The Code of DesireStart Your desire What is your desire about? Love & relationships Money Career Wellbeing General desire 0 = not true at all · 1 = rarely · 2 = partly · 3 = mostly · 4 = very true I can describe exactly what I want, not just that I want life to be better. 0 1 2 3 4 I can tell how I would know, in observable terms, that the desire has happened. 0 1 2 3 4 I am focused on the desired result rather than one rigid path for achieving it. 0 1 2 3 4 I can name one concrete action I can take within the next seven days. 0 1 2 3 4 I take steps before conditions feel perfect. 0 1 2 3 4 I continue through periods when results are not yet visible. 0 1 2 3 4 The same unwanted pattern repeats around this goal. 0 1 2 3 4 I catch myself thinking versions of ‘people like me do not get/have this’. 0 1 2 3 4 The desired new level feels unfamiliar or somehow unsafe even when I consciously want it. 0 1 2 3 4 Fear often makes me postpone specific steps toward this desire. 0 1 2 3 4 I experience vague ‘something will go wrong’ anxiety around this desire. 0 1 2 3 4 I feel guilty simply for wanting this for myself. 0 1 2 3 4 I feel I must prove or earn the right to have this desire fulfilled. 0 1 2 3 4 When success gets close, I feel discomfort or an impulse to pull back. 0 1 2 3 4 A past event still causes a disproportionate reaction in similar situations today. 0 1 2 3 4 I have enough energy reserve to take small steps consistently. 0 1 2 3 4 My environment contains examples that make this goal feel possible for someone like me. 0 1 2 3 4 I record small actions, shifts, and evidence of progress instead of relying only on memory. 0 1 2 3 4 Get reading 544
