The series

The Ultimate Simple Guide to Life

One guide in 5 steps: goals, time, fear, change and happiness. Written by Adrien Harrison, first published from March 2023, collected here in order.

Which one sounds like you?

Pick the one that sounds most like you. Each page ends at the film and the worksheet.

I feel like a sad flat pancake
Quick game. How many of these have you muttered at yourself in the bathroom mirror this month?
My work fights what I actually value.
Most people think they value everything.
I never actually chose this career.
Most of us never actually choose.
Fixing this needs my job to change shape.
First, stop burning. Take yourself off the heat.
I know what I would rather do. The flip scares me.
The second you commit to changing direction, fear is going to show up.

Introductionon LinkedIn
Why this guide exists, and the 5 steps it walks through.
Chapter 1 | How I Used Death to Set My Life Goalson LinkedIn
Goal-setting frameworks for picturing the life you actually want.
Chapter 2 | Life is Not That Short: Here is Why We Are Wasteful of Iton LinkedIn
Why the shortness of life is mostly a story we tell about how we spend it.
Chapter 3, Part 1 | How to Defeat the 8 Fears Holding You Backon LinkedIn
Where fear comes from, and the exercises that take its edge off.
Chapter 3, Part 2 | Boogying with the Boogeymanon LinkedIn
Fear-setting, worked all the way through on a real decision.
Chapter 4 | Flipping the Pancake: How I Hacked My Habits to Make Change Actually Sticknew
Why change is hard, and how to make one that lasts.
Chapter 5 | The Whole Damn Pancake: How I Put My Happiness on Cruise Controlnew
The needs that decide whether a life feels good over decades.