"Life is like a box of cookies."
What are your life goals?
A tiny example animation of a view in the Plot Twister Work Journal that shows a Cookie Trail.
Interface Introduction
A Cookie Trail is an imaginative name for a life goal in the Plot Twisters vocabulary. The basic idea is that our lives can be plotted on as journeys on a timeline, and some events and experiences—which we call Cookies—are more important to us than others. These journeys are subject to change all the time. Here are some interactions we can do with a Cookie Trail:
- Discover and label our active Cookie Trails (life goals).
- Connect distinct experiences under one life goal or Cookie Trail, even if they're separated by lots of time or other experiences.
- See which experiences we reflected on more deeply than others.
- See which experiences belonged to multiple life goals at once.
- Discover and label the Chapters, or different phases in our lives.
Jenny's example Plot Twister Profile, with a Cookie Trail timeline.
How to Read a Cookie Trail
- The x-axis is time.
- The y-axis is the number of active Cookie Trails. Basically, the higher a Cookie is on the y-axis, the more active life goals that experience contributes to. Every Cookie can be tagged with as many relevant Cookie Trails.
- Size of a Cookie is determined by how many Plot Twisters were completed for that experience. The more Plot Twisters done, then the more that experience was reflected on. We've decided that the more we're able to reflect on an experience, the more memorable and impactful the event, and therefore the bigger the Cookie.
- Hollowness of a Cookie is determined by how specific the timestamp for that experience is. A long-term, slow-growth experience is a darker, filled-in cookie. A one-time, momentary experience is hollow.
What are Active Cookie Trails?
Active Cookie Trails are the life goals that a person is currently in pursuit of. These life goals are represented by colorful lines that connect specific Cookies. When a Cookie is connected to another Cookie by a life goal's colorful line, it means that those two experiences are part of a journey together in accomplishing that life goal.
In the Plot Twister Work Journal and Profile, we can toggle the visibility of these Active Cookie Trails to see the progress of each life goal individually.
Past Ideas & Iterations of Cookie Trails
