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Work out what you actually want next when you're at a crossroads
A big birthday, a job wobble or an empty house and you're not sure what you want. Get your priorities from your own stories, plus three small tests.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me work out what I actually want next. What's changed: [e.g. turning 50, kids leaving home, job feels stuck] Three times I felt most like myself: [short stories, any part of life] What drains me at the moment: [e.g. the commute, saying yes to everything] What I'd regret not trying: [anything, big or small] What I can't change right now: [e.g. money, caring for Mum, the mortgage] Before you start, ask me up to 3 short questions if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Focus them on my stories. Then: 1. The 4 or 5 things that matter most to me, named in my own words and linked to the story each came from. 2. A simple table of where my life matches them now and where it doesn't. 3. A short "what I want next" statement I could say out loud. 4. Three small tests to try in the next month that cost little and are easy to undo. 5. One thing to stop or say no to. Use only my stories and words, and don't add values I didn't show. If this is coming from a very low place, remind me to talk to someone I trust or Samaritans on 116 123. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
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The prompt · Copilot
Help me work out what I actually want next. What's changed: [e.g. turning 50, kids leaving home, job feels stuck] Three times I felt most like myself: [short stories, any part of life] What drains me at the moment: [e.g. the commute, saying yes to everything] What I'd regret not trying: [anything, big or small] What I can't change right now: [e.g. money, caring for Mum, the mortgage] Before you start, ask me up to 3 short questions if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Focus them on my stories. Then: 1. The 4 or 5 things that matter most to me, named in my own words and linked to the story each came from. 2. A simple table of where my life matches them now and where it doesn't. 3. A short "what I want next" statement I could say out loud. 4. Three small tests to try in the next month that cost little and are easy to undo. 5. One thing to stop or say no to. Use only my stories and words, and don't add values I didn't show. If this is coming from a very low place, remind me to talk to someone I trust or Samaritans on 116 123. UK English. Stay in this Copilot chat. Leave plugins off, and do not open a file from OneDrive.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. e.g. turning 50, kids leaving home, job feels stuck: a short note you already have. short stories, any part of life: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You type what's changed, the times you felt most yourself and what drains you now.
The assistant asks about those moments to find what they have in common.
You get the 4 or 5 things that matter most to you, where life matches them and three small tests to try.
What happens
Use Copilot to work out what you actually want next when you're at a crossroads
A big birthday, a job wobble or an empty house and you're not sure what you want. Get your priorities from your own stories, plus three small tests.
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