Opening — March 2026
Last week, I noticed how quickly a sentence forms in my thinking.
A conclusion.
A direction that begins to feel settled.
Making space meant loosening that sentence — just enough to see it clearly.
This week, I’m noticing something else.
Once that space opens, there’s often a moment of hesitation.
If the original interpretation isn’t fully reliable, what comes next?
My instinct is still to look for another answer.
But lately I’ve been trying something different.
Instead of reaching for a better conclusion, I’m starting with a better question.
Curiosity does something certainty can’t.
It keeps the frame open long enough for more information to surface.
Not endlessly.
Not abstractly.
Just long enough to understand what might actually be happening.
This week’s prompts are about letting curiosity lead the thinking — even briefly — before deciding what something means.
The Prompts
- What question have I avoided asking about this situation?
- If I approached this with curiosity instead of certainty, what would I want to understand?
- What information might I still be missing?
- Where might someone else see this differently than I do?
- What question would widen this conversation?
- What assumption would curiosity challenge first?
- If I stepped back for a moment, what would I want to explore before deciding?
These prompts are not meant to delay decisions.
They simply widen the frame before one is made.
Sometimes the most useful shift isn’t a new answer.
It’s a better question.
