Since the dawn of time, humanity has always asked questions
We have often asked ourselves the how and why of countless things, which may have related to how and why certain phenomena occur (why it rains or thunders, or why it gets dark when night comes) as well as the meaning or the origin of our own being.
Although some of them already have answers, many have always been a cause for debate and reflection. That is why, in order to invite and encourage the capacity for introspection and give rise to debate and the deepening of our most personal beliefs, Throughout this article we are going to propose 50 deep questions to reflect on life
Below we leave you with fifty questions that will allow us to reflect deeply on what we value and the meaning we give to different aspects of life.
1. Who are you?
A seemingly simple question, but it can be very difficult to answer. And it is not enough to answer with our name, but it is necessary to reflect and try to discover what our essence and our role in the world is.
2. Why are you here?
Asking about the reasons why we are alive, the reason why we have come into the world, deep down involves thinking about what our deepest goals and objectives are.
3. Where are you going?
This question allows us to assess the repercussions of our actions and the long-term consequences of our way of living, that is, to what future what we do takes us.
4. Where would you like to go?
It may seem redundant with respect to the previous one, but the truth is that the path we take is one thing and the path we would like to take is another. Reflecting on what our goals are and the distance between them can help us fight to move as far as possible towards our dreams.
5. To what extent do you value others?
We often underestimate the importance of others in our lives. That is why it doesn’t hurt to reflect on how relevant our interactions and relationships are with our loved ones, and the value we give them.
6. If you were to die tomorrow, how would you live today?
This question, although relatively frequent, allows us to reflect on what we really value and what actions, motivations and activities we would really like to carry out.
7. Do you believe in yourself?
One of the main keys to achieving what we set out to do is neither more nor less than believing that we are capable of it. And in many cases, the truth is that we may not know or take into account what we think of our own abilities. That is why it is worth asking ourselves if we believe in ourselves, the reason for the answer and if not, what we should do to achieve it.
8. What are your “shoulds” or self-demands?
We often encounter people who continually demand that they be perfect or the best, something that can cause great suffering. However, each and every one of us has our own self-demands or “shoulds”, which may be more or less realistic and/or rigid. Taking them into account is a good way to know ourselves and what our way of seeing our own life is.
9. What makes you vibrate?
It is necessary to reflect on what we really like and try to implement or introduce it into our lives, otherwise we could be living a routine, bland life lacking in emotion. If we don’t have an answer, maybe we should start experimenting with different types of activities until we find something that really motivates us.
9. Is happiness something that is sought or something that is found?
Many people constantly seek to be happy, compulsively and as if it were something that must be pursued in order to achieve it. However, it is worth reflecting on whether we are really looking for something to look for or if it is actually something that arises when we are enjoying the little things of everyday life.
10. What do you fear most?
Reflecting on what motivates us and what we want is fundamental to learning and understanding many aspects of our own life. But what we are afraid of is also very revealing, being able to learn from ourselves and cope and prepare strategies to avoid what we fear or to learn to cope with it in an adaptive way.
11. Is there something you would like to do but don’t dare?
They say that what we regret most is what we want to do but don’t do. In this sense, we must take into account what things we would love to do, assess the reason for the resistance to doing so and try to overcome the obstacles or readjust our expectations or intentions if it is really impossible.
12. What mark do you want to leave in this world?
A deeper question than it seems, given that it makes us reflect on our role and actions in the world and what we would like to contribute with the limited time we have in it.
13. What is important to you?
Our values and beliefs are a fundamental part of our way of seeing the world. We must not leave aside what we value no matter how much responsibilities and day-to-day life make contact with it difficult.
14. To what extent do the expectations of others influence your behavior?
Our family, our society, and even our culture have certain expectations placed on us. Many of the things that we consider desirable and even that we demand of ourselves are imposed from the outside. But is it really about what we want?
15. Do you prefer to innovate or follow the established path?
Throughout our lives we acquire a large number of learnings, coming from our experiences and what others have done or discovered before. For many of the activities that we carry out on a daily basis, there are numerous steps and procedures that dictate how to do them. However, sometimes we can create and innovate, proposing new ways to achieve the same objectives. It is worth reflecting on whether each of us has a tendency to follow pre-established steps or whether we prefer to try to generate a new way or procedure, both options being equally valid.
16. Are you satisfied with yourself?
Do I like myself? An important question that tells us about our self-concept and self-esteem, the answer to which can sometimes make us uncomfortable and lead us to think about why we are or are not satisfied and what to do about it.
17. If you could change just one thing about reality, what would you change?
The world and the reality in which we live contains more than one mystery and phenomena that we cannot understand, and some of them may be unbearable. Reflecting on the answer to this question helps us understand what aspects of reality and our lives concern us.
18. What would you like people to say about you at your funeral?
Someday we will all die. And although it is not something we usually think about, we would all like our passage through life to have value. Those who surround us, have surrounded us or will surround us in the future, what can they say about us? Will they miss us and remember us as something positive? What would we have to do to get them to consider us the way we would like them to?
19. If you could go back in time, would you change anything or leave everything as it is?
We all have a past, in which there may be good things but also bad and full of pain. However, everything we have experienced, even the hardest experiences, has brought us to the current moment. Would we change the past or would we choose to accept it and try to live with what we have had to live with?
20. To what extent do you control the course your life takes?
This question pushes us to assess if we really have the reins of our own life, and if we are doing or at least moving towards the goals that we ourselves have chosen.
21. What is love?
They say that love is one of the greatest forces that move the world. However… what is it for us? how do we live it? Do we believe in him?
22. Is there a destiny already written or do we create it with our actions?
Our future may be unknown to us, but throughout history many people have debated whether the future is something that is already determined or if, on the contrary, we are the ones who decide and create it based on our actions and our willpower.
