Conversation Starters : Hopes & Dreams
What are you most looking forward to about a new school year (or fall)?
What is one thing you are waiting for, or looking forward to, right now?
What is something you are waiting for, or looking forward to, right now?
What are you most looking forward to about a new school year (or fall)?
What is one thing you are waiting for, or looking forward to, right now?
What is something you are waiting for, or looking forward to, right now?
Do you have any resolutions or goals for this year? Name three.
If you could go anywhere in the world (or out of this world) where would you go? What would you do there?
What’s one new activity you’d like to try but are scared to try? Why are you scared?
As spring is associated with hope, what is something you hope for…for yourself, or someone you love, or the world?
Spring is often said to be a time of regrowth or change. Is there anything you would like to change or do differently this season?
What one thing do you do now that you need an adult for but would like to try to do all by yourself?
If you could change one thing about the world, what would you change?
If you had the power to cure one disease, what would you cure?
In the year 2030, what do you hope we will have discovered that will change the world for the better?
If you could make money doing whatever you love to do, what would you want to do for a living?
When you retire from your job or graduate from school and people talk about you, what do you hope they say about you?
What is your most vivid dream?
What do you want your life to look like in 10 years? In 50 years?
If you could go to any college or university, which would you choose?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Think of a time you really wanted something, like a part in a play or to be on a sports team, but it didn’t work out. How did you handle the situation? Did it stop you from trying again? Why or why not?
How do you want to impact the world in the next year?
What about the next year are you most excited about?
What has been your proudest moment?
What will be different in the year 2050? What will be the same?
Finish this sentence: «I wish the world…»
What fear would you like to overcome?
Where do you think you will live when you grow up?
What new skill do you wish you could learn?
What do you daydream about?
What qualities about your mom or dad do you hope to have when you’re older?
What do you think the world will look like if/when you have kids of your own?
If you never had to work for money, what would you want to do as an adult?
What is one thing you’d like to learn how to do in the next year?
What would your perfect day be like? Where would you go? Who would be with you?
If you woke up tomorrow and could do one thing that you can’t do right now, what would it be?
What was your last thought before going to sleep last night?
Tell me what you think the future will be like.
Why do you think it’s important to not give up on something right away?
Have you ever had trouble doing something at first, but kept at it until you figured it out? What was it?
What’s one fun thing you hope to do in the next year?
On your first day off, what’s the one thing you really want to do?
What are you hoping to do this summer?
What would you like to do this weekend?
What are you looking forward to about next year?