My Tree

Choose a part of the Tree

• Roots
• Trunk
• Branches
• Canopy
• New growth
• Sunlight
• Weather

Choose any part of the Tree

Nothing here is a score. Each part simply helps you notice something different about the life you are living.

Roots are what this life is growing from. The trunk is the person carrying it. The branches are the life being lived. The canopy is what the life has become. New growth is what is not here yet. Sunlight is what gives something back.

Open your Tree

• Rootswhat this life is growing from+−

  What this life began with before you had much say in it. Family, place, money, expectations and the world you arrived in.

• Trunkthe person carrying it+−

  You. Living the life, carrying what came before and making sense of what is happening now.

• Branchesthe life being lived+−

  Health, Money, Work, Love and Family. Not five separate lives, but connected parts of the same one.

• Canopywhat the life has become+−

  What those parts make together when you step back and look at the whole life at once.

• New growthwhat is not here yet+−

  Curiosity, experiment and possibility. Never a target, and sometimes the honest answer is that nothing needs to change.

• Sunlightwhat gives something back+−

  People, places, beauty, rest, affection and ordinary moments that help a life feel alive, not merely well arranged.

What shapes it

• Weather+−

  What is happening around you now that you did not necessarily choose. It acts on a Tree rather than being part of one.

• Seasons+−

  A difficult or quiet period is not a failed life. It may be a season.

• Damage and pruning+−

  What was lost, broken or cut back remains part of the Tree's shape.

• Other people's Trees+−

  Other people stand in lives with different roots, weather and histories.