45 Thought-Provoking Questions
reading time: 10 minutes
Whether it’s on a long drive or a hike alone: There are moments in life, when you’re left with your own thoughts. Let’s use this time to focus your mind on something interesting. Here are some thought-provoking, light-hearted questions for you – maybe you’ll even stumble onto an inspiring idea that will bring you in another direction.
- When was the last time you tried something new?
- What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?
- What gets you excited about life?
- What life lesson did you learn the hard way?
- What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?
- What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago
- What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?
- Have you done anything lately worth remembering?
- Which activities make you lose track of time?
- If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
- What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?
- Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?
- When you’re 80-yrs-old, what will matter to you the most?
- How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
- If you could choose one book as a mandatory read for all students, which book would you choose?
- What is your favorite thing about yourself?
- What do you wish you could change about yourself?
- What is keeping you from changing the things you’d like to change about yourself?
- Do you feel older or younger than your age?
- Have you been happier when you’ve had a lot of options, or when your options were limited?
- What book had the most significant impact on your life?
- If you found out the world will end in a year, how would you spend your time? And what would you do, if the world would be ending in a year for everyone else, too.
- What is the lie you tell yourself most often?
- What are the day-to-day things you do that really make you feel good? Do you find yourself doing them as often as you’d like to? If no, why not?
- If you could have a second chance at one event in your life, what would you choose? What would you do differently?
- About how much time do you think you’ve spent watching TV in your life? And do you think it’s multiple years? How does that make you feel?
- If you could tell your younger self any one thing, what would it be?
- If you didn’t have to work to make money, how would you spend your time? What would you do, or create?
- What is your worst habit, and what is keeping you from dropping it?
- Who do you love and what are you doing about it?
- What are you most grateful for?
- Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
- What has life taught you recently?
- What is the one thing you would most like to change about the world?
- Where do you find inspiration?
- What impact do you want to leave on the world?
- In the haste of your daily life, what are you not seeing?
- Has your greatest fear ever come true?
- What is your most beloved childhood memory?
- Is it more important to love or be loved?
- What gives your life meaning?
- Where would you most like to go and why?
- Would you rather lose all of your old memories or never be able to make new ones?
- What are you top five personal values?
- How would you describe “freedom” in your own words?