Are you bastardizing these?

Hello Friend,
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I still kinda cringe at the word 'vision'. It's one of those words where I wanna say, "for lack of a better word" right before I drop the V bomb on someone.

You and I know this word is met with either resistance, eye rolls, or eye doctors.
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​"Tell me, what's your vision for the next 10 years of your life?"

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I spoke with someone that shared the same sentiments about the gypsy like term and unpacked why it's such a miss.

We also concluded that it contributes to the bastardization of the words "goals" and "dreams."

So to be able to have the word "vision" digest in us without causing a gastric episode, I've made a simple graphic pictured later in this email.

And actually, disconnecting with the word 'vision' may be why you're unable to perfectly visualize the life you want in detail.

Also, keep in mind these upcoming definitions are from Simster's Dictionary.

Goal (/ɡōl/)

Something that can be achieved through planning or requires a series of mostly predictable steps to accomplish.

So like:

Journaling for 100 days straight.

Speed running through Zelda, Majora's Mask without a guide book.

Or learning how to play to 3 Little Birds by Bob Marley on the harmonica.

A goal is something you can plan for in order to make it happen.

Dream /drēm/

Something that is so unrealistic, we allow our minds to come up with the wildest sh*t because, why not?

So like:

Winning the lottery with a sticky scratch card from a sketchy gas station.

Getting your student loans forgiven and interest payments refunded.

Becoming BFFs with Ariana Grande but as Galinda.

A dream is something you can't plan for. It just unexpectedly happens (even if just in your sleep).

The thing about a vision is that it falls somewhere between a tangible goal and an absurd dream.
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Now tell me, have you ever heard a 4 year old say anything like this?

"My goal is to be a doctor."

"It's my dream to be able to drive a car."

Or,

"I have a vision that I'm going to be a the next CEO of Apple."

I'm gonna guess not.

They'd more likely say, "I wanna be a doctor, I wanna drive, or I wanna be like Steve Jobs."

And let's be honest, if a 4 year old made that last vision statement, we'd consider contacting professional help.

I think the word 'vision' throws us off because we like things to be black and white when possible.

Mixing reality and imagination is hard–because it requires taking action without knowing if the outcome is actually possible.

Goals allow us to control the steps to get to the outcome (and boi do we like control)

And dreams can be forgotten without harm.

If you can develop *the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom–you'll experience a level of happiness and satisfaction in the process that a regular degular goal can't get you.

So think of the word 'vision' as just a fancy word that gets us to let go of planning every little thing to leave room for imagination.
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Be like a 4-year-old: unapologetically declare what you want. Maybe today’s not the day, but what if it's only a matter of time?
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✌🏾TTYL!✌🏾
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Simie

P.S. *definition of Vision /ˈviZHən/ from the Oxford Dictionary.
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​P.P.S. As Mr. Einstein once said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." And like knowledge, goals are necessary to have as a starting point–but imagination is what got us Disney Land, globes, and tubes in the sky (also, I don't exactly see Walt Disney writing up SMART goals lol).