2012: Your Life, Your Choice
Have you decided what kind of year 2012 will be for you? Most people live out their year, then look back on what happened and decide whether it was a “good year” or a “bad year”.You imagination and perception is the most powerful instrument in the universe. And whether you’re aware of it or not, you are constantly using it to create and interpret your experience of the world around you.
When you think about the future you are imagining. When you think about the past you are imagining (studies have shown that memory is much more about imagination/interpretation than a recording of actual facts).
And when you harness and consciously direct this mighty tool of “Creative Visualization”, you tap into the ability to actually create the life you want.
You can boil success in any endeavor down to a simple formula:
Dream it. Plan it. Do it.
The problem is, some people start planning before they know what they really want. Or they start taking action without any plan at all.
But every accomplishment, whether great or small, started as an idea in someone’s imagination. Your vision leads to a strategy that leads to action.
So here is my challenge to you:
Take some time to create a vision of how 2012 will be your greatest year ever.
- Start by writing a description of your ideal 2012. Write it in first person, present tense (i.e. “I am healthy and vibrant with tons of creative energy”). Remember that this is not just some wild flight of fancy. Your goal is to create a positive expectation of future events that builds upon current reality and past experiences to create the new outcome you want.
- Make sure you are choosing goals that you truly desire. Be specific about what you want to have, do, or be. Then energize those ideas by empowering them with your emotions – love, passion, courage, etc. This creates an emotional center that will get you through the inevitable obstacles that you will encounter.
- Make your description as detailed as you can. Picture yourself in your mind’s eye experiencing all these great things in 2012. Describe everything by engaging all your senses (not just sight). Again, don’t forget to associate strong, positive emotions (happiness, joy, gratitude, wonder, etc) with your goals – this is key.
- Once you have it written (and you can always add to it as time goes on), read your description daily before bedtime and when you wake. Set aside some time for focused visualization sessions where you quiet your mind, close your eyes and envision your ideal 2012, charging your thoughts with positive emotion.
- Lastly, don’t worry about your plan of action yet or exactly how these goals are going to manifest. It’s very easy to let worries about “how” you’re going to accomplish something squash your dreams. As you formulate your vision, just be open to thoughts, ideas and opportunities that crop up “coincidentally” – these are the pieces of your plan beginning to come into being.
So, give it a try! If you are passionate and persistent, your thoughtful visualizations will set powers into action that will bring you the circumstances, tools or people necessary to make 2012 your best year ever.
And here’s a call-to-action. Please leave a comment and declare one heartfelt thing you’re committed to accomplishing in 2012 OR one depleting thing you’re going to let go of! (“Claiming it” puts it into action!).
