DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL VISION STATEMENT?

My business coach asked me to prepare a personal vision statement the other day. I was intrigued by his request and wanted to learn more. Here is what I found.

A personal vision statement is a statement that describes what you want to create for yourself and the world around you. The first step in creating a personal vision statement is to write down the results you want in your life that you deeply desire. Describe in detail your imagined experience. What does it look like? How does it feel? Please use present tense when describing your ideal life.

The second step is to reflect on your first vision component. Is what you wrote close to a picture of what you actually want? In this part, you are learning what your vision is. It is irrelevant whether your vision is possible or not. Suspend your doubts, worries, and fears about the limits of your future. Continue to write as if real life could live up to your deepest wishes.

I know it might be difficult to write down what you deeply desire. Those thoughts enter your head like, I can't have what I want or I'm afraid of what I want or I don't know what I want.  These types of thoughts need to be suppressed as you continue to write your vision statement.

The third step in describing a personal vision is to answer these questions for the following categories.

Self-image:  What are the qualities of the person you want to be?
Tangibles:    What material things would I like to own?
Home:          What is the ideal living environment?
Health:         What is your desire for health, fitness, and anything to do
                     with your body.
Relationship:What types of relationships do you want to have with friends,
                      family, and loved ones?
Work:           What is ideal professional or vocational situation?
Personal:       What would you like to create for individual learning?
  
Start with a blank piece of paper and sit in a quiet place to write/type, and think. A few deep breaths and then let yourself go and write down all the things you want in life. You will be amazed when you put  your dreams to paper. Good luck.