I hereby issue you a challenge:
Take a moment and write down where you see your life in 5 years.
What do you think you will accomplish in the next 5 years?
What major life events do you think will happen in the next 5 years?
Will you still be living where you are?
Will you still be working on the same things?
There's no pressure to be right.
Usually when I do this, I seal my imaginations in an envelope and open it in 5 years.
And it rarely matches reality.
At first, that embarrassed me. I thought either I should be embarrassed for guessing wrong, or I should be embarrassed for not achieving my intended purpose.
But now I realize that it is just fun.
It's fun to see how your ideas change and how life changes in unexpected ways.
It's fun to see what was important to you 5 years ago.
It is such a neat little self-study, and it's totally worth it.
So, go ahead.
Write a real life imagination of where you think you will be in five years.
Have fun!
(And comment below to let me know that you did this!)
{By the way, the photo is of my dog, Blossom. She's the one who arranged the blanket that way and lay in it, and it was too cute to ignore.}
I have written a letter to myself before to open in ten years (which shockingly comes up in two years, so it will be interesting to see how I've changed). But this sounds like a really cool idea! I will do it - I often journal about these things but it would be fun to seal it in a envelope. Thanks for sharing! xx
ReplyDeleteOh, wow, that's so exciting Jessica! It will be so fun to see what you wrote in your previous letter (when you get to open it in 2 years). That will be awesome!
DeleteI have done this! I put it in my file cabinet with my keepsake letters and hopefully I will remember to open it in five years.
ReplyDeleteI like this idea! I think I'll do it.
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