10Questions4Life

Making a list of "10 questions about life" is not something I ever thought I'd do before.

It all started from having experienced a period of bewilderment earlier this year. Back in Italy, after several years abroad, I felt a bit lost, like a compass without a needle, wondering over and over again what to do with my life, looking for a way to be of help to others.

I admit that the answer to these existential questions (“who am I?” or “what will I do in the future?”) is not yet entirely clear to me, I am trying different ways, letting the Universe show me the best way, a little off the track and trusting that life itself will give me new surprises, as happened other times in the past.

This situation of bewilderment in which I found myself a few months ago is nowadays increasingly widespread among many people, young people in particular, who like me let themselves be overwhelmed by a thousand questions regarding their future, their dreams and expectations.

Talking to my psychologist about the various questions that tormented my mind, I understood that the important thing is not to seek answers to the various questions, but rather to ask the right questions, to which life itself will then give a solution as the time passes.

Aware of this truth, namely that the quality of our life depends on the quality of the questions we ask ourselves, I have come to draw up my personal list of 10 simple questions, with the intention of better defining myself, analyzing my values, desires, regrets, fears and joys.

Here are mine 10Questions4Life:

1. What is the characteristic that most represents you?

2. What is your spirit animal?

3. What advice would you give to your younger self?

4. What lifestyle do you imagine yourself having in 5 years?

5. CWhat would you do in your life if you were never afraid to fail?

6. What do you do when you feel down? Where do you go to recover your energy?  

7. What is your biggest success? And failure?

8. Who do you admire most in life?

9. What would you do if you only had one hour left to live?

10. When was the last time you felt truly happy?

The intent of these 10 questions is to ask them to me periodically, from year to year, to see how the answers will change together with my person, embracing a Buddhist vision of the universe, in which everything, no one excluded, is constantly changing, impermanent and connected to other living beings.

The awareness of the connection with others is in fact what prompted me to want to ask my 10 questions to other people, more or less known, all united by the courage of having fully realized themselves, fighting daily to improve not only their own lives but also that of others.

I hope theirs interviews may they be of help and inspiration to the many people who, feeling lost in this moment, still cannot find an answer to the many questions that life poses to us every day.