23. What is the greatest achievement of your life?
An easy question to ask but not so easy to answer. It’s about thinking and looking for what, among everything we have done in our lives, that really seems most relevant and worthwhile to us.
24. What is your biggest mistake?
Just as important as knowing how to recognize achievements is to do the same with failures and mistakes. This allows us to grow and accept that we are not perfect, that we can make mistakes and have defects and that we are just as valid despite (and partly thanks to) them.
25. What have you learned from your mistakes?
Although few people like to make mistakes, the truth is that they are opportunities to learn and modify our behavior and thinking.
26. If you could start from scratch, what would you do?
Our decisions and actions are part of our lives and their consequences can affect us both for good and for bad. However, it is important to reflect on what we would do or what kind of life we would lead if we started over.
27. Who is the first person you would ask for advice regarding a matter of life or death?
A question that allows us to focus and realize who we consider worthy of trust, as well as the type of person who seems really wise to us.
28. Do you live or survive?
Do I lead a full existence or am I just subsisting and staying alive? In the second case: what should I do to make my life full?
29. Would you live forever if you could?
Immortality has been something that much of humanity has desired for centuries. It is logical not to want to die and in fact very few people really want to do so. Now, would we accept living an endless life even if everything and everyone who was once important to us ended up disappearing?
30. What is the meaning of life?
Perhaps one of the most frequently asked questions in debates about existence is the meaning of existence. This is a very difficult question to answer, and the truth is that there is no right or wrong answer. The answer depends solely and exclusively on each person’s vision and what their life is directed towards.
31. What does the concept of freedom imply?
Freedom is a right that we should all have. However, although it seems like a general concept that we all use frequently, the truth is that for each of us it has particular nuances and implications. Reflecting on what this concept means to oneself involves reflecting on one of the values most valued by humanity.
32. What would you be capable of in an extreme situation?
This question cannot be answered lightly, but it is a reflection that may be interesting to make in order to get to know ourselves better and take into account the strength of our values and beliefs.
33. Is there anything you would never be able to do?
Similar to the previous one, in this case it is about reflecting on what our limits are and what lines we would never cross, based on our circumstances, beliefs and values.
34. What is life?
The big question, which can only be answered based on the subjectivity of each of us. What is it to live? What can we consider a living being?
35. Are you afraid of dying? What attitude do you have towards death?
Death is a mysterious concept. It represents the end of everything known, and no one knows if anything really exists beyond it. It is natural that uncertainty and the arrival of the end can generate fear and dread. But it is also true that other people see it as a part of life that they should not worry about until it arrives.
36. What would it hurt you the most to lose?
A question that makes us reflect on what things we value in life, something that we sometimes do not have since we sometimes take it for granted.
37. Do you leave your comfort zone?
We all have a series of habits and environments in which we feel most comfortable and safe. However, we cannot stay in it continuously or we will stagnate and will not be able to develop. So, do we get out of it enough?
38. What are you most grateful for in life?
Reflecting on our existence sometimes includes recognizing those aspects for which we feel most grateful. This says a lot about ourselves and our perspective when it comes to focusing our lives.
39. What do the concepts of honor and honesty mean to you?
Although in recent times part of society seems to see them as something outdated, not very adaptive and typical of past times, honor and honesty have been considered great virtues for centuries and today they continue to deserve respect for many. The meaning that each person gives to them can vary greatly, and reflecting on it can lead us to think about our own values as well as those of our environment and culture.
40. To what extent is our past important?
The experiences we have had throughout our lives have brought us to this moment and have had some effect on us. It is useful to value and learn from our past. Now, does this past limit us to being or acting in a certain way in the present or, on the contrary, is it only our starting point?
41. How do you see your future?
Projecting ourselves in time is a way of reflecting on what we want to achieve in life or what we believe we will end up having, in such a way that it allows us to reflect on the possible steps that can take us there.
42. Is there anything about yourself that you would change?
It is relatively easy for most people to locate some aspects of ourselves that we find extremely unsatisfactory and that if we could we would like to change. It can be something physical or, more often, a personality trait that causes us difficulties.
43. What is your best quality?
Reflecting on our own strengths and virtues allows us to work to enhance ourselves and optimize our qualities.
44. Would you like to be perfect?
Many people live their lives trying to be the best and achieve personal and professional perfection, something impossible. However, it should be taken into account that if this perfection were truly achieved, there would be no merit or motivation to strive to do things. Furthermore, imperfection is what makes us human, and it can be unnatural, boring and unattractive to be perfect.
45. Who would you like to be the last person you see before you die?
The most significant people for us are the ones we would like to have by our side in the worst moments. Perhaps our partner, our parents or siblings or our children are some of the most common responses, but this will depend on each person.
46. Do you do and live according to what you consider right?
Although the concept of correct varies from person to person, it is usually very important for us to act in accordance with our convictions, since otherwise we will enter into cognitive dissonance that will cause us suffering and discomfort.
47. What moment in your life has marked you the most?
There are moments that can change our lives, marking us forever. Reflecting on this is useful to identify those situations that caused great changes in us, whether positive or negative, in order to enhance or combat the effects they may have had on us.
48. Who do you admire?
This question may seem simple and shallow, but actually answering it involves reflection on what aspects or elements of this person we value and to what degree we identify with them, these aspects being relevant to our conception of life.
49. Do you have a clear conscience?
Reflecting on this very fundamental question helps us assess whether we are at peace with ourselves, whether we have unfinished business or whether we blame ourselves for something we have done or caused. It is also possible that we are attributing responsibilities that do not correspond to us, or that we are maximizing or minimizing their importance.
50. What makes us who we are?
Regardless of what we are like or how we see ourselves or the world, recognizing and identifying what makes us who we are is a much more complex task than it seems.
