Beyond the To-Do List - Productivity for Work and Life27 Mar 2025

Life Audit: How to Reevaluate Your Goals and Reclaim Your Path with Ximena Vengoechea

In this episode, Ximena Vengeochea, author of The Life Audit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Discovering Your Goals and Building the Life You Want, shares her approach to re-evaluating life’s priorities and making intentional changes. Ximena, a former LinkedIn leader, uses her background in user research to help others take a fresh, introspective approach to crafting the life they truly want.

In this conversation, we explore:

• The Life Audit Concept: Ximena discusses the origins of the Life Audit and how applying the tools from user research can help us examine our own desires, goals, and life direction.

• Generative Phase of the Life Audit: We dive into the brainstorming process, where Ximena recommends taking an hour to jot down all your desires—no matter how big or small—and explore how to get started without self-censorship.

• Analyzing Your Desires: Ximena shares how grouping and recognizing patterns in your wishes can uncover deeper insights into what’s important to you, and how to let go of societal “shoulds.”

• Turning Insights into Action: Ximena explains how to break down big dreams into smaller, actionable goals, and how to prioritize the most meaningful goals for your year ahead.

• Creating Space for Self-Reflection: Ximena emphasizes how making space for introspection allows our true desires to emerge amidst the noise of external expectations and pressures.

Ximena’s methodical yet flexible approach helps you reconnect with your intuition, allowing you to align your life’s decisions with what truly matters to you. Whether you’re experiencing a career shift, entering a new phase of life, or just need a reset, the Life Audit process is a powerful tool for reflection and transformation.

Learn more about Ximena and her work at XimenaVengeochea.com, and find The Life Audit and its companion journal wherever books are sold.

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