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The survey

Why take it, and what to know first.

What the survey is for, and a few things worth knowing before you start, so the picture you get is an honest one.

00 · Why

Because the shape moves, and you rarely see it move.

The survey draws the shape of what matters to you: how many things you hold, how deeply any one of them can matter, how far your stakes reach beyond the present and the people in the room, whether they hold together, and whether they still update. Everyone has such a shape. Almost no one has looked at theirs.

The reason to look is that the shape changes. Grief, burnout, a new love, a new obsession all bend it, usually slowly, and mostly out of sight. Drawing it turns something you would only sense vaguely — "I've narrowed lately," "nothing lands the way it used to" — into a picture you can examine, question, and compare against the last one. The framework behind the picture holds that this structure is where a life's value actually lives, which is what makes the drawing worth more than a personality quiz. Whether you buy that claim or just want the mirror, the survey works the same.

Not a score, and not a diagnosis. A picture of what you hold, drawn honestly enough to be worth revisiting.
01 · Time

About 15 to 30 minutes, and you can stop anytime.

A first pass takes most people 15 to 30 minutes, depending on how much you hold and how carefully you answer. You do not have to finish in one sitting. The survey saves itself to your account as you go, so you can leave and pick up where you left off — from this device or any other.

02 · It changes with you

This is not a one-time quiz.

What matters to you shifts over a life, sometimes slowly, sometimes after a single event. The survey is built to be revisited. Come back monthly, or after something big, and watch your shape move. A short mood check at the start of each sitting labels your answers, so a hard week is told apart from a lasting change rather than mistaken for one.

03 · Your account and your data

Saved to your account, and only yours.

You will create an account with an email and password to begin. Your answers are saved to that account, so you can sign in from any device and pick up where you left off, and nothing is lost if you change browsers.

Your responses are private to you. They are protected so only your signed-in account can read or change them, they are never sold or shared, and you can export them to a file or delete them whenever you want.

04 · How to answer

There are no right answers.

This is a tool for reflection, not a test and not a diagnosis. The picture is only as honest as you are, so answer for how things are, not how you think they should be. You can change any answer later.