In February, we started our group sessions of the Dream Manager Program. Each participant was given a small 3 ring binder for our session work papers.
Right on the front of the binder is the phrase that we are focusing on in the program ~~ Become The Best Version of Yourself. This is the theme of the book we read during the program, “The Rhythm of Life”.
Session 1: Your Essential Purpose
During the session we were introduced to the program, discussed the confidentiality of the program and explored our hopes and expectations. We also discussed the framework of the book… Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, and Spiritual. Each session, we come back to those 4 areas in our Rhythm of Life Scorecard. We also talked about what some of our dreams are.
There is homework in the program after each session. Readings from “The Rhythm of Life” and experiencing a new activity, choice or behavior in each of the 4 areas is in the homework of every single session. In our reading, we were to highlight 2 points or ideas that stood out to us during that reading. We then discussed these during the next session.
The first session homework also involved completing our list of 100 dreams. We then had to classify each dream as to whether it is a <1 or 1 year, 1-5 year, or 5+ years dream. We then had to choose target dreams. 3 were to be completed in the next year, 1 to achieve in 1-5 years, and 1 for achievement in 5+ years.
It was really hard to come up with 100 dreams. I had 50 right off the bat… I want to visit (and scrap those visits) of all 50 states. We also were told that no dream was too small to be included on our list. Of course, some dreams are bigger than others and those are the ones that take more work to achieve.
My target dreams to work on ended up being:
- 2 week vacation in May 2013 to North Carolina and Florida
- Facilitate Core Financial Wellness for Miller’s employees
- Learn to knit the stitches needed to make an afghan pattern my mom made
- Declutter and purge the house of junk
- Retire in 2021
Needless to say the first 3 dreams were my <1 and 1 year dreams. Decluttering will definitely take 1-5 years and retirement is more than 5 but less than 10 years away.
More in the next installment of Dream Manager!
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