Happy new year - I've been out practicing my vision

So I'm only seven days late in sharing my joy to be in the year '09, but it's genuine. One of the things I took the time to focus on for this year and beyond is my vision. The vision for how Silver Square looks three, five and ten years from now, the vision for how Raquel spends her days and the vision for how my perfect life becomes real. It's been a great exercise and definitely a work in progress, but exciting and positive work.

Here are a few things I've learned from the effort. I encourage you to make time to plan out your own vision and then own it.

1. I had a meeting with Matt Griffith, a partner at Thrasher Buschmann Griffith & Voelkel, P.C.  this past Monday, and we discussed visioning techniques. I thought I was going in to detail but Matt pushed me to go even deeper. What did you eat for breakfast? How did it taste? How did it smell? Did you make it or did someone make it for you? Who? Why? and continue with those tiny detail thoughts throughout the whole process. This small change really took me to a new level of really getting in to the exercise and having fun. (by the way I had granola with yogurt, a hard boiled egg and some fabulous hot, bold coffee that I made myself in a quiet house before my family awoke and started their day. If you want more details than that you're going to have to treat me to lunch)

2. Write it all down and don't worry if it's perfect. SO MANY people I come in contact with worry so darn much about, well, it's not perfect. I say... will it ever be? If you're that concerned about not taking steps due to not having it perfect you're really, really missing the point. So tell youself it's OK to start the process and evolve it.

3. One of the very beautiful things that has already happened is that my mind is already thinking about this vision and probably working its magic to fulfill the goals. It just keeps popping in to my thoughts. I love this. It's keeping my goals and vision in front of me, and, depending on what pops in to my head at what time, I'm learning how I want to tweak my vision and taking advantage of an opportunity that is already coming my way because I know it's part of what I want in my future.

Enjoy the process. Own the results. Get started now.

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Comments

[Bryan Boudreaux, DC]

Great post. I enjoyed it and will further work the vision we have for Cajun Spine now and in the future.