Life Letters.
Weekly words on building a life you don’t need to escape from.
Hi,
You’re 1 of ~1500 readers on this list, making you in a group of 2% of my audience. Thanks for being here, swimming in the slow lane of written thoughts, in a digital world of junk food style attention.
I’ve been thinking a lot about direction over the last couple weeks, and the most important questions I ever asked myself to find my passions and what I wanted to do with my life.
So, here’s the 5 most important questions to ask yourself in your 20s, to figure out what you want to do.
What am i naturally skilled at?
(think back to the things you used to do as a kid, or the skills you get complimented on, or you already do for work)
What did I used to love as a kid, that I let go of?
What did you do before the world told you who to be?
Think child-like curiosity…
What problem do I want to solve in this world?
This might be the very problem you’re facing right now, or something you’ve been affected by personally, or something entirely different.
If you could wave a wand, what would you fix in your world?
If money was completely irrelevant, what would I spend my days doing, creating, working on?
For me, that’s writing, mentoring, surfing, making music, travelling…
What excites me?
What makes you jump out of bed in the morning, or that keeps you up at night?
You don’t need to answer all of these at once. In fact, I’d almost prefer you didn’t.
Maybe tonight, or on the train home, or on a walk, or in your journal, you try to answer one.
Let them sit with you; let them bother you a while.
Because the gap between where you are and where you want to be is usually hidden inside questions like these long before it shows up in your bank account, job title or degree.
I didn’t answer them perfectly, just honestly enough to realise it was time to take a step towards the life that I knew was waiting for me on the other side of my self doubt.
Five questions,
one life.
Talk soon,
Sam
Sam Witness is a filmmaker, mentor, and creator who helps young people escape the University Tunnel and design lives of freedom, creativity, and purpose.
After dropping out of university at 20 with no plan — just a camera and a calling — Sam turned his passion into a global movement inspiring thousands to choose a different path. Through his videos, writing, and mentorship, he equips young adults to ditch the script and build a life that’s truly their own.
Creating a “3rd Path” is his deepest mission — a rallying cry for those who were never meant to fit in.
You can read my book The 3rd Path here [click me]
