WELL 30 — Designing Your Life
Quarter: Winter
Instructor(s): John Armstrong
Date(s): Jan 13—Feb 17
Class Recording Available: Yes
Class Meeting Day: Wednesdays
Grade Restriction: NGR only; no credit/letter grade
Class Meeting Time: 6:00—7:30 pm (PT)
Tuition: $380
Refund Deadline: Jan 15
Unit(s): 0
Enrollment Limit: 45
Status: Registration opens Nov 30, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Winter
Day: Wednesdays
Duration: 6 weeks
Time: 6:00—7:30 pm (PT)
Date(s): Jan 13—Feb 17
Unit(s): 0
Tuition: $380
Refund Deadline: Jan 15
Instructor(s): John Armstrong
Grade Restriction: NGR only; no credit/letter grade
Enrollment Limit: 45
Recording Available: Yes
Status: Registration opens Nov 30, 8:30 am (PT)
When designers face a challenge, they stay curious, creative, and open to experimentation. What if you approached periods of transition, uncertainty, or feeling stuck the same way? Drawing on the acclaimed Stanford class and best-selling book Designing Your Life, this course applies design thinking to major life decisions, turning ideas such as reframing problems, testing small experiments, and exploring multiple paths forward into practical tools that students can use immediately. Participants examine the narratives that have shaped their experiences and develop three distinct five-year visions, each built around different priorities, to expand possibilities and imagine new directions. Along the way, they learn decision-making frameworks, identify what energizes and drains them, and rethink the relationship between work and the rest of life. Interactive and discussion-based, the course combines short lectures, reflection, and small-group dialogue to leave students with renewed momentum and an effective framework for designing what comes next.