March Intention: Micro-Experiments
After two months of turning inward with compassion and renewal, our focus for March is on applying design thinking to everyday life through embodying curiosity.
"Meaning is not something you find. It is something you design," How to Live a Meaningful Life: Using Design Thinking to Unlock Purpose, Joy, and Flow Every Day by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
More joy. More agency in how we create it. The first step is curiosity.
Curiosity is easier to evoke and more sustainable than motivation. When we approach our lives with genuine curiosity rather than putting pressure on ourselves to change, we create the conditions for noticing what is actually happening.
This month's challenge is to use micro-experiments to get curious about joy through examining our energy. Start with an energy audit.
When do you feel joy?
When do you feel depleted?
When does time disappear, and when does it drag?
Each day this month, pick one small thing and get curious about what is driving it. Is it helping you reach your goals? Is it fueling you? If not, try one small shift. If so, what about it can you apply to other areas of your day? Be a joy detective.
Noticing is the detective work. Micro-experiments are one way we build that muscle. Like the Immunity to Change framework, the core question remains the same: are the things we are doing actually working for us?
Start with one small observation and one small experiment or shift. When we stop demanding change and start asking questions, we become the designers of our lives.
