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Have you reflected on your future already? If you have, what plans do you have for yourself in the next five
years? If not, why haven’t you? What makes it difficult for you to make plans?
An Odyssey Plan is a graphic representation of three possible alternative lives you might live over the
next five years.
Alternative Life Plan 1 Alternative Life Plan 2 Alternative Life Plan 3 ● Life
Instructions: Imagine yourself having the chance to plan three different versions of your
life/career/relationship that will unfold over the next five years. Think of these three
alternatives:
● Life Plan 1: What do the next five years look like for you at this point in time?
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● Life Plan 2: What do the next five years look like if one thing in your life is suddenly gone?
● Life Plan 3: What do the next five years look like if money or image were not an issue?
1. Write a six-word title for each of the life plans that will reflect the theme of your overall plan.
2. Rate your plan’s Resources based on what you have available now to carry out your plan.
3. Rate your plan’s Confidence based on how sure you are of yourself to carry out that plan. 4.
Rate your plan’s Coherence based on how your plan matches with your overall outlook in life. 5.
Rate your plan’s Likeability based on how appealing the plan looks to you right now, at this point
of your life.
6. Then, write three questions you have about the plan.
You’ll find the Odyssey Plan worksheets at the end of this handout, but see below for an example of how you
can fill out your own worksheets.
Go through the questions/instructions below. You may use the back of these pages if you need
more space to answer.
1. Based on what you found out about yourself through this activity, identify your short -term and
long-term goals.
Short-term goals Long-term goals
2.How will your short-term goals affect your long-term goals?
3.Based on what you learned about yourself today, complete the statements below:
will _______________________________________________________________________________
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