My Life's Book

It is late. I am about to sleep. The sun has set long ago. But first, I took the time to compose a book. I must admit, it's not much of a book; I simply grabbed an empty, red notebook and wrote "Dreams: Realized" on the cover. In this book will go my goals, my visions, my hopes, my dreams. This book will be what I read when I awake and when I go to sleep.

I have read books on success and they all say the same: you need a vision. In my vision I awake each morning with a smile on my face and motivation pushing me from my bed. In my vision I head to a workplace and work with great people, helping to make the world more beautiful, more friendly, more enjoyable, in tiny ways. In my vision I am helping people realize themselves and finding their vision.

I have always asked myself a question: what the heck will I choose for a career? My days of being a student will soon be over and I will have to face a decision. But what is it that I want? Frankly, I don't quite know yet. Should I satisfy my desire to create beauty and attend fashion design school? Should I attend video game design school? Should I make movies? As you can see, my dreams are not one but many. However, I do know that someday I will want to marry an amazing woman, I will want a family, I will want to spend time with them, I want to be the greatest husband and dad in the world. But the career question is still there.

One day I was reading Jack Canfield's awesome book, The Success Principles--you should read it--and I did this little thing where you write out your grand vision for life. I realized I want to work with creative, energetic people. I want my work to take me to many different places throughout the world. I don't want my work to be routine. I want to be creative, to design and create. My dream place to work is in a modern building. It has many walls, composed almost entirely of glass. Inside is contemporary furniture, open spaces, a free flowing feel, many green plants, wood trimmings, and it's a place where one feels comfortable and inspired. I want this workplace to feel beautiful. I want creative and positive energy to resonate from this place. However . . . I still don't quite know exactly what my team and I do in this place. :) But this is part of my vision. It is like a puzzle, it slowly comes together if you try to make sense of all the pieces.

What is your dream? What is your vision?