# 12-month future story

**Pre-work 2 of 7 · Complete individually before the workshop**

Before the workshop: complete this sheet independently. Due 48 hours before Session 1; submit only the material you approve. This is preparation, not an agreed session output.

Participant / note owner: __________
Date: __________
Privacy: Private / not for synthesis

## Instructions

Write in the first person, as though it is twelve months after the workshop and the year went extraordinarily well. Start with your life, not a shared-business pitch. The venture may have a large, small or no role. Finish with five specific success conditions.

## Fictional worked example — not Truffle facts

Alex, fictional: “It is one year later. I exercise three mornings a week and eat dinner with family four nights a week. I spend 15 focused hours weekly on a venture that has three repeat customers; we have not hired ahead of demand. I keep six months of personal runway. I lead customer discovery, not daily operations.” One success condition: a sustainable 15-hour role, reviewed monthly.

## Blank worksheet

### Future date and story

Write 1–2 pages. Cover life/family; health/energy; work/professional identity; money/security; location/lifestyle; learning/growth; contribution/relationships; and the role, if any, of the shared venture.

[Your response]

### Five success conditions

For each: desired condition → observable evidence → why it matters. Include personal and professional conditions.

[Your response]

### Protect / more / less

What must be protected? What do I want more of? What do I want less of?

[Your response]

### Boundaries and unacceptable sacrifices

Which financial, health, family, ethical or reputational risks will I not accept?

[Your response]

### Partnership fit

How could the partnership advance this future? How could it threaten it? What remains uncertain?

[Your response]