How do we envision a good life for all?

Activity title

How do we envision a good life for all? 

Objectives

• To imagine and write down what a good life for all could look like using the method of freewriting

Time

15 minutes

Instructions

1. Freewriting is a practice that helps us to liberate our writer’s voice and connects us to our own creativity. It helps us to write down ideas from our unconscious. Freewriting is simple, flexible and forgiving – you can’t do it incorrectly. When we freewrite, we try as much as possible to suspend judgment about what we are writing. It is an exercise in getting out of our own way. Some guidelines to achieve that are:

• Use a prompt. If you run out of ideas during writing go back to the prompt.
• Set a timer. Write until the timer rings. Finish your thought afterwards, if you want to.
• Keep your pen moving. Don´t stop writing until the time is over.
• Write quickly, a bit faster than you would write normally. As if you had a lot to note down but only a little time.
• Write a draft, not a text. Use the first word that comes into your mind. Don´t worry about how something sounds or about spelling or grammar. 
• Independent of how ridiculous a thought is, go for it! See where it goes. There is no need to filter any idea.

1. Let´s imagine that instead of plenty of social and ecological problems there could be a good life for all people. What does your vision of a good life for all look like?
2. Take 10 minutes for freewriting whatever comes into your mind in response to the prompt: ‘There it is! I can see the good life for all. It looks like…’ 
3. If you want to share your ideas for a good life for all in the forum

Alternative: Freewriting to questions instead of prompts: instead of freewriting in response to a prompt you could answer the following three questions, one after each other, and take 3-5 minutes time per question for freewriting: How do I want to work? What should my relationships look like? What role should money play in my life?

Debriefing and evaluation

For a good life for all, we need to put the essential things into the centre of our economies. If you want to, watch the video ‘Change the Goal: Doughnut Economics’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkg2XMTWV4g