The real question isn’t: How much money, time, power, impact, meaning, status, retirement savings, [fill in the blank with your favorite thing to want more of] do you have? The real question is: How’s it going, right now? A non–life designer, wallowing in the it’s-not-good-enough end of the pool, vaguely malcontent with all they have, answers by saying, over and over again, “Not so good. Are we there yet?” If asked the same question, a life designer would say, “Life is good. Of course, I’m working on my gratitude and managing my Health/Work/Play/Love dashboard, and I’m always trying to make a
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