Day 5 — Synthesis & Life Compass

Time: ~80 min · Goal: build the artifact, then test it against your actual life.

Today you assemble the compass and pressure-test it against the five dimensions of your life. The compass is useless if it doesn’t change what you do.

1. Assemble your compass (20 min)

Open templates/life-compass.md and fill it in using your work from Days 2–4: values (ranked, with meanings), passion themes, purpose statement, and non-negotiables.

Tip: copy the template to my-compass.md at the repo root so the blank template stays clean for future annual redos.

• Values filled in
• Passions filled in
• Purpose filled in
• Non-negotiables filled in

2. Test against the five dimensions (40 min)

For each dimension ask: Is my current setup aligned with the compass? Where’s the gap?

Career

• Does my work let me live my values daily, or require me to suppress them? __
• Does it use my passions, or just my skills? __
• Is it serving my purpose, or unrelated to it? __
• One specific change that would move this closer to aligned: __

Money

• Am I earning and spending in service of what I value, or of habits/expectations? __
• What am I overspending on that doesn’t serve the compass? __
• What am I underspending on that would? __
• One change: __

Place

• Does where I live support my values, passions, and purpose? __
• What would have to be true about where I live for it to be a full yes? __
• One change: __

People

• Who in my life amplifies the compass? Who pulls against it? __
• Who do I need more of? Less of? __
• One change: __

Time

• Look at last week’s calendar. What % of waking hours served the compass? __
• What recurring time commitments don’t? __
• One change: __

3. Realignment moves (15 min)

From the five “one change” answers, pick the 1–2 you’ll actually do in the next 90 days. Be ruthless.

1. __
2. __

4. Set a review cadence (5 min)

• Next quarterly review (15 min): __
• Next annual review (90 min): __

• Quarterly: Re-read. Adjust compass items that no longer fit. Pick next 90-day moves.
• Annually: Redo Day 5 in full. Optionally redo a single earlier day if something feels off.
• Before any major decision: Re-read first.

✓ End of Day 5 deliverable

A completed Life Compass and 1–2 concrete 90-day moves.

You’re done. Now use it — see How to use this going forward.