Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals by Rachel Hollis

Author:Rachel Hollis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: self help
Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
Published: 2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00

TEN YEARS

I like to encourage people to start by closing their eyes and imagining the best version of themselves. Imagine that a decade of time has gone by, and you are living your best possible ideal for yourself and your life. Dream big. Don’t put any restriction on it. Don’t overthink it; just allow yourself to envision the most magnificent possible future version of yourself. A decade in the future, what is the very best version of yourself doing? What does she look like? How does she go about her day? How does she speak to people she loves? How is she loved in return? What kind of clothes does she wear? What kind of car does she drive? Is she a great cook? Does she love to read? Does she love to run?

Get as specific as you possibly can. Where do you go on vacation? What’s your favorite restaurant to eat at now that your life is different? What kind of food do you consume? What does it feel like to go throughout your day? Are you optimistic? Are you encouraging to others? After a decade of working on yourself and growing as a woman, how much joy is there in your life? Who’s in your life? What’s your week like? How do you treat people? How do they treat you?

Just let your dreams run absolutely wild. Are you happy? Are you energetic? Are you driven? Do you feel ambitious? What’s your relationship like with your family members? Do you own a home, and what does it look like? Do you have kids, do you have a family, are you married? What’s the best of the best?

Now go bigger. What’s a bigger version of the best version of you? Living every day in the best state that you know how to be. What do you do for work? What is the highest value that your future self holds? Is it family, is it loyalty, is it growth? Be as specific as you can be.

Now, without a second of judgment or overthinking it, I want you to write down everything that you just thought of as fast as you can. I don’t want you to forget any of it; I want that future version of you to be seared inside your brain.

The best version of me is . . .

When I’m at my best, I . . .

Don’t hold back. This is not the time to think it through or tell yourself to slow down. This is not the time for realistic; this is the time to think as big as you can possibly go.

Hopefully, this exercise helped you paint a clear picture in your mind of a lot of different awesome things your future self can take part in. Personally, I like to do this once or twice a year and create a vision board (like in fifth grade when you glue a bunch of magazine clippings to poster paper) so I’ve got a visual to go along with my mental imagery.

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