Happy Spring.
What a wonderful time for renewal, fresh ideas, and new beginnings.
A Season of Renewal
Open your windows. Let the warm air fill your home. Step outside and notice nature bursting into life again.
Even here in California, we are enjoying vibrant greens and colorful flowers after the few rainy days of winter.
Spring naturally invites movement and change.
It’s a perfect moment to clear out what has accumulated during the quieter months—both in your home and in your life.
Maybe it’s time to:
- sort through old things
- return to your yoga or meditation practice
- go for a hike or a bike ride
- simply enjoy the warmth of the sun on your skin
When we align with the rhythm of the seasons, something inside us often begins to stir.
A quiet eagerness to create.
To grow.
To renew.
Planting New Seeds
Just as spring is a time to plant seeds in the garden, it’s also a beautiful opportunity to take a closer look into your heart and plant new seeds within yourself—seeds connected to your joy, your passion, and the life you truly want to live.
One exercise I love to do during this season was inspired by Michael Gelb’s fabulous book “How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day”.
It’s simple, powerful, and surprisingly revealing.
Pause
Before you continue reading, take a moment.
Close your eyes.
Take a slow breath in…
and a long breath out.
Ask yourself gently:
What in my life is ready to bloom right now?
Don’t rush the answer.
Just notice what arises.
100 Questions – Exercise
Take a notebook and set aside a generous block of uninterrupted time.
Your task is simple:
Write down 100 questions.
Anything that feels meaningful, curious, confusing, or exciting can go on the list.
What is the deeper meaning of my life?
- How can I experience more joy?
- What truly matters to me right now?
- How can I stop procrastinating?
- What would I love to create next?
Let the questions flow without judging them.
Write quickly.
Don’t worry about spelling or repetition.
At first, the list will come easily. Later, it may become more challenging—that’s normal.
Stay with it.
Often, the most interesting questions appear toward the end.
Discover the Themes
Once you have finished your list, read through your questions slowly.
Notice if certain themes begin to emerge.
Are your questions about:
- relationships
- creativity
- work or business
- personal growth
- money
- purpose
- the meaning of life
Observe what you see without judging it.
Sometimes this alone reveals insights you didn’t expect.
The questions you ask
reveal the life that wants to emerge.
Choose Your Ten Questions
Now go back through the list and select the ten questions that feel most important to you.
Write them on a new page.
Take a moment to sit with them.
What do these questions reveal about what truly matters to you right now?
Let the Answers Find You
Over the coming days and weeks of spring, allow the answers to reveal themselves slowly.
You may notice them:
- while walking in nature
- during a conversation with a friend
- while reading a book
- or in a quiet moment of reflection
There is no need to force the process.
Leonardo da Vinci called this spirit of inquiry curiosità:
Let curiosity guide you.
And most of all—enjoy the experience.
As always, thank you for reading.
Happy Spring,
Karin
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Each of these offers another way to listen inward, follow what feels alive, and gain more clarity.