WHEN YOU...Find your book Practical prompts for what happens next.
For the days you do not have the answers.
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Two collections. Ten books in each. One useful next step.
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For the moment you are in
Ten books for familiar personal situations, from a breakup to starting again. Each book stands on its own.
10 of 10 books
For the message you keep rewriting, the evening that feels too long, and the practical pieces that still need arranging. The conversations start from your actual day rather than a generic list of ways to move on.
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For decisions that keep reopening, conversations you replay, and questions that never feel finished. The aim is one useful question, and a clear place to stop.
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For the automatic yes, the request you struggle to answer, and the needs that slip to the bottom of the list. The aim is a choice that includes you, while respecting other people and real responsibilities.
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For free time that feels blank, interests that belong to ten years ago, and small things worth trying once. You do not need a defining passion before you begin.
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For borrowed deadlines, milestone comparisons, and the feeling that everyone else has already arrived. The conversations separate a social timetable from a priority that is actually yours.
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For the thing that is no longer working, the reasons you stay, and a change small enough to review. You can take the problem seriously without changing everything at once.
Look insideFor busy rooms that still feel lonely, friendships that have thinned to updates, and small honest ways to reach out. The difficulty is not always the number of people around you.
Look insideFor the draft nobody has seen, the start you keep postponing, and a definition of ready that moves as you approach it. The book separates necessary preparation from extra reassurance.
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For work that continues after the working day, priorities that do not fit, and the life you want to make room for. Advice to log off is incomplete when income, staffing and other duties are part of the picture.
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For changed circumstances, practical loose ends, and a next step that does not need a five-year plan. Starting again does not mean starting with nothing.
Look insideFor what you want to do next
Ten books for practical goals, from money and work to family, learning, health and travel. Each book stands on its own.
10 of 10 books
For a balance you know and bills you do not, a budget that misses an ordinary week, and a money conversation that becomes personal before the figures are clear. Start with a smaller question than sorting everything out.
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For work you want to change before you can name the part that matters, and for applications that should still sound like your experience. Sometimes the next step is a form. Sometimes it is a question you have not asked.
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For an idea whose customer problem is still harder to explain than the features, and for an offer that has to fit an ordinary week. A polished plan is not the same as a working business.
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For words that come out as criticism, friendships you want without keeping a tally, and disagreements that need one useful next step. Better relationships can start smaller than fixing everything.
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For the small part of the day that creates more friction than it should, and for routines that stopped fitting when work, care or home changed. There is no single family shape behind these pages.
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For the task you remember at the wrong moment, the plan that forgets travel and preparation, and a system that has to survive a change in time or energy. Start with what you want to find more easily.
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For courses you have saved and not started, explanations that slip when you try to use them, and learning that has to fit the life you already have. The useful question is what you want to be able to do.
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For choosing something you actually want to make, gathering material, and finishing a piece without turning it into a performance. Keep what you meant to make.
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For movement, food, rest and care conversations that have to fit an ordinary day. Healthier is a choice you define, not a punishment for falling short.
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For a trip that has to fit your money, time and needs, with room left in the day. Wanting to travel more can start with one journey that suits the life you have.
Look insideMore than a list of questions
A book. A conversation with ChatGPT. Something useful to take into your day.
Find the situation that sounds like today. Copy the starting prompt and add the details you want to share.
Use a deeper question. Correct the assumptions. You direct the conversation, and you can disagree with it.
Leave with a small action, clearer words or a question to check. Every exercise includes a stopping point.
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A broad question leaves the answer with nothing to hold. Here is where book 08 begins. Try it as it is, or make it your own.
Open this bookYou cannot describe the feeling you are waiting for.
Help me define readiness for one specific action through something I can observe, rather than a feeling of certainty.
Two collections. Your next chapter.
You need a question that meets you where you are. The When You books and the When You Want collection by Shane Stanford turn everyday situations and goals into focused conversations, with room to question the answer and choose your own next step.
Explore the collectionBefore you turn the page
When You explores familiar personal situations, from overthinking to starting again. When You Want explores broader goals, including money, careers, relationships, learning, health and travel. Each collection has its own books 01 to 10, and every book stands alone.
Each book contains 64 exercises in eight chapters. Every exercise includes a starting prompt, two follow-ups, a correction line, a practical next step and a stopping point.
No specialist knowledge is needed. Choose a prompt, type it into a text chat and add only the context you are comfortable sharing.
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Each book prints a link such as whenseries.com/companion/01. That page confirms you are in the right place. The complete exercises stay in the book.
No. They are tools for reflection and practical planning. The series is independently produced and is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI.