Vision Journal

In January, 2014 (almost 2 years ago) I led our first FFC meeting of the year.  We talked about the law of attraction.  I had demonstrated an exercise that I had heard about (I believe after reading The Secret?) where you write a journal entry of your future self- all in present tense.  The idea is to create a vision of your future, see yourself at that moment and in that place.  Try to put detail in the entry and let yourself really dream.  You are suppose to start the entry with what you are thankful for, so I made a great list of so many people, talents, situations, and even a the sunshine that I am grateful for. I then wrote my journal entry as if it were years later and I'd like to share a sample of my entry from that day:

I am so happy and so grateful to have such a fantastic family.  My boys are growing to be confident and hayppy.  They are kind and love to serve others.  In fact, this year for Christmas we were able to help some families with food, clothes, toys and more.  The boys were so excited to share the gifts they purchased for them.  They also secretly helped care for the families' homes and we paid for some of the utilities and other expenses.  We also had fun paying for people's meals and groceries without them knowing this month- it's been so fun.
We leave for New Zealand soon.  I have a speaking tour before our big FFC conference.  It has been amazing to see how many women are part of our clubs- throughout the nation and the world!  The groups have helped 1 million people get financially fit.  It has been a great help for us too.  I have fully funded my retirement, it helped our car dealership grow, the extra money has completely paid off our home and funded our college accounts.  It even allows me to hire someone to help with cleaning and yard work...

I re-read this entry two weeks ago.  On that day we were preparing to leave to New Zealand for a 3 month family trip of discovery and adventure.

Just arrived at the Aukland airport

Now I sit at a table in Aukland while my confident and happy (most of the time) boys sleep in the morning hours.  We are here.  Not the way the journal lays out-FFC clubs still amount to just 1.  I haven't paid off my house or fully funded my retirement (working on it!).  I won't be able to pay for a bunch of families' Christmas' this year (NZ is expensive!  We are here on a budget.) BUT we ARE HERE.

View across the street from the house

We went about it a little differently and I would LOVE to have all of these things happen still even if they happen in different ways. Two years ago the thought of traveling so far away from home with a family of 6 seemed absolutely crazy.  Impossible even- to find the money, time, energy, and ambition.  Apparently it wasn't.

Atop Mt. Wellington looking over Aukland

Thank you vision journal.