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See in your mind’s eye where you really want to be in ten years’ time.Choose your own values, activities, and relationships rather than copying others.Complete this exercise to learn what you really want in life.
While working with troubled teens, I used to have them do the Ten Years in the Future exercise.I asked them to write a letter to a friend as if it was ten years in the future.Most of these boys and girls didn’t think about the next week, much less ten years to come.Like the Cheshire cat says in Alice in Wonderland,“If you don’t know where you want to go, then it doesn’t really matter what road you take!”
Of course, this lack of“foresight”was a major reason their lives were pretty messed up.We had some great conversations as they really thought about what they wanted.For most of them, this was the first time they had ever thought this way!
But the real story is what happened to me.I did the exercise right along with them on many occasions, writing my dreams and visions in detail.In my letter to a friend, I had moved to the country, built my own home, authored a book, and started my own business working from home.
Over the next ten years, something magic happened.All my dreams and visions became a reality, almost as if arranged by an unseen hand.I realized that something very powerful was happening, more powerful than I realized initially(最初).I did write books and start my business.We did move to the country and I did build my own home.
This letter to a friend will become a magnetic factor in your life.Your vision will guide you in your yearly goals, your monthly goals, and your daily activities.
You must write your letter as if it has already happened.For example:
“Leslie, I just wanted to make contact again and tell you about my life.I started my own gardening business in 2015 and it’s really taken off.”
“Dear Harold, I met the love of my life in 2016 and we moved to Hawaii where Frank works in a bookstore and I give surfing lessons everyday.We love it.”
Remember, describe all the details as if they have already happened.Write to a real person who you think you may still know in ten years.This will help make it more real for you.
Sit down and write your Ten Years in the Future letter today.
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