Life by Design: 52 Lists, Questions, and Inspirations for Finding Your Happiness

by Miranda Hersey

Overview

A beautifully illustrated guided journal that helps readers find their purpose and create the life they truly want.

Applying design thinking to work and life is a burgeoning trend, and Life by Design is a journal that functions as a practical workbook to help readers apply the principles of life design to their own decision-making. From career to love to extracurricular pursuits, this book helps readers figure out how to innovate and iterate their way to a well-lived life. Each spread offers a list prompt that encourages readers to think about where they are and where they want to go, and offers life design advice related to the prompt. By completing one list per week, the readers will be able to map out a clear plan to achieve the happiness they deserve.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250147769
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/19/2017
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	647,769
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

MIRANDA HERSEY is a writer, editor, and certified creativity coach. As a business owner and the mother of five, Miranda is passionate about helping others live deeply satisfying, creative lives. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Boston Globe Magazine, Sun Magazine, and Bay Area Parent, among other publications. A dual national of Britain and the US, in 2014 Miranda moved from Boston, Massachusetts, to Bainbridge Island, Washington, where she is happily overrun with books, people, and animals. She is the author of Life by Design.

Table of Contents

1.Appreciative Inquiry
2.Remember When
3.Thanks, I Needed That
4.Abracadabra
5.Tell It Like It Is
6.Highlights Reel
7.Nice to Meet You
8.A Person of Many Hats
9.Possessed
10.You Do You
11.If I’m Being Honest
12.Treasure Trove
13.Feeling Fine
14.Looking Up?
15.Home Sweet Home
16.Practice Makes Perfect
17.Time’s a Wastin’
18.The Great Equalizer
19.At the Very Least
20.Mind the Gap
21.Dream Big
22.Measuring Up
23.Who’s on My Team?
24.Plugging In
25.Cut that Out
26.Love Story
27.It Doesn’t Grow on Trees
28.Citizen of the World
29.Be the Change
30.Work Hard, Play Hard
31.The Hero’s Journey
32.On the Road Again
33.Sudden Opportunities
34.Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall
35.When I Grow Up
36.The Bucket List
37.Built-In Bootstraps
38.Making a Mark
39.Body of Work?
40.Oh, What a Year it Was
41.Your Dream Day
42.Looking Ahead
43.If/Then
44.Living Large
45.Birds of a Feather
46.Failing to Plan = Planning to Fail
47.Clean-Up in Aisle Three
48.Better than Spin
49.Bias to Action
50.But Why?
51.Soap Box
52.In Memoriam