Are you living the dream yet?

You might have an idea of how your life could have been – or wish it could be – but you don’t know how to make it so. In fact, your life now might be the opposite of how you hoped it would be when you were younger, but you don’t know how to change it, and fear it’s too late for you.

Or maybe your life is great, but one area pulls you down. So maybe work is going well but you wish you had more time for your children / health / fitness; or whatever it is for you. It’s easy to think that you can’t do anything until life is less complicated or you retire.

I can almost hear you say: ‘don’t be ridiculous, I haven’t got time to dream’, but dreaming is all in your head and there’s a process to build a living dream that has the power to influence the actions you take.

HOW DO YOU CONSTRUCT A LIVING DREAM?

As you know: THOUGHTS become FEELINGS, which trigger either ACTION or INACTION which produces your RESULTS.

Say you wanted a new job, your THOUGHTS could be: It’s hard to get your CV noticed and the chances of being chosen as an applicant are slim, which creates FEELINGS of Despondency or Sadness, which triggers INACTION; and you don’t bother to apply.

Or your THOUGHTS could be: I’m a great employee and good at getting picked for an interview, which creates FEELINGS of Hope and Optimism, which triggers ACTION; and you start applying for jobs.

It’s not magic and it’s not rocket science, it’s about getting your head in the right place for taking action. It’s not too late, life is short and your time is now.

THERE ARE THREE EASY STEPS TO FOLLOW

VISION: get an image in your mind of what your life would be like if you had already achieved the job, health, money, relationship or whatever is the change you want to make.

FEELINGS: then get the feelings of what that would be like for you, supercharge them and add them to the image.

BE SPECIFIC: be really specific about what you’re constructing for yourself. If it’s a job, what type of job, what hours do you want to work, what type of people do you want to serve etc.

When you’ve done that, See the Image and Feel the Feelings about your Specific future – Repeat. Needn’t take long at all, it’s consistency and fervour that make the difference.

You could construct your new dream over Christmas – yes really.  As I always say, it’s all possible.

To your Health, Happiness and Unstoppable Festive Success

Caroline
Wellbeing and Trauma Recovery