AMY HANSEN

Turning your dreams into reality can feel like a lot of work.  You’re pushing yourself to take action and work to make progress towards your biggest goals in life.  But, sometimes that can lead to burn out.  Especially if you feel like you’re the constant hamster wheel of setting bigger and bigger goals for yourself.  Having goals is an important part of your life but not the point where you work yourself to the brink of exhaustion.  You must learn to balance taking care of yourself while still making progress towards your goals in order to avoid burning out from chasing after your dreams.

Your Identity

Working to achieve your goals can become a part of your identity.  You’re known as an overachiever, ambitious, and hard working.  The moment you achieve one goal, you’re onto the next.  You’re constantly looking for how you can achieve a higher level of success just to see how far you can go.  You have this desire to learn and grow while goals give your life a sense of purpose. ...

Often you live life on auto pilot.  You go through the motions of your mundane, monotonous daily routine without giving it much thought.  It’s time to uninstall that programming and start being conscious of the life you want to be living.  Sleepily floating through life will not get to you achieve big goals and dreams.  It certainly won’t allow you to live life to your full potential.  Learn to turn your goals and dreams into reality rather than living life with unachieved regret.

Your Dreams

Begin by dreaming about the future and what you want to achieve.  Reconnect to your goals and dreams in life.  Take time to close your eyes and visualize where you want to be in the future.  Go for a mindful walk outside without any distractions and just be with your thoughts.  Think about what you want to achieve.  Come back and journal your thoughts to get crystal clear on your future goals.  Don’t limit yourself.  Dream big and believe that you can turn your dreams into reality.  You of...

In order to achieve massive success in your life, you have to know where you want to go in the future.  Imagine yourself years into the future.  Think about what you want your dream life to look and feel like.  You need to give yourself some direction so that you know where you want to be headed.  Otherwise, you’re just aimlessly floating through life without a clear direction.  Write down your dream life on paper so that you can gain even more clarity on what you want to make happen.  Begin this process by writing a letter from future you to your present self.

Your Future

Write a letter to the present you from the you ten years in the future.  Visualize the life you’re living and what you’ve accomplished.  See yourself in the future and what you’re doing, where you’re living, who you’re with, etc.  Bring that visual into vivid detail so that you can get really clear on what you want to make happen in your future.  Set a goal for yourself and write down what you see.  Choose a ...

Often you become so comfortable in your current comfort zone of what’s familiar, stepping outside of that seems scary.  Stepping into the unknown future is uncertain.  You don’t know what you’re going to encounter or how it’s going to turn out.  You only know that it’s very unfamiliar territory and it’s easier just to remain in comfort zone.  However, if you feel like you’re meant for more and want to live life to your full potential, then it’s time to learn how to step into the unknown future.

Door To Your Future

You can either live in your current comfort zone or look forward and envision a future that is different than where you are today.  If you desire something different than what you have right now, then you must make a choice.  You can choose to either stay where you are or open the door into your unknown future.  You might be afraid of opening this door but, what’s waiting for you on the other side could be incredibly amazing.  You see, your mind usually goes to the wo...

There is an old version of you, the current version of you, and the future version of who you will become.  Your life experiences help develop who you are by what you go through.  Challenges and obstacles in life are meant to help you become better than you were yesterday.  But, sometimes you look backwards towards the past and wish you were that previous version of you.  Yet, that’s not possible.  It’s time you find yourself and start embracing the current version of you so that you can look towards the future version of who you’re becoming.

Old You

You may keep trying to move forward by trying to go back.  You want to go back to when things were simpler, easier, and when you didn’t have to try so hard.  This is the you who hadn’t walked through fire yet.  It’s the version of you who feels effortless compared to what you’ve been through since then.  You may think this previous version of you is the better, more preferable you.  However, you’re just shrinking back into yourself...

There are times in life when you feel lost.  You’re not sure what direction to go and often times it just feels easier to go back to the good old days.  You’d rather go back to an enjoyable time in the past rather than face the difficult moment you’re currently going through.  However, life is an evolution to help you to learn and grow.  You’ll be faced with many challenges and obstacles along the way.  Each day is getting you closer to becoming your highest self.

Good Old Days

Sometimes you look back on the past and wish you could teleport yourself back to a certain time period.  Maybe it was a memorable life event or just being with someone special that’s not possible anymore.  As Andy Bernard says in the final episode of the Office, “I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.”  Often, you don’t realize those are the good days until you’re out of it and looking back.  Thinking back to some of your favorite memories can make yo...

You are faced with a lot of choices in your life.  One of those choices is to follow the path of someone else or to go out on your own and carve your own way.  The path that’s already carved out is easier.  You can see where to go.  When you’re carving your own path is difficult.  But, following everyone else isn’t always the best answer.  You might think they must know where to go and the right way on how to get there.  However, following the group can detour you from your goals and what you’re working to achieve even when you least expect it.  It just creeps up on you.  Yet, it’s the choices and small actions you take daily that add up that eventually get you to achieve your goals in life.  You must learn to be confident in yourself enough to make your own choices in life.

Being A Follower

When you are with a group of people, the choices of others can affect you.  Maybe it’s a group decision to do one thing but deep down you hear a small inner voice that says you should do so...

There is a belief that you can’t change.  You are who you are.  However, you can change your future outcome by the actions you take today.  Perhaps you believe that you’re not a morning person.  However, if you take action to wake up earlier each day, you’re creating change in your life.  It’s not to say that it’s going to be easy or that you’re going to like it.  You’re just working on becoming a better version of yourself through these little daily actions.  The truth is, you can change but only if you’re committed to taking action and sticking to it to make it happen.

Creating Change

Think about your character and who you want to be.  If you don’t like who you are being then you have the power to change through the actions you take.  You will always have deep rooted fears, worries, and doubts that try to keep you as you are.  Yet, if you want to change something about yourself, you must take action in order to do so.  This might mean waking up earlier, committing to a new mo...

Everyone is unique.  You have your own personal set of characteristics that set you apart from someone else.  No one person is identical.  That’s what makes you special in your own unique way.  Embrace these differences and distinctive qualities that make you – you!  When you know your specific characteristics, you’ll be able to make more informed important life decisions.  Let’s define your character in life.

Your Character

Your character is who you are.  It’s what you stand for in life.  It’s what you want to be known for and how you present yourself.  Maybe you want to be known as kind, caring, smart, reliable, trustworthy, etc.  Determine what your core characteristics are and what’s most important to you.  These characteristics are what you live and die by.  It’s who you are to your core.  You make every decision and judgement based off these characteristics.  Get really clear on who it is that you want to be.

Your Actions

Your choices and actions determine your futur...

The choices and actions you take today are determining your future.  Every step you take is either getting you closer or farther away from your dream life.  You must learn to make better decisions today that will help guide you towards the life of your dreams.  Begin doing things today that your future self will thank you for.  Decide who you need to become in the future in order to start making your goals and dreams a reality.

Your Future

First, get clear on what you want to make happen in the future.  Visualize what you want to your future to look like.  See the places you want to go, things you want to do, goals you want to achieve, etc.  Then, write down your future as if you were writing it into reality so that you’re crystal clear on the future life you want to live.

Future You

Next, envision future you.  This is who you will become in the future.  Perhaps you’re braver, more resilient, courageous, smarter, etc.  You will have been through certain life events and exp...