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Future-planning world: an older teen imagining possible future selves along paths ahead

🎓 Ages 15–18 · Grades 9–12 · Career & Future Readiness

NorthQuest

Nobody can hand you the "right" future — but you can get better at authoring your own. Clarify what matters to you, explore real paths, weigh a few tough calls where there's no wrong answer, and write a little about your purpose. No quizzes about your worth, no lectures, nothing sent anywhere.

Find your direction Check what you know

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Future Self Imagine possible future selves along the paths ahead. Explore Explore your own interests and strengths. Teach Explain a future-planning idea to a near-peer. Your progress Watch your self-understanding grow over time.

Find Your Direction ★ the main event

Choose what matters most to you, see real paths that lean that way (each with honest trade-offs), weigh tough decisions under uncertainty — where different people rightly choose differently — and write your own purpose. It's a starting point, not a verdict.

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Who you'll meet

Not mascots — everyday people, each modeling one part of figuring out a direction. None of them is on the "right" path — they're on theirs.

  • Kestrel — names what actually matters to her before choosing
  • Tamsin — builds a direction around what she’s genuinely good at
  • Casper — asks real people about real paths — not guessing
  • Linnea — decides well without complete information; weighs trade-offs
  • Rafferty — connects a choice now to the person he wants to become
  • Corin — the guide — helps you clarify purpose and author your own direction

Check what you know

Short kits on career-readiness skills — how to explore a path, ask a good question in an informational interview, and decide well under uncertainty. Skills, never a quiz about which future is "right." Hints when you want them; your progress stays on this device.

1. What Matters to You Values & interests clarification (as a skill) · 10 questions 2. Name Your Strengths Strengths identification · 10 questions 3. Explore a Path Exploration mindset · 10 questions 4. Informational Interview Asking real people about real paths · 10 questions 5. Decide Under Uncertainty Decision-making without full information · 10 questions 6. Your Future Self Future orientation · 10 questions 7. Write Your Purpose Purpose & meaning (self-authorship) · 10 questions 8. A Direction Plan (Capstone) Integrating values, strengths, and a next step · 10 questions

How it works

NorthQuest never tells you what to be — it helps you think. There's no single right path and nothing here is scored. The best next step is always a real conversation: a school counselor, a trusted adult, or someone who actually does a path you're curious about. Your answers are saved only on this device: no accounts, nothing sent anywhere.

Mixed practice — revisit what you've learned A short round that shuffles questions across the kits you've played, brought back when they're ready to review (spaced out so it sticks).

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