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Whose experiences, cultures, or perspectives have shaped this experience or the way things are done? How have they influenced what you see happening?
Use this promptWho might be affected by what you're doing or by this experience, even if you never meet them? What might be important to understand about their lives or perspectives?
Use this promptWhose perspectives have you heard a lot during this experience? Whose perspectives have you heard less?
Use this promptThink about someone whose perspective changed how you understood something. What did they help you see differently?
Use this promptWho has made this experience better for you lately? What have they done that mattered to you?
Use this promptWho have you learned something from recently, even if they weren't trying to teach you? What did you learn?
Use this promptWas there a conversation recently that stayed with you? What did the other person bring to it that you hadn't considered?
Use this promptWho do you find yourself turning to when you're unsure about something? What makes that person someone you trust?
Use this promptAre there people who experience what you're doing differently than you do? What have you noticed?
Use this promptWhat's something about this experience that has mattered to you more than you expected?
Use this promptWhen have you felt most confident lately? What were you doing?
Use this promptThink about a moment recently when you weren't sure what to do next. What made it feel uncertain?
Use this promptWhat's something you do differently now than when you started?
Use this promptWhat has been taking up more of your attention than you expected lately? Why do you think it has?
Use this promptWhen have you felt most like yourself during this experience? What was happening?
Use this promptHas anything about this experience challenged an assumption you had about yourself?
Use this promptWhat are you proud of that someone else might not realize was difficult for you?
Use this promptThink about the places where this experience happens. Where do you feel most comfortable? What makes that place different?
Use this promptIs there a place you experience differently now than when you started? What changed?
Use this promptWho seems comfortable or at home in the spaces connected to this experience? Who might experience those same spaces differently?
Use this promptWhat is something about the setting you're in that shapes what people do, even though people rarely talk about it?
Use this promptIf someone new entered this environment tomorrow, what would they need to figure out that nobody would explicitly tell them?
Use this promptWhere does the important stuff actually happen? Is it where it's supposed to happen?
Use this promptWhat's something you've gotten better at without really noticing it happening?
Use this promptThink about something you tried recently that worked better than you expected. What do you think helped it work?
Use this promptThink about something that didn't go the way you expected. What happened, and what might you have missed going into it?
Use this promptWhat's something you know how to do now that would have confused you when you started?
Use this promptWhat skill did you use recently without thinking of it as a skill at the time?
Use this promptHave you watched someone else do something in a way you want to try? What did you notice?
Use this promptWhat's something people here seem to learn by doing rather than by being taught?
Use this promptWhen something isn't working, how do you usually figure out what to try next?
Use this promptHas this experience changed anything about what you can imagine yourself doing in the future?
Use this promptWhen have you felt like you belonged in this kind of role, field, or environment? What made you feel that way?
Use this promptWas there a moment when you thought, ‘I could actually do this’? What happened?
Use this promptWhat's something you understand now about this kind of role or field that you couldn't have understood from the outside?
Use this promptHave you seen someone approach what they do in a way that made you think differently about the kind of person you want to be?
Use this promptWhat part of this experience feels most connected to where you might want to go next?
Use this promptHas anything you've experienced made you less interested in a path you previously considered? What changed?
Use this promptWhat happened recently that you keep thinking about? Why do you think that particular moment stayed with you?
Use this promptWhat feels different about this experience now compared with when you started?
Use this promptWho or what has changed the way you think about what you're doing? What changed?
Use this promptWhat's something that makes sense here once you've been around for a while but would be hard to explain to someone new?
Use this promptThink about something that went well recently. Who, what, and where helped make that possible?
Use this promptWhat's something you notice now that you probably wouldn't have noticed when you started?
Use this promptIf you could show someone one moment that captures what this experience has really been like, what moment would you choose? Why that one?
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Something happened in your community today. What stuck with you?
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Was there a conversation this week you keep thinking about?
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When did you feel most confident in the RA role this week?
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When did you feel least sure what to do?
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Did you react differently than you would have earlier in the year?
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Who did you connect with? Who might you not have heard from lately?
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What felt different about your community this week?
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What did you try that worked better than expected?
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What did not work—and what might you have misunderstood?
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What did you learn about yourself from handling it?
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What are you beginning to understand about how you lead?
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Where did being a peer end and being an RA begin this week?
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Which shared space had an energy you did not expect?
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What skill did you use without naming it at the time?
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