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Chapter 3

Predict Your Future Biography

Don’t just visualize yourself leading a happy and successful life, put it into words.

The next step in this process is to figure out your future. Take the distance from where you are to where you want to go and fill in the blanks.

Since you’ve determined which of your experiences can be translated and taken on your goal trip, identify what additional skills, education, and relationships you need to pick up or develop along the way. Also, think about what you want to have accomplished during your journey when you look back.

Detail your personal as well as professional aspirations in your future biography.

Your Future Biography

Before you take a crack at your future bio, look at your ultimate goal and visual representation from Chapter 1. If it’s not somewhere nearby, you missed a step. Now imagine what your biography will say once you get to GoalTopia. Use items from your current bio, incorporate your aspirations and fill in the blanks.

This exercise is twofold. Your narrative will reinforce the visualization exercise from the first chapter. It also serves as a mileage check. When you see the distance between your current life and your future, you can begin to chart your course.

Of course, the details will likely change—your real future hasn’t happened yet—but that is going to occur throughout this process. It’s important to remember as you go through this book that this is supposed to be fun. Sure, you want to take this seriously, but these are creative exercises. Keep your tone light and your options open.

Where Is There?

Your future biography should reflect your ideal persona, the person you are striving to become once you reach your yet-to-be-determined destination. While you may have some idea of what getting there will entail, you’ll still have to do some legwork.

Here are some things you can do to fill in the blanks.