1. What things are we trying to prevent from happening ever again?
  2. What things are trying to prevent from happening frequently?
  3. How does the problem make me feel?
  4. What things do we need to always happen?
  5. What things do we need to happen most of the time?
  6. What have been the impacts of the problem that are unacceptable to me?
  7. How do I imagine feeling when this problem is solved?
  8. How do I imagine others feeling when this problem is solved?

If I were doing this for a grocery shopping list system, I would maybe answer like such:

  1. What things are we trying to prevent from happening ever again?
    1. forgetting ingredients that I need for what I’d planned
    2. getting to the store and not knowing what to buy
  2. What things are trying to prevent from happening frequently?
    1. food going bad in my fridge
    2. only eating dumpings
    3. getting home with a bunch of stuff and not knowing what to cook
  3. How does the problem make me feel?
    1. like i’m a bad adult
  4. What things do we need to always happen?
    1. have a clear list when i get to the store
  5. What things do we need to happen most of the time?
    1. not buy stuff I already have at home
    2. not buy stuff on a whim that i end up not eating
  6. What have been the impacts of the problem that are unacceptable to me?
    1. food waste
    2. wasting money
  7. How do I imagine feeling when this problem is solved?
    1. calm cool and collected in the grocery store
  8. How do I imagine others feeling when this problem is solved?