Three Dream Lives: Creative Exercise

Prompt: If you could have 3 dream lives, what would they be and why? Everyone wants to live their best life, but most don't even know what their dream life is. This creative exercise might help you find what you should do in your life by helping you realize that your dream life is attainable and it can actually come true. You can even take the exercise a step further and figure out what you would have to do to get to each end goal.

Life 1: Interior Designer living in Los Angeles

Why: I've always enjoyed imagining how to make a space better. I definitely believe that your home, car, apartment, office or wherever you spend a lot of time are reflections of your brain. If you have a cluttered room, your brain feels more cluttered. If you have a clean, inviting and cozy living area, your mind will feel the same way. I feel like Los Angeles has so many different types of eclectic people and it would be a great place to be an interior designer because I would get to work with a wide range of decor styles.

Life 2: Photojournalist traveling the world by boat, plane, car, & train

Why: When I was in high school, I wanted to become a photojournalist. These are the people who take compelling photos that call people to take action or raise awareness of what's going on in the world. You get to travel and meet people from all walks of life. This is obviously an honorable career, but to be the best, you have to be prepared to go out in a war zone armed with nothing but a camera.

Life 3: Group Fitness instructor traveling the continent while living in a van

So, this is the cute life I'm actually trying to live right now and I think I'm on the right path! There are only a few things that I love more than being a group fitness instructor. This is something I'm very passionate about, I literally feel like I'm not working when I'm leading a class. I think it's because it's a job that suits me, as I am. I genuinely enjoy encouraging and motivating people and it comes naturally to me. I also love health and fitness because they're super important aspects of a full and happy life. Living in a van has been a dream of mine for the past year and a half or so when my husband Earl and I saw a van life couple from Germany driving through Big Bend National Park in their sweet rig. It changed my whole perspective on renting an apartment or paying a mortgage for the rest of my life. It seems to be a pretty stress-free lifestyle which I am here for, honey!

Well, those are my 3 dream lives. Maybe I'll get the chance to actually live all three in this lifetime, we'll see. What are yours? 

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