Day 7: Life & Career Vision

Today you will learn how to develop a vision for what you want your life and career to look like long term, integrating every aspect of your life and work together for optimal work life balance.

Summary

What are Dreams, Hopes, & Aspirations in a Vision?

Dreams are not just merely unattainable thoughts about what life could.

Dreams are an image of the best possible future we can conceive for ourselves based on our limited understanding of who we are and our circumstances. They aim at the highest possible thing we could create for ourselves in this world.

Dreams consist of two things:

• Goals, or objectives for which we aim our actions and behaviors towards, either to attain something (in this case a better life) or to become something.
• An image of who we believe we could become, the best, most ideal version of ourselves

When we dream about our future, we are answering the questions of:

• What do I want in life?
• Who am I now?
• Who do I want to be?
• Who would I have to become to achieve that life I want?

Why are Visions Important?

Goals are important because they help you to aim your actions and behaviors towards something you want in life. But these are stepping stones to something larger, a dream, a vision for what you want your life to be.

• If you spend time imagining what your life could be like, who you could become, in the best conceivable manner possible, you gain the benefit of being able to single mindedly aim everything in your life towards that vision.
• Life is unpredictable. Along the way you will have to change goals and strategies for navigating life. But by understanding your dreams, hopes, and aspirations you are never lost, because you know what you’re aiming at and can easily change goals or strategies to reaching that aim.

How to Create a Vision

Most people have never been asked to contemplate the question: "What do you hope to achieve in your life and what kind of person do you want to be?"

• To answer this question and turn dreams from repetitive thoughts and fantasies into reality, we must get them out of your head onto paper so we can work with them and create a framework for building a vision of your life. We will accomplish through a journaling exercise.

In the activity below you will take the following steps:

• Complete the Future Authoring writing exercise
• Develop a quick and easy version to remember
• Get accountability for your vision

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Activity

Download today's worksheet and complete the exercises inside of the worksheet.

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Skill Lesson Mastered

Demonstrate mastery of the knowledge and skills presented in this lesson by applying it to the above activity. If, and only if, you have a full understanding and have mastered the knowledge and skills presented in this lesson, select the next lesson in the navigation.