The Power Behind Vision Work; Why Morning Routines Make You Thrive
Every few weeks, I will assign my clients a journal prompt question that opens up their vision for their life.
This way they continue to stay on track with their goals that are going to bring them close to their vision. I always emphasize detail in this writing assignment, like down to the time of day, the thoughts, the feelings, etc. Putting them into their vision as best as they can.
It was something I used to do every morning for myself.
I would start every day off by writing my goals, which was just a list of things I was currently working on. I’d write affirmations on things I was struggling with or wanted to believe more in. I would follow it with a gratitude list.
When that was all done, I’d usually have a surge of energy to mash it all together and want to write out a vision of myself in the future. It would place myself in the near future with my goals accomplished, my affirmations fully believed in, and my gratitude list beyond anything I have now.
As the months and years passed, I’d forget about a specific detail I once wrote about, until I would flip back in my journal only to discover it had come true.
There is such power in vision writing; I wanted everyone to know about it.
But, as life happens, routines change, you lose a bit of yourself that once energized you. That is what happened this last year. Having a baby really uproots your life and you forget to do all the things that make you feel like a whole person.
Around Bennett’s first birthday, I realized a year had gone by and I hadn’t really done anything for myself. I got stuck in survival mode. That is really when I tried to start prioritizing myself again. That meant creating a morning routine that sent me into thriving mode.
My morning routine now consists of:
Waking at 5:00am
Reading twenty minutes of personal development book & note taking
Writing my goals, affirmations, and gratitudes
Laying out my vision in paragraph form
I don’t decide ahead of time what my vision will be about.
I typically choose a topic or moment in time I want to have more hope and faith for. From the details of my dream home, to how I want to spend my days, or how I want to help people. I choose what I want to feel connected to most throughout the day.
I set an intention that I will only choose to do things through the day that will bring me closer to my vision. I hold it close and believe in myself that one day soon I will have it.
How to Vision Work:
Do not feel pressure to get it right the first time
It will change, it will be more clear, it will align with new wants\needs
Just write and see what comes out
This is better than day dreaming because it slows your brain down to truly think about what you want for your life
Get detailed, specific, and visualize everything
Do this exercise every morning or night
If you don’t know where to begin, write about your passions\hobbies first, that typically leads you somewhere
Details of your dream home or neighborhood
How you spend each day down to the hour
What your dream job consists of
How your dream partner treats you, what they look like, and do
