New Year’s Question Exercise

A One-Year Question Practice

   (A New Year’s Resolution Alternative)

Instead of setting a goal, choose one question to live with for an entire year. This practice invites curiosity, openness, and discovery rather than achievement or self-correction.

1. Choose Your Question

●      Select one open-ended question.

●      It should feel alive, slightly uncomfortable, and genuinely curious.

●      Avoid questions meant to fix, solve, or measure.

My Question for the Year:

2. Commit to the Year

●      This is your question until January 1, 2027.

●      Do not replace it or refine it.

●      Let it remain exactly as it is.

3. Live With the Question

●      Return to it in moments of reaction, judgment, certainty, or surprise.

●      Ask it quietly. Let it accompany you.

4. Notice, Don’t Correct

●      You are not trying to change yourself.

●      Observe habits, assumptions, and patterns as they arise.

5. Record Small Discoveries

●      Once a week—or when something emerges from your question—make a brief note.

What did I notice or learn?

6. Resist Answers

·      If an answer appears, let it pass.

·      Stay with curiosity rather than conclusion.

7. Year-End Reflection (January 1, 2027)

●      What changed? What opened?

“What have you changed your mind about lately?”
— Jim Birren

This is not a search for answers. It is an invitation to self-discovery and deeper connection with others.