Treasuring the Future Now

Along the lines of my last post, I’m in the middle of a 30-day challenge of “Treasuring the Future Now”, an exercise proposed by Martha Beck in her book Steering by Starlight. I’m finding it to be quite relaxing and peaceful to sit in a space of meditative visualization. She talks about getting in touch

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Beginning of the Month Tip

Since it is March 1, I like to begin by writing a vision for the month. To do this, look at your goals or resolutions for the year. Then visualize the end of the month arriving and write down the joyful things you’d like to see take place as well as movement forward on your

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Best Year Ever Goal-Setting Questions

As part of the pre-assignments for the Best Year Ever workshop Nicole and I are leading on Sunday, January 10 and Sunday January 17, we ask participants to consider the following questions. I answered many of these same questions myself in 2009 in order to create a juicy full year and intend to do the

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Five Imaginary Lives

As I head into Week 4 of my LYJ Search Class, I am posting what I will be asking students tonight to consider. This is an exercise that comes straight from Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. It’s a tool that gets you to think freely about possibilities for joyful work, without self-imposed limitations. Here goes:
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From Renter to Homeowner: Tackling Major Goals Starts with the Smallest Steps

Today marks the third week since I officially became a homeowner. I have to admit that it feels great to have accomplished this major life goal. LYJ blogger Suzanne Grossman encouraged me to post some reflections on the process that translate to setting long-term career goals:

The first step in moving forward on your goal is simply to

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Lists of 100

One of my favorite new tools is making Lists of 100. I first wrote one while working with a personal coach who could tell I had lost my way a bit and needed a boost in confidence. She had me make a list of Suzanne’s 100 Gifts. The only rule, she said, was that if