50 Questions That Will Make You Think All Of The Thoughts

Well, its time to bring that curiosity back. , PhD, philosophy professor and director of the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies at Claremont Mckenna College, says asking yourself questions that make you think can help you get a little more control over life (yes, please!).

"We dont really want to be carried from moment to moment simply by the currents around us," she says. "Its important to step back and question what were doing and why, and also what we want to be doing and why. Otherwise, like a plastic bag, were just letting ourselves float in the wind." **Cue Katy Perry .**

Heres the (unsurprising) kicker: Questions that make you think are, uh, not easy to answer. Kind says one of the most important questions to ask yourselfwarning, its a doozyis: How can you bring meaning to your life? "It can help you figure out how you want to make your way in the world," she explains.

It also opens a can of worms, and soon enough, youll be questioning everything: work, family, friendships, responsibilities, basically the entire world around you. (Fun stuff, right?)

But asking yourself (and your friends) questions that make you think doesnt have to feel like giving yourself a mental brain freeze or take you back to the days of college application essays. "We often find an answer were looking for not by studied reasoning or analysis, but instead by letting our minds run free," Kind says. So let those wild thoughts out, baby!

These 50 questions will trip your mind up (in a good way). And pro tip: they're best thought about in the shower, after 2 a.m. with the girls, or when youre staring at the ceiling because you cant, for the life of you, fall asleep:

Questions That Make You Think About Your Life

1. How long is your "now"?

2. Do your dreams have a deeper meaning?

3. What was the moment where you felt most motivated?

4. If you won the lottery, what would your "today" look like in five years?

5. What are you holding onto thats holding you back?

6. If you didnt know your age, how old would you think youd be?

7. Do you believe in love at first sight?

8. People say life is short. Why do you do so many things you dont like, and like so many things you dont do?

9. Why do you **actually** do "good deeds"?

10. Do you "work to live" or "live to work"?

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11. Do you hate or love better?

12. Would you rather lose all your memories or never be able to make new ones?

13, How do you measure success?

14. What is the meaning of life? What is the meaning of your life?

15. What was the moment where you felt most grateful?

16. If you restarted your life from scratch, would you end up in the same place?

17. What is something you do differently than anyone else you know, and why?

18. What job would you do if you werent paid?

19. What is one part of your everyday routine that youd be better off without?

20. Can you ever commit a truly selfless deed?

21. What previous dream do you see the most meaning in?

22. How do you know your memories are true? Does it matter either way?

23. What would you try if you knew you wouldnt fail?

24. What would you try if you knew you would fail?

25. Whats a question you wish people would ask when they meet you for the first time?

Questions That Make You Think About The World Around You

26. Is life a computer simulation?

27. Do we have control over technology, or does it have control over us?

28. How can a single moment have the power to change everything?

29. What if there were no experts, but everyone knew a little about everything?

30. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, what about reality?

31. How much influence does a persons name have over the course of their life?

32. What happens if aliens are real?

33. If you had to support the flat earth theory in a debate, what would you say?

34. Who decides what the "right" thing is?

35. What will be the next Facebook?

36. Where do thoughts come from?

37. Is time a construct?

38. Why are bubbles always white?

39. What shape is the sky?

40. Who knew what time it was when the first clock was made?

41. Whats better: Being a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond?

42. Um, was math created or discovered?

43. Is fate a real thing?

44. Does the "truth" exist, or is it all subjective?

45. What will civilization look like in 10,000 years?

46. Can you cry underwater?

47. Why is it called a "building" if its already built?

48. Do you think youve ever seen the same wild animal more than once?

49. If two mind readers read each other's minds at the same time, whose mind are they reading?

50. Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

Clearly, Socrates was onto something when he said "the unexamined life is not worth living."

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