Vision for 2023: New Year's Vision Exercise

Happy New Year!  It’s hard to believe that it’s 2023 already.  

This past month at Designer Sanity we’ve been doing a 4-week blog post series with a Year End Review for 2022.  In case you missed that, you can find week 1, Clients: here.  You can find week 2, Projects: here, week 3, Colleagues: here and week 4, Work/Life Balance: here.  I’d love for you to go back and read those posts and do the exercises to help you with the visualization exercise we’re going to do today.  

I’ve created a really fun (and free!) workbook to guide you through this year end review process and vision exercise we’re going to do this week.  You can CLICK HERE to download your Year End Review Workbook. 

Okay, so this week we’re going to pull everything you’ve done in the year-end review and create a vision for 2023.  Let’s begin!

 Journaling exercise: Vision for 2023

Find a quiet time when you will not be distracted and you can concentrate.  Pull out a journal or notebook and write out your response to the following:  

Imagine it is one year from today. Describe the year you just had, that blew all your wildest dreams out of the water. What were your clients like, and what projects did you do? Who did you get to work with and what was your work/life balance like? What's your schedule like now and what trips did you take? How are you feeling about everything you accomplished and how well you took care of yourself? Describe it in detail... especially how it feels.

Now, record a voice memo of yourself reading your vision, and listen to it as often as possible in the coming year.

Create a vision board with images representing your ideal vision, and place it in a prominent place where you'll see it every day. Feel the feelings of having it now.

Select a WORD OF THE YEAR for 2023.  Something that captures the essence of your vision for the year and inspires you to move in that direction.  Write it down and display it prominently to keep it top of mind. 

 My WORD OF THE YEAR for next year is:_______________________________

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Give it a try and I’d love to hear from you on Insta how it goes for you.  You can find me @designersanity.  

 Don’t forget to CLICK HERE to download your free Year End Review Workbook. 

It has all the questions in one place to keep you focused.  Having the workbook completed will be a great record of your thoughts to refer back to and keep them top of mind in the coming year, not to mention a great record to look back on of your progress in future years!  

 So there you have it, your year end review and vision for 2023 is complete.  I hope this exercise has been inspiring for you and you feel rested, refreshed and ready to move into the new year with clarity and focus.  

Happy New Year!  🥂🎉