Writing about Your Best Possible Life

This is an exercise involves writing about the “best possible life” you can imagine for yourself in the future. Begin by thinking about your life in the future and imagining that everything has gone as well as it possibly could. You have worked hard and succeeded at accomplishing your life goals and realized your dreams.

If you are younger, this may include things like getting married and having a family, beginning the kind of career you most want, or moving to live somewhere you always wanted to live. If you are older, this may involve making the most of your later years by doing something you always wanted to do, contributing to a cause that means a lot to you, or finding peace in growing old and focusing on the little things you can enjoy and are grateful for. If you in the middle part of your life, the life you want most may be a combination of these things or something entirely different. The main thing is that what you write about is both (1) the best that you can imagine if you use what you have been learning about in this challenge and (2) also something that is within the realm of possibility.

In writing about your best possible life, be as clear, specific, and detailed as possible. You can use the following questions as a guide if they are relevant for you and your life situation:

a. Where would you be living? *

b. What kind of people would you be with? *

c. What kind of work would you be doing? *

d. What would you be doing for recreation and fun? *

e. How might you be giving back to other people? *