有时我们迷失在人生的道路上，甚至觉得自己被困住了。在那些时候，你需要的是个人反思和花点时间问自己一些棘手的问题。这个简单的练习只需要一个小时，可以帮助你重新专注于你想去的地方。

畅销书作家格雷格·麦基翁（Greg McKeown）最近在他的LinkedIn博客上讨论了他与一位密友的一次对话。麦基翁的朋友被诊断出患有肾癌，虽然他现在已经痊愈了，但这是一次很有启发性的经历。麦基翁收集了他朋友在面对死亡时问自己的问题，并把它变成了任何人都能做的练习：

1. If possible get out into nature where you can feel the natural pace of the earth and not the hyperactive and inhumane pace of modern life.
2. Write down the question "What would I do if I only had a week left to live?" and take 10 minutes to write down your answer.
3. Write down the question, "What would I do if I only had a month left to live?" and take 10 minutes to write down your answer.
4. Write down the question, "What would I do if I only had a year left to live?" and take 10 minutes to write down your answer.
5. Write down the question, "What would I do if I only had five years left to live?" and take 10 minutes to write down your answer.
6. Write down the question, "What would I do if I only had a life left to live?" and take 10 minutes to write down your answer.
7. Finally, take 10 minutes to reread all of your answers while asking yourself, "How can I design my routine this week to more closely align with these answers?"

有时候，反思生命的唯一方法就是思考死亡和我们在这个世界上的时间的终结。这个练习回答了一个常见的问题：“如果你只有这么长的寿命，你会怎么做？”并让它成为一个有用的观察，看看你真正想要从你的时间里得到什么。如果你尽可能诚实地回答这些问题，你可能会给自己一个惊喜，看到一条不同的未来之路。

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