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An Exercise in Dreaming

Dreams are amazing. They give us giant ambitions and fill our hearts with hope! But sometimes chasing them means we lose the chance to enjoy our fullest lives along the way. 

 

Every New Year's Eve, for the last few years, my mother has encouraged my siblings & I to answer this list of questions from Matthew Kelly's Amazing Possibilities to help diversify our dreams. 

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I hope to allow yourself to dream so new dreams.

Remember: if you change nothing, nothing changes.

So sprinkle in a dash of something new and see where it takes you!

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Scroll down for the full list.

One of my "new dreams" from 2022: I wanted to get more serious about my writing. An opportunity to go on a writing retreat in Scotland cropped up with one of my favorite authors, and I threw caution to the wind and went! It challenged me in every way: professionally, creatively, personally, and was one of the best moments of my life.

  1. What did you do as a child that you’d like to do again?
     

  2. Who would you have lunch with (any person living or dead)?
     

  3. What language would you learn?
     

  4. What fear do you dream of overcoming?
     

  5. What would you change about your home/space (ie: live on a beach/mountain, knock down a wall, build a pool, declutter, etc)?
     

  6. What show do you want front row seats to?
     

  7. What spiritual habit do you wish to grow in (ie: daily prayer, spiritual read, Bible reading, church, etc)?
     

  8. What musical instrument do you want to learn to play?
     

  9. What hobby do you want to explore?
     

  10. 1What virtue do you want your life to exemplify?
     

  11. Who would you reconnect with from your childhood?
     

  12. Which relationship would you like to improve/want to be better?
     

  13. What town/city/place would you want to live at for 6 months to reset your life?
     

  14. What 5 people in history would you want to meet?
     

  15. What addiction would you like to overcome (ie: could be anything, from overeating to phone use, etc)?
     

  16. What would you like your dream job to be?
     

  17. What are your top 5 vacation destinations for the next 5 years?
     

  18. Who do you most want to express gratitude to? Who do you appreciate?
     

  19. What qualities do you want to be most remembered for?
     

  20. Where do you see yourself/what do you hope to have accomplished in 5 years?

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