Activity D: Instructions. Write down potential (not yet lived) stories. Where do you Future Stories want to go? What do you want to achieve? Who do you want to be? Who is with you in those stories? After you write these imagined future stories, jot down any common themes or “throughlines” you found across all the stories (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_line), which shed insight on persistent values or traits that define you. Your goal: Design a story to aspire to. Future Stories (stories you would want to come true in the next 10-20 years) Common themes: Are there any common themes in the stories you have written down so far? Lastly, look over all your responses to activities A-D, and now write a 6 word story that you think might best represent you—your essence. Now again rewrite it, with a touch of humor. 7