Okay, so you gave yourself permission to dream, and maybe you made a list of the things you want, no matter how outrageous they might be. Now the enormous question is: How do I get there from here?
While you’re the only expert on your goals and dreams, I do have a few tips. First take your list and begin to write or draw a picture of what your life looks like when those goals are accomplished. Steep yourself in the reality of it for a few moments as if it is now accomplished. Some people will call this visualization, while others call it fantasy, but either way, it’s a good tool to begin the steps toward making it real.
I always wanted to be an astronaut. Unfortunately, I get airsick occasionally and seasick regularly. I can’t go on those spinny rides at the fair. There may be limitations in actual astronaut work for a girl like me. But maybe after I start to draw a picture of it, it’s not really being an astronaut that I want.
Maybe I just want to see the Earth from space, or help get the space station operational so that my children can go out there someday. Maybe what I liked about astronauts was the adventure of new places and the possibility of meeting aliens. Maybe I could write a space novel or movie script. My point is this: Sometimes we think certain limitations revoke our dreams, but getting down to the gritty details helps us see what it really is that we wanted all along.
Friday, November 02, 2007
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