Everyone needs a vision of the future that
holds a little excitement! Who wants to live year after year with nothing to
look forward to. Life is just better
when you have the expectation of something positive happening in the future.
It could be retirement, a vacation, buying a particular item, or meeting an old
friend for lunch next week.
No one can design a compelling future for you.
You have to choose it for yourself and then begin working on it.
Try these techniques to create a
future that will make you feel excited to get up each day:
- Make a list of the things you’d love to do, see, and
accomplish. A compelling future has to be, well,
compelling. The only way to make your future compelling is to choose
things that you’d like to see, do, and accomplish in the future. It’s entirely up to you what you’d
like to pursue.
- Set a timeline for each item on your list. Go through your list and put a realistic timeline for each one if
you were to start working on it today. There should be items that can be
accomplished relatively quickly while others could take years.
- Choose several items with varied times to
completion. You can do just about anything in
life, but you can’t do it all. It’s time to make some choices.
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It’s important to choose some short, medium, and long-term items.
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If you’re going to have a
compelling future, it’s important to always have something to look forward to.
If all of your goals are 10+ years in the future, you’re not going to feel very
motivated or positive about the next few months or years.
- Consider everything these goals will require to
accomplish. Consider the time, money, and other
resources that will be required. Do you need to acquire a boat? Learn to
surf? Speak French? Do you need a lot of time off from work? After all, it
takes quite a while to climb to Base Camp Mount Everest.
- Make a plan. Create a plan
for each goal that you have. What do you need to accomplish tomorrow, this
month, and this year? Map it all out as well as you possibly can. This
might take some time and research.
- Visualize daily. One of the best ways to keep your
goals in mind is to visualize yourself achieving them. It will also keep your motivation high and keep you on track.
- Review your day in relation to your goals. At the end of the day, evaluate yourself. How well did you live
today based on what you’re trying to accomplish long-term?
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For instance, if you want to lose
30 pounds so that you can learn how to surf, how well did you eat today?
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If your plan was to learn five new
words in Japanese, did you accomplish that?
- Make tomorrow better than today. Improve your behavior as it relates to accomplishing your goals.
If you live each day a little better than the last, you’ll eventually
achieve everything you set out to achieve.
If you’re feeling down, perhaps you just need
to create a compelling future for yourself. Everyone needs a future filled with
positive expectations.
You
don’t have to rely on luck to have a future that is interesting and enjoyable. You can put the pieces into place right now to ensure that you have
things in the future worth looking forward to. Get started today.
