Career Planning Exercises

Exercise 7 The story of my future

• Exercise 7 The story of my future
  

  Exercise 7 The story of my future

  Exercises 7,8 and 9 are a continuous series. In the exercise 7 The story of my future you identify your personally compelling future. Knowing what kind of future you truly want, the picture becomes vivid and clear and it gives you something to aim at. In the exercise 8 Action plan you make concrete steps to the desired future vision and plan a timetable. In the exercise 9 Action plan for wellbeing you make a plan that supports your action plan and desired future to become true. 
  

  
  

  This is the place where you can imagine the best possible future for yourself. What do you dream about? How does a satisfactory life for you look like? If you don't have "a passion" or "dreams", you have several interests, though. Do not try and predict the future. Instead, prepare for multiple futures. That way, no matter which of the futures comes to pass, you’re going to be ready. If you follow the motivated interests, they can eventually lead to career passions. Your passions might be outside work such as sports, family or hobbies. Remember to think of your own values as a starting point, don't think what some other people might wait for you to accomplish.
  
  Exercise no 7 takes about 20 minutes. 
  

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  • The story of my future Questionnaire

    First, spend five minutes by reflecting the best possible future, a reality when your dreams have come true and your life is fulfilling. 

    Write about the situation where your dreams have become a reality. Write in a present tense as if it were already true.

    Use strong positive words, forget NOT’S ("I’m not in a hurry.")  => "I can manage my own time."

    Remember that you get what you order: if you write "I have time for exercising" you only get the time slot. If you write "I exercise two times a week", the action is already there.

    First, spend five minutes by reflecting the best possible future, a reality when your dreams have come true and your life is fulfilling. 

    Write about the situation where your dreams have become a reality. Write in a present tense as if it were already true.

    Use strong positive words, forget NOT’S ("I’m not in a hurry.")  => "I can manage my own time." Remember that you get what you order: if you write "I have time for exercising" you only get the time slot. If you write "I exercise two times a week", the action is already there.

    Create a picture of a situation where your life is satisfying and meaningful.  What do you see? What do you hear? How do you feel? What does life taste like and what colors and scents do you sense? Which year and season is it? In which country are you and who are the people around you? Also describe your dream job as accurately as you can. If the dream job is difficult to know now, write about what kind of things your day includes. Do you want to plan, develop, invent, manage, defend, lead, build, coordinate, negotiate, or resolve some issues? How much interaction with other people is there in your workday? How is technology present in your work?

    Don’t try to predict the future. Instead, prepare for many different futures. That way, no matter what happens in the future, you have reflected your own values and the elements of life that should be an integral part of your future.

     

    The duration of the task is about 20 minutes.