Challenges
Situations you gather to practice on, alone or with others.
Challenges is Relatable’s place to gather situations you want to practice on — and bring them forward one at a time to try a take. You create bunches of challenges, put one on the table, and work with how you understand it: how you would tag it, what is really going on, and what could be next. You can do that alone, or with others who will solve alongside you. It is a training ground for judgment — including situations you invent — not only what is already sharp in your life.
Why this container matters psychologically
Meeting difficult situations only when they are real often means we react under pressure — or avoid them. A place to practice gives room to try a take without everything being at stake. You can name what you see, tag it, suggest next steps, and come back later. It is psychologically relieving to know that judgment can be trained — that you don’t only have to “be ready” when life already demands it.
At the same time, it is easy to believe understanding is something you simply “have.” When several people look at the same situation, the differences become visible: what one person tags, what another sees, and which steps feel natural. A shared practice space makes those takes something you can return to, not only something said in passing.
What happens without a container like this
Without a place like this, practice becomes either casual talk, or meeting situations only when they are sharp. You lose the chance to return to the same material, see how your understanding develops, and gather takes from several people around the same situation. What could have become clearer stays as “I should have been better prepared” — without a room in which to prepare.
- Create bunches of challenges you want to return to
- Fill a bunch — including by inventing situations from a context you describe
- Choose who will work the challenges
- Bring one challenge onto the table and look at it more closely
- Tag how you understand the situation
- Write what is really going on, and suggest possible next steps
- Gather takes from several people around the same challenge
- See which challenges you have already started working on
- Clear the table and start fresh when you want to practice something else
- You want to practice situations before they become sharp
- You want to gather several challenges around the same theme and return to them
- You want to try a take alone — tag, understand, suggest next steps
- You want several people to work the same situations, and see what each person sees
- You want to invent practice situations from a world or context you describe
- You are in something difficult and want to practice similar situations without it having to be “the” situation