EPISODE · Oct 10, 2023 · 51 MIN
Designing Your Life | Ep 2
from You Gotta Try This! · host Katherine Sikma Wadsworth
How can you get more of what you want out of life? In this episode Katherine and her guest Katie discuss how to design your life with intentionality, to build in the things that matter most. We discuss the framework by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett from Stanford University. Check out their book and resources here: Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life. A huge part of this is asking good questions and doing experiments. Here’s the quote Katherine mentioned by Rainer Maria Rilke. Remember: you don’t have to be stuck forever. If there’s something that’s not working for you, you can start taking small steps to change it. Take some time to identify the values and priorities you want to honor in this season. Check your gauges, and run some experiments. Try stuff and see what you learn! You can use design thinking to build the life you want. You gotta try it! Thanks to my guest, Katie Tarara. Find her on Instagram @ktarara. Check out her recommendations: Check out Good Mansion Wines and follow them on Instagram. Visit the Arcade Comedy Theater and follow them on Instagram. Watch Taskmaster. Email me with your delights: [email protected] Follow me on Instagram: Yougottatrythispodcast Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to my podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or on your favorite podcast app. Leave us a review Ratings and reviews from listeners are extremely valuable to me and greatly appreciated. They help my podcast rank higher, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review.
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How can you get more of what you want out of life? In this episode Katherine and her guest Katie discuss how to design your life with intentionality, to build in the things that matter most. We discuss the framework by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett from Stanford University. Check out their book and resources here: Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life. A huge part of this is asking good questions and doing experiments. Here’s the quote Katherine mentioned by Rainer Maria Rilke. Remember: you don’t have to be stuck forever. If there’s something that’s not working for you, you can start taking small steps to change it. Take some time to identify the values and priorities you want to honor in this season. Check your gauges, and run some experiments. Try stuff and see what you learn! You can use design thinking to build the life you want. You gotta try it! Thanks to my guest, Katie Tarara. Find her on Instagram @ktarara. Check out her recommendations: Check out Good Mansion Wines and follow them on Instagram. Visit the Arcade Comedy Theater and follow them on Instagram. Watch Taskmaster. Email me with your delights: [email protected] Follow me on Instagram: Yougottatrythispodcast Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to my podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or on your favorite podcast app. Leave us a review Ratings and reviews from listeners are extremely valuable to me and greatly appreciated. They help my podcast rank higher, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review.
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