Navigate Uncertainty & the Unknown is for you in a season of not-knowing: waiting for results or for an answer on an application, choosing a subject, a degree or a path after school, or living in a world that feels unsettled. It helps you live and study well in the meantime.
It helps you build tolerance for not-knowing, make decisions with incomplete information and find steadiness in ambiguous times. It draws on research on uncertainty, on waiting well and on decision-making. It is a resource for wisdom and perspective, and it complements professional support rather than replacing it.
Inside are two PDFs, both with your name on every page: a printable deck of A4 cards and a matching ebook. The sections follow common forms of uncertainty: Career Uncertainty, Financial Uncertainty, Relationship Uncertainty, Health Uncertainty, Global/World Uncertainty and Waiting for Answers, with themes such as trusting the process and being patient that apply to any kind of not-knowing. Each card has a theme, a short description and an image on the front, and on the back a set of quotes from many voices and wisdom traditions, with room for your own notes. The ebook holds the same wisdom as a flowing book, to read on a tablet or phone or to print and bind.
I suggest you begin with the situation closest to your own. While results are out, Waiting for Answers is a good place to start; when a choice of direction is open, try Career Uncertainty. Print just those cards, read the quotes and choose one that speaks to you today.
Dr Alten du PlessisFounder, LearnSmart4Life