In Struggle Mapping we pick a value, and try to diagram out why it'd be possible to live by it in some settings, impossible in others. In this version of the activity, we'll focus on relationships and why they can form in some environments but not others.

You are going to make your own diagram that has a value and three columns, like this:

First Column — Relationships

In the first column, you'll put the relationships which help you live by the value. For instance, in this example,

Second Column — How Do I Find, Make, or Use Those Relationships?

Find / Make

In order to have whatever relationships you want in the first column, you're going to need to either find people like that, or make them like that. Usually a mix of both. Try to write down what you would need to be able to do, in order to find or make such relationships.

• Usually to find something, you need a source of candidates and an evaluation skill or method.
• To make a relationship, you may need to teach something, or lead something, or guide someone.

Use

Once you have these relationships, you may need to be able to do even more, to use them for living by the value. What else would you need to be able to do?

Third Column — Hard or Impossible Steps

In the last column, you want to reduce the second column to individual actions which are possible in some environments, not in others.

Your First Impossibility Maps

First, map one of your own values—something you've been able to live by in some settings, and not in others. Then, try interviewing someone else and making an impossibility map for a value you don't share. For instance, play ⚔Hell Realm Remodeling and make an impossibility map that explains why your remodel makes their value possible.

Older Material

June 2020

Pieces

New approach

• Describe the setting (people, relationships, mood, internal information, etc)