Part 1: 50 fun & interesting activities to do outside of work that can boost your self-discovery

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Ready to create the space for self-reflection and self-discovery, to learn more about yourself and what brings you meaning?

First, consider for yourself the following question:

When was the last time that you tried a new activity, that wasn’t meant to directly advance your work/job/career or overall productivity?

• Did you answer “I don’t know,” or “a while ago?”
• Did that question produce a pang of longing from some neglected part of yourself/soul/spirit?
• Did you answer “last week!” only to realize it was just watching TV or drinking with friends?
• Did you answer “all the time!” only to realize that nearly everything you did was for other people, and hardly ever for your own self-discovery?

If you’re like most people, self-discovery is not a high on the totem pole thing, alongside spending time on work and with friends and family, or just plan old “turning off.”

Now, there is nothing at all wrong with doing those things, and moreover they are each tremendously important to our self-fulfillment; however, problems can arise if we end up investing little-to-no time for discovering more about ourselves and what…