BACK TO BASICS - CREATING THE ROADMAP FOR A LIFE YOU LOVE

Part 1 - Remembering what you love

When we were children, we had a remarkable capacity for dreaming, imagining, creating lovely pictures and fantasies in our heads. We tried on different futures easily and with great joy and fun. We could pretend to be a fireman, a ballerina, an astronaut and the bionic woman all in the span of an hour with no effort at all.  

Over time, we get that ability trained out of us and are taught to “face reality”, to "stop daydreaming" and we begin to live our lives as victims of circumstances instead of as the powerful creators that we are.  

The purpose of the exercises in this introduction to Be Happy First University is to re-awaken your imagination, ignite your ability to dream, and to begin to teach you that you are the creator of your life, without exception. This is the beginning of re-discovering that truth and learning to make that knowledge the basis for everything you do. You are making this moment, this day, this life and you can make it any way you like. You were meant to be abundant, to live in joy and grace and love. Welcome to the first step in re-learning how to be a deliberate creator, living your magical life.  

What were some activities that you enjoyed over your lifetime that you no longer include in your life? Write as many as you can think of. Think back as far as you can. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 

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What is one daily habit you have that you really thinks serves you, that you are proud of having? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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What do you want to do/have/experience/give/create in this lifetime? Write a list of 50 things that you would love to do before you die, your bucket list, if you will. Really let your imagination go free and wild and write down everything you think of. Keep in mind that you are not committing any of these things. If you write, for instance, climb Mt. Everest, you may discover that there is another mountain that you would much rather climb. Your goal here is to have a list of inspiring thoughts that you will use in a later step when you are creating your vision. Include everything, things you want to acquire, goals you want to reach, experiences you want to have. Don’t censor yourself; if it pops into your head, write it down.  

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Send your answers to your coach to arrive 24 hours before your class/appointment time. If you do your weekly activities electronically, that’s awesome, but you may choose to use your journal to write down your answers and do your amazing mental exercises. That’s great too! You can take photos of the pages and text or email them, use a scanner, however it works out to send your work in to your coach.