What's Your Perfect Life?

Well it's almost the New Year and I know some you have not thought about what you want your life to look like in 2008, and now is as good a time as any. So take a moment away from Dick Clark or Carson Daly and lets do a quick exercise in goal setting. I usually have a ritual where my wife and I sit and sip some tea or something and put together our goals for the year. I've been doing this with her for about seven years now and this year she came up with her own version of the goals we set.

Here it is and it's pretty good if I don't say so myself:

What would your perfect year look like for 2008? Write down what your perfect year would look like without censoring or editing anything. Remember this is if you had unlimited time and resources, so let your imagination dream big!

Next, what would your idea month look like? This is the place to put in those trips and things that you want to get done. Where do you want to go? What do you want to do? Who do you want to do it with? Write it down and again dream big!

Now you probably know what's coming next, and yes what does your ideal week look like? Who does the dishes? Who picks up the kids? Who cleans the house? Write down what your ideal week looks like including who does the cooking. Sounds simple right, but it is quite the task to think about how we want our life.

Lastly and this is very important as we want to focus on the now. What does your ideal day look like? From the morning to the evening. Do you get up and go to the gym? Do you eat a good breakfast before you rush to work. Do you work at home? Do you get to sleep in while your spouse takes the children to school? This is your place to start to sculpt your life the way you want it.

Now that you have your perfect life you can start to live it! What are you waiting for get out there and make some goals regarding what you want and live your life on purpose! Don't wait and end up living your life by default. You deserve the best so go get it.

Wishing you health, happiness, and much success in 2008,

George

George Castro, M.S., LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist and life coach. He can be reached at gccoaching@yahoo.com or on the web at www.gccoaching.com