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2022: Creating a Lexicon of Future

Field Guide to Flourishing: W is for Why

Ruth Glendinning
3 min readMay 26, 2022

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The past year has given everyone time to step back from the transactional economy that is deeply rooted in the HOW and begin asking the really big questions that all begin with WHY.

Some of these questions:

  1. Why are we striving to make a living instead of making a life?
  2. Why are we investing in a system demanding we be less than we truly are?
  3. Why are we pursuing a path that costs us our humanity?
  4. Why are we pushing the next generation into the same system?

Your WHY is what sets you apart from everyone else. It’s your purpose. It’s what inspires you to take action. Your WHY is also what inspires others to take action, spread your ideas, or buy your products. ~ How to Find Your Why and Communicate Your Purpose

Buckminster Fuller: Where the How Meets the Why

“What is it on this planet that needs doing that I know something about, that probably won’t happen unless I take responsibility for it?”

The ‘Why’ Seeds a Sustainable Future…

A 2012 report by online retailer Littlewoods surveyed 1000 mothers and found that children ages two to ten asked their mothers an average of 228 questions per day on any given day at home.

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Ruth Glendinning
Ruth Glendinning

Written by Ruth Glendinning

Community Architect // Published Poet // Future Story Lab // Anti-Fragile Playbook // S.L.O.W. Tech // #womenswork Buy my book! https://a.co/d/5MG47Di

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