I never thought the day would come… but I’ve finally been able to sit down and answer Terry Starbucker’s tag.

April started this one – she called it the “Opi”, based on the Greek word “opiso”, which loosely means “Future You.”

So here goes:

My Future Self

I’m still blogging regularly. My books are doing well in sales, and people and organizations have started asking me to do speaking engagements. I’m still no great orator, but I do get by better than I could in the past.

Tracy and I have moved to a quiet, comfortable home by the water. We are living in an area where it stays cool and rains frequently, the Northwest US most likely. Our dog probably loves it more than we do… she can finally run free by the water and through the trees like she is meant to.

We are financially independent, living off of our investments, blog income, and book sales, which allows us to spend our days together, either at home with me writing and her doing her thing, or out and about just taking in the beauty and wonder of life. We are truly living our dream, together.

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Short and sweet, but powerful. Getting a picture in our minds of what we want and where we want to be points us in the right direction – but we need to take action if we want to get there.

I’d highly suggest you try this exercise, either publicly on your blog, in the comments, or privately. The benefit of knowing where you are going, even if you don’t yet know how you will get there (book sales? investments???) will bring you both a sense of peace and determination that you may have never had before.

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This may be an old meme, but let’s see… Karen, Rick, Nneka, Mike, and Tina – would you like to tell us about your “Opie?”

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