Today I am working through my wants, goals, needs, and desires for my life. It begins with the little details of today, and grows to an even bigger idea of where I want to be in years to come. For some reason I have always struggled whenever I've been asked the question "where do you see yourself in "x" amount of years." For some reason I could never see the vision I have for myself, or where I would be, or how I would get there. I almost again wanted to skip these questions and move on, but I decided to really focus my mind on a plan for my life, what I want out of it, and how I am going to get there. And believe you me if I can power through it, I promise you all will be able to as well. I will include some of the questions in my workbook and what I am asking myself, to help guide you all to answer your own questions. Start small and just try and start with the big goals, and maybe focus on one of them and how you will get there, and then move on to the next. You can write what you can now, and then if noting comes to the surface, you can always come bace to it. I have to challenge you all to at least write one sentence. Write one goal. What you want to accomplish today, what you want to accomplish by the end of the week, month and year! Here is my worksheet ideas, feeling, and goals!
One thing I have to suggest is to start your day off with a little bit of silence and reflection. I have heard this a lot, from a lot of different people, and believe you me, I know how tough this can be when you are faced with the busyness of the morning. Just first set aside 5 minutes, even if its 5 minutes laying in bed. I know you all have your phones beside your bed, so try tomorrow morning getting up 5 minutes earlier, and type out a fe things you are thankful for and appreciate in your life. You will be surprised at how much easier it is to write and reflect once you type that first word. Also write out a couple goals you might have.
Today mine went a little something like this:
Today I am thankful for being alive! I am so blessed to be able to breathe, see touch, taste, hear and smell. I am thankful to live in a country that is free. I am thankful for my house, my job, my family and friends who loves me. I am thankful for Knowing Jesus and God, and being able to trust them with my life. I appreciate the beauty around me in the world, from the simplest of things like a tree. to the grandest things like the ocean and all the life in it. I am so thankful that I can take a moment this morning a be able to appreciate all the goodness in my life, so that I can start my day off with a beautiful mi>ndset, and foci on whats important, and what i should never take for granted. Sometimes we can get so caught up and distracted in the trivial things in life that we forget the little things that mean the most.
My Goals today are as follows:
Go to Solutions and get some organizing things. Go to the bank and get the loan, Figure out my halloween costume Finish the laundry Create delicious and nutritious meal Study for School Spend time with God, and reflecting on my future, my past and present.
If you want to read on I have to actually dive deeper into my future, which like I said is very difficult for me to envision. But here goes nothing!:)
What does your future hold?
What do you really want to get done in this life time?
What do I really want to get done in this life!? Well isn't that a loaded question with no direction. I have a flood of ideas rushing in. I think about changing the world, winning a nobel peace prize, changing people lives, saving animal, having financial freedom, traveling to every country of the world, write a book, make a record and release it to radio, star in a movie and t.v show ( in fact win an oscar ), obtain a PH.D, open up my own restaurant, have the body of my dreams,run a marathon, living in California, surfing, swimming with sharks ( in a shark cage of course ), see the wonders of the world, face all my fears, skydive to name a few.
Wow, how the ideas started coming as I started writing he first few, and when I listed things as if nothing was impossible! You guys should try that! Think of some of the dreams thats make your heart flutter and dance. Write as if absolutely nothing is impossible.
Try and be specific with your dreams too. The more specific you are, the easier it is to plan and OBTAIN these beautiful dreams of yours! For example, lets say I take my dream of swimming with sharks ( by the way I am not sure why that is on the list haha I guess that ties into facing one of my fears) but don't just write down "swim with sharks" be "specific". Figure out where you want to swim with them, what ocean. Also it will be so much fun to research what companies offer this. It will feel much more intentional by doing this. YOu can then write when you want to do this, and plan a trip around it. Do this for all your goals when you finish your list. "NOTHING" is impossible, and when you research ways to obtain your goals, you definitely realize that more and are on your way of putting a plan into action. Also, add to the list when you come up with a new idea goal or dream.
Here are another few questions to ask yourself to get your mind juices flowing!
What do you need to get done by the end of the day tomorrow? ( I wrote a little list above with my little to do list ) :)
What do you need to get done by the end of the week? What do you need to get done by the end of the month? What do you need to get done by the end of next month?
Next New Year's Day: - Whats the year? - How old will you be? - What are all the things you want to have done by that time?
New Year's Day, two years from now: - What's the year? - How old will you be? - How old will your loved ones be? - What are all the things you want to have done by that time?
New Year's Day, five years from now: - What's the year? - How old will you be? - How old will your loved ones be? - What are all the things you want to have done by that time?
In 10 Years?
In 20 Years?
Happy self discovery and writing:)
Biggest Leah Hugs!!
