Do You Know What’s Going to Happen in 2009?
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A month ago I wrote about looking back to what was great in 2008 . Now, it’s time to look ahead to making 2009 a year that’s oh, so fine. (I know that’s a little hokey. I guess I’m in a joyful mood because it’s New Year’s Eve.)
It’s that time of year when many of us focus on making New Year’s resolutions. Often these resolutions don’t stick because we forget why we made them in the first place. It becomes a task we are striving for, rather than a thrilling activity that fulfills a deep desire and brings us personal satisfaction.
To deepen my commitment, at the end of each year I write a letter to myself describing what I want to do and be during the upcoming year. I’d like to share this Success Letter with you. Your reading it will help make this vision even more palpable and support me in creating a 2009 that fulfills my values of freedom, contribution, and connection.
Here’s a link to my 2009 Success Letter , and the instructions are below for those of you who want to write your own . Feel free to email me your Success Letter and I’ll respond with some helpful hints to guide you in creating a divine 2009.
Success Letter Instructions
The success letter is dated one year from today and begins with the words, "Dear (your name), I am successful today because…" In this letter you will describe in as much vivid detail as you can, the story of what happened to you in the last year that is in line with your success. This letter describes what you will be taking on during the next year, a letter of what you are to become.
How long should this letter be? Any length will do, as long as it is not a short novel. How long should you work on it? You are to work on this letter only as long as you are enjoying writing it and not a second longer.
In writing this letter, you are to place yourself in the future, looking back, and to report on all the insights you acquired and milestones you attained during the year as if those accomplishments were already in the past. Everything is to be written in the past tense. Phrases such as "I will", "I hope", or "I intend" will not appear. You may, if you wish, mention specific goals you reached. Please also mention how you brilliantly and compassionately overcame what got in your way or what hindered you from moving forward.
What is especially important is to write about the person you will have become by the next year. Include the attitude, feelings, and worldview of that person who will have done all she wished to do or become everything he wanted to be. I want you to fall passionately in love with the person you are describing in your letter because that person is you, the person you will become over the next year.
How’s that for powerful?!?
