I get a daily inspirational message from a web-site called The Universe@tut.com that is sometimes whimsical, sometimes inspiring and sometimes challenging. One day recently, the quote was,

“Often you don’t know what you can do until you do it;

what you can be until you become it;

or what you can have until you have it. “

This is pretty simplistic, and also so true. Take my current life as an example.

Just a few years ago, I didn’t know anything about working on the internet – how to maintain a website and create a blog. This summer I am learning how to create e-books, record podcasts and self-publish a book. None of those things were on my radar until the recent past.

I certainly didn’t know that I could become a writer and a coach but here I am working on a book and teaching a creative career workshop.

And finally, although I had always wished for it, I wasn’t sure that I would ever be able to spend an entire summer at my favorite place in the company of my favorite person, but here I am sharing an amazing experience with my 92 year old Dad for the entire summer.

I’m currently reading a book by Frederick Hudson*, an originator of the concept of redesigning your life. His message is simple also. Have a vision, get a plan and stay on course.

You can start by defining your vision – what is it you want to change – how will the future look? Write about it in your journal in detail. What will you do, what will it feel like, how will you know when you have reached that first goal? Start with just one thing you want to change and work on that for a while. Then go on to the next.

Before you know it you may be doing the most wonderful thing you can think of.

* Life Launch; A Passionate Guide to the Rest of Your Life    4th Edition,    2001 The Hudson Institute Press.

         http://www.hudsoninstitute.com/

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