Take ten minutes to picture yourself living any one of the Life Design Models for Sybils. Each of them is described somewhere in the chapter. What would be great about it? What would it be missing for you?
- The School Day Model
- The Spy Model
- The Physician Model
- The Random Acts of Passion Model
If you are a Sybil, you might want to do this for each of them.
Now do the same, for ten minutes, with one of the careers for Sybils.
- Multiple income streams
- The Good Enough Job
- Home business
- Umbrella Career
- Consultant
If you are an unsatisfied Sybil, create a Backward Planning Flowchart for moving toward one of these careers.
Write in your Daybook how each of these felt and what great ideas came up while you were daydreaming about them. In a new comment on this page, tell us which ones you tried on and what you discovered about them and about yourself. After you share your experience, read the rest of the comments and reply to a few. Do you have any Sybils in your group?
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I currently design my life based on the school day and activity schedule of my children (and whether my wife is working from home). Wednesdays are short days so less time to be away; more time with children present. Specific afternoons I bring a project I can do while my son’s at practice: reading, writing, moving. I also design my movements based on when I play basketball: when I’m sore from a recent session or saving myself for an upcoming one. I used to prioritize attending events and can see that coming back into play as kids pursue independent lives.
It ends up looking like the Physician model.
Random Acts of Passion seems like how I really want to live, perhaps allowing more time for rest / “doing nothing” / reading.
I wonder if this book is enabling me to go further down a path looked down upon by society / family.
I’m dreaming of a home business.
I’ve done something similar to the “high school schedule” before in my life. If I were to run my own business, or make enough money from writing/video editing/content creation, where I’d have a block in the morning and afternoon for work, and then various times before and after dinner for hobbies, dates, exploring the city/country in which I’m living, and time to watch cartoons and fall asleep. I’ve never had a problem with making and keeping a schedule. Many people in my life found it too rigid, but I find it freeing