths, and 20 minutes of uninterrupted, unedited stream-of-consciousness writing or typing—just recording whatever comes to mind, believing the first thought that crosses your mind and whatever follows.

1. What makes you smile on any given day?
2. What kind of thoughts often hold you back?
3. What is essential to forming meaningful connections?
4. What makes work satisfying?
5. What makes you feel better after a good cry?
6. What makes life worth living?
7. What does “closure” look like to you?
8. What do you wish people to know about you?
9. What does it mean to love someone?
10. What makes you feel the most alive right now?
11. What are the things you’re curious about?
12. What are some memories you keep replaying in your mind?
13. What makes life not so bad at times?
14. What makes people hurt others?
15. What are you made of?
16. What do you wish to know early on in life?
17. What goes around and comes around in your life?
18. What is going on in your life right now that you don’t understand?
19. What are your life-savers?
20. What do you need to be able to forgive?
21. What are the things you still have a hard time accepting?
22. What does it mean to see the world through your lens?
23. What does it take to be at peace with who you are?
24. What’s life about?
25. What caught you off guard?
26. What does it feel like to be in your head?
27. What drains you of your life force and shuts you down?
28. What does it take to make good memories?
29. What breaks your heart?
30. What are some things that are not really important in life?
31. What rocks your boat?
32. What do you wish to bless people (and the world) with?
33. What keeps you awake at night?
34. What are you afraid of knowing?
35. What makes a feeling worth being deeply felt?
36. What has slipped through the cracks?
37. What’s not worth fighting for?
38. What crosses your mind when you’re alone?
39. What do you no longer believe in?
40. What are some of your seemingly insignificant problems?
41. What do good friends do?
42. What role does time play in your life?
43. What do you miss the most?
44. What makes your world go round?
45. What kind of conversations light you up?
46. What are the things that give you nervous excitement?
47. What are the things going right in the world right now?
48. What does it take to lose yourself?
49. What will make you initiate a conversation with a stranger?
50. What are the things you easily fall in love with?
51. What are your dreams made of?
52. What have you grown tired of hiding?