Exercise: Vision Collage & Narrative

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Imagine two potential career and life paths: one based on your current trajectory and another on your wildest dreams.
Create a vision collage using magazines, digital tools, or drawings to depict the feelings associated with both paths.
Write a narrative for a 'day in the life' in each envisioned future, focusing on work, environment, and relationships.
Reflect on what excites you about each vision, what fears arise, and what steps you can take today to move closer to achieving your vision.
Use a provided visioning template to map out accomplishments, unanswered questions, positives, negatives, and next steps for each vision.

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1. EXERCISE The Vision Collage: Designing Your Next Chapter Purpose: Imagine two possible future paths for your career and life Instructions: 1. Envision "The Amazing Life You’ve Already Planned" ○ Visualize continuing on your current career trajectory ○ Where are you in five years? 2. Envision "The Wildly Audacious Life" ○ Reflect on your biggest, boldest dreams. If success was guaranteed, what would you pursue? 3. Create a vision collage: ○ Use magazines, digital tools, or drawings to depict the feelings associated with both of the paths ○ Compare: What insights and feelings come up when exploring these two paths side by side?

3. EXERCISE The Visioning Narrative: Tell the Story of Your Two Future Lives Purpose: Imagine two possible future paths for your career and life Instructions: 1. Envision "The Great Life You’ve Already Planned": ○ Picture continuing on your current career trajectory. Where are you in five years? ○ Write a narrative for a "day in the life" in this vision, focusing on your work, environment, and relationships. 2. Envision "The Wildly Audacious Life": ○ Reflect on your biggest, boldest dreams. If success was guaranteed, what would you pursue? ○ Write a narrative for a "day in the life" in this vision, focusing on your work, environment, and relationships. Reflection Prompts: ● What excites you most about each vision you created? ● What fears or hesitations arise when considering the "Wildly Audacious Life"? ● What steps could you take today to move closer to achieving the vision?