If Wishes Were Horses - An Assignment
June 4, 2008 | How to Change Your Life, Exercises and Experiments
So, on the subject of goals and setting courses and all that, I thought I’d share an assignment I’ve been working on lately.
I’m reading a new book (when am I not?) called The Psychic Pathway. It’s laid out much like The Artist’s Way and is a 12 week program; read one chapter a week and do the assignments, etc… So far, it’s been enjoyable, but I’m chomping at the bit to get into the meat of the book (I’ve never been one to be patient with the initial stages of anything).
Anyway, last week’s chapter had an exercise that I truly enjoyed working on, and it’s just the kind of thing that’s sure to get the ball rolling on Changing Your Life, because it takes advantage of that amazing, magical power that happens when you write things down. I swear, within two days of starting this exercise I was already seeing things start to take place to would allow me to check things off my list.
It’s not the best exercise for long-term goals or dreams, but it is highly motivational (and slightly less scary!).
The game is all about Wishing.
If you could have anything right now what would you wish for? What’s really important to you right now? Pull out a pen and paper and write:
1. I wish…
Now finish the sentence. What do you wish? Do you wish you had a nice new dress for the weekend? Do you wish you could have a day to yourself? Maybe you wish you had a new car, or you and your husband were talking. You could wish for anything. Nothing’s too big and nothing’s too trivial.
Write down twenty wishes.
1. I wish…
2. I wish…
3. I wish…
Tomorrow you’re going to do the exercise again, except tomorrow you’ll only write down twelve wishes. On Day 3 narrow the list down again to nine, Day 4 is seven, Day 5 is five, Day 6 is four and finally on Day 7 you’ll only record three wishes.
When you’ve worked and whittled your way down to three you’ll finally know what your most important goals for right now are and you can start working on those (instead of wasting your time on those things you think you should be working on).
For the fun of it, I’m going to post my lists each day for the next week so you can see what I’m wishing for and watch how my list evolves. Hopefully, it will inspire you to take part too. (Remember to make a comment with a link if you decide to blog about your list!)
Megan’s Day 1 Wishes
1. I wish I knew how to draw people into the store.
2. I wish I could not worry each day.
3. I wish I had four new coaching clients.
4. I wish I was speaking regularly.
5. I wish I had a published book.
6. I wish my paintings had sold.
7. I wish I made one painting a week.
8. I wish I blogged regularly. (I bet some of you do too.)
9. I wish I was more psychicly aware.
10. I wish we were in England.
11. I wish I had more energetic control.
12. I wish I had a healthy, whole and happy body.
13. I wish The Kung Fu Master made a new friend.
14. I wish the store were prospering.
15. I wish Kung Fu started again.
16. I wish I were changing people’s lives.
17. I wish I had a great haircut.
18. I wish I knew what to do now.
19. I wish I had a painting teacher.
20. I wish I had a mentor I could trust.
So, what are you secretly (or not so secretly) wishing for?
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