Mapping Your Curiosity & Interests
Sustainable Systems • SloDo
Has it been a crazy week? Feeling a bit overwhelmed and discombobulated?
Here, have a SloDo.1
SloDos are an invitation to mindful communication, an opportunity to open channels of awareness within ourselves, between each other, and with the divine. Grab your favorite note-taking tools, pop in some background music (or not!), and take a few minutes to turn aside from all the busy noise and listen for the clear signal. Here’s this week’s prompt.
Write down all the things you’re curious or passionate about. Go big, be bold. Don’t worry about practicality or timing—just capture what genuinely interests you.
When you’ve finished your list, take a pause to marvel at all you’ve encountered in the world in your lifetime.
Celebrate all that makes you so wonderfully you.
Then try this sorting experiment:
Write your curiosity list on index cards or sticky notes.
Start sorting into groups that make sense or resonate for you.
What stands out?
What makes you feel all lit up inside?
Do you notice patterns or themes?
Does anything connect with key moments in your past?
Does anything connect you to a future you envision?
What does this suggest about your purpose?
Set aside all the “should-dos” or “ought-tos.” That’s for a different time. Don’t force conclusions. Just notice what emerges when you see your interests laid out together.
Use the worksheet below to take notes!
What did you find most helpful in this reflection? Most challenging?
Let this prompt invite you to notice how your interests reveal and affirm who you’re designed to be.
Let’s be hopeful, creative, and wise—together.
Shalom,
SLODO noun THING (📢 slow-dough): a reminder to slow down, pay attention, and practice mindful communication.
Being formed into the person we want to become asks that we get to know ourselves, and allow ourselves to be truly known by others. SloDos provide a short break to help you gain some perspective on interactions and conversations from the last few days.
Also: I work from within the Christian tradition, and understand the divine as the trinity of father, son, and spirit. That said, I know we all have different ways of understanding the divine, so if you wish to insert [other] when I use that phrase, please feel free to do so.