Dream a little Dream for Me!

Yesterday I shared with you my big dream...and I mean big, but it is my future! It seem to inspire a lot of people to dream big and I heard from a few of you that you could actually hear the birds from my description of my future. This is awesome and I challenge each of us to dream big - find that one 3-5 year goal that you really want to accomplish and see it for yourself.

Can you see yourself doing it? Maybe it is getting married, or becoming a parent, or maybe owning a home...whatever that long term vision is for yourself SEE IT. Take notice of what it looks like, how you feel, the smell that will be in the air (flowers or dirty diapers), but really put all your senses to use and dream.

Dream a little Dream for Me

It always seems easier to dream big. Maybe it is because some of take it as just that, a dream, and never really think it will happen. If this is you I have a challenge for you. Start small! What are your dreams about tomorrow, or next week or even next month? What does that look like for you? Break down the impossible into possible steps. Think thruogh the long term want and break it down into manageable steps.

Remember when I talked about "How to eat and Elephant" and the answer was "One bite at a time"? That is how we can make our elephant dreams come true! I will use my dream from yesterday as an example of small bites.

In order for me to have my long term dream I need to do a number of 'tasks'. I need to be financial situated to make that type of a purchase. I need to have a PhD so I would be taken more seriously by potential editing companies in my field. I need to start a blog as that was the email I am dreaming of receiving from California. I need to remember what is important to me and write it down. I need a boat. I need to excel at my career so I could move up and move on. I need to assist others through coaching live their true purpose. If I can accomplish all of these "needs" how successful will my dream be?

I think very successful as I have set the path of what I want to do in order to have my dream come true.

Do you think that one day I woke up and said "today I am going to get my PhD"? Or "Today I am going to move up in my career"? No, each of these long term goals took me a long time, so I sliced my elephant into even smaller bites.

In order for me to get my PhD I needed to take classes. I needed to pass comps, I needed to write a small thing they call a dissertation, I needed to have a support team, I needed to be wiling to give up some things to achieve others.

So as part of my bigger dream I had a lot of small dreams along the way. I could see myself being hooded and having a black book with my name and PhD behind it. I saw my business cards read: Dr. Janice Aanenson, PhD. I heard people call me Dr. J, I could smell the flowers I was going to receive at my party. May sound corny, but I did! What was the result? I have a PhD. Was it easy--NO, but did I know what I wanted and cut it down into small chunks so I could be successful--YES!

If you can see yourself in the result you have the ability to get to the result! Waht you believe you can reach, you will reach. I am a firm believer of this.

Today I want to say that your dreams should be about the "big dream" come true. If you are challenged with starting small and looking day to day, think big. Waht is that goal, that dream. Write down what it will take to get there and visualize yourself doing the small stuff. If that is still to big, write down what it would take to make the smaller stuff happen and see yourself doing those.

Most of us can see ourselves doing the small stuff. Remember the small stuff is part of the elephant! Dream your future and see your present. The results will be amazing!