Wishes and dreams are what ignite the flame that gives us the fire and desire to achieve our ideal selves. If you want to be thinner, smarter, more organized, or at the top of the corporate heap – your wishes are where it all begins. Those wishes turn into dreams which become the visualization we all need to propel ourselves into our preferred existence.
Visualization is key to the process of creating the plan that will eventually put us where we want to be. Eight years ago I had an idea of the business I wanted to own. I wished for many reasons to be out on my own. Freedom was the first motivating factor for me. I have always struggled with being told what to do and even though I shined as an exemplary employee who consistently executed assigned tasks, deep down, I wanted to be choosing my tasks – walking my own path.
I began to examine the skills I had that could help me to construct a viable business that would not only support me but some of the creative professionals in my circle. Being a writer, photographer and an ad wiz I could offer beginning services in those areas but it was my ability to create long term business relationships that proved to be my best asset. I spent three years thinking about it while I worked with my father on our family business and after tragedy struck there, it took me three more years in printing and publishing to take myself seriously.
I know, I know – six years of wishing, dreaming and visualizing? Who has time for that? You do. If you could forecast the next six years of your life and foresee all the time you might waste on things that do not yield the ‘you’ you’re striving to be, that tune of yours might change. The six years was a necessary period of time for me. It may be two weeks, a month or a period of years before you get to your starting point. I’m Slow Sally in that regard, I really need to process before I plunge into the depths of the unknown and learn how to swim.
Back on track, I started small; I took a side job here and there. I quietly marketed my skills to people I knew personally and professionally, I did a lot of work just to round out my portfolio. I laid that foundation down so that when the right opportunity presented itself I’d be ready to meet it and make it a worthwhile venture. From there I slowly began to pick up more work and eventually got the opportunity to branch out and bring on my trusted graphic designer friend, Harald Hohendorf.
Two years down the road we’ve expanded our team to include an additional designer and our technology solutions engineer who specializes in developing web sites, social media programs and all of the techie bells and whistles that come with the territory. The wish has changed shape from its beginning form, but it is better than I ever hoped it could be. Whatever you wish for, you can make happen even if it is a little different than you perceived it to be. That which we put our minds to, that we make a priority on some level, can be real. The world is ours for the taking.
This week I am applying the same wishing, dreaming, visualizing scheme to me, the human being. I do believe I am finally ready to make some personal changes on several fronts. I’m quartering my to-do’s into bite sized pieces so that I can realize the me I want to be. I hope you will take a chance this week on a wish, dream big and take a step toward visualizing all the things you want out of life.
