I Asked My Friends Where They See Themselves In Two Years And This Is What They Said

The 30,000ft View Exercise

6:21am. While nursing my morning coffee and staring out at the uncertainty of the world today, I decided to text my guy friends a few hard life questions you don’t usually think about this early at the risk of them thinking “Oh, here’s our therapist friend trying to be our therapist.” Which they have no problem saying out loud. And they usually do. But this morning, I didn’t get pushback or purposely hurtful jokes that don’t really hurt. It’s our way of connecting and I can dish them out as well. Instead, I got “Okay cool. I’ll email you my response.”

Then I thought why not text some other friends. Different ages, gender, and in places in their lives. Why not throw a wider net? We are all peeking into the crystal ball these days. This year has thrown us for a loop. Plans have gone sideways. Businesses paused. Marriages hanging. We have all been thinking about the future. And because of what we’re going through, many of us don’t know. The screen is frozen. We need to hit refresh to hopefully see something again.

The question is actually a series of questions I call “Your 30,000 ft view”, an intervention I use with my clients to get them…