What does an ideal day look like for you?

Design your ideal life — one day at a time

Design your ideal day from the moment you wake up until you go to bed

Each day we start is the beginning of a fresh start.

If we want to change our lives for the better, we need to start making positive changes in our day.

Today is the day that we can make a change.

That is why imagining and visualizing your ideal day is a great exercise to improve the quality of your life.

This exercise helps you to be intentional and clear about what you really want from your life.

If you want to be happy, satisfied, and fulfilled, you need to start looking inside you. What does your heart desire?

To understand it, let us start with one day. One day at a time.

Exercise: Imagine and design your ideal day

Find a quiet space now and relax. Get a notebook and a pencil.

Imagine your ideal day. From the moment you wake up till you go to bed. What would your ideal day look like? How does it feel?

Describe and write your day in detail. The more specific you get, the better. When you are very clear and precise about what you want, you send a clear signal to your subconscious and your brain. You have specific targets that you will aspire to. You can then challenge and stretch yourself towards these targets.

Go Deeper

After you write down your initial thoughts, please also try to respond to the following questions:

How would you make sure you take care of yourself and your family/beloved ones? How will you spend time with them? What will you eat for dinner? Think about the atmosphere and the scenery. Think of how you can create sweet memories.

What would you do? How would you spend your time? What are the things that would keep you excited?

How would you be creative and productive on this day? Which projects would excite you? What do you want to achieve? What are the actions you will take to make progress on your projects? Imagine the creative environment and the office that you will create your best work in. Imagine the ideal people that you want to work with. How will you experience a creative flow state? How will you work on your creative assets and long term goals?

How will you move and keep fit? Will you spend some time on outdoor activities or hobbies? How can you incorporate fun, surprise, and adventure to your day? How will you make sure you spend some time on relaxing and refreshing activities?

What would you not include in this day? What are the things that you want to avoid? (Being in a rut or being in stress, being stuck in traffic, endlessly scrolling down social media, following the news, six hours of binge-watching etc.) Be clear about what you want to eliminate.

Make sure you incorporate your most powerful emotions and visualization into this exercise.

Please feel free to draw or doodle or write non-stop for 15–20 minutes.

You can also dump your brain or brainstorm.

Or, you can create a concept map or a mind map — as you wish. Whatever works best for you.

After you complete the exercise, try to look at the patterns that emerge. What did you realize or learn?

What are some of the small actions that you can incorporate into your normal life?

Remember: You can start with small positive actions and you can incorporate them into your life right away.

Remember: You can get closer to your ideal life through a series of small steps. You do not need big radical changes. You can make a 1% change every day. These small changes will compound over time and they will bring you much closer to your ideal day.

Towards creating and designing your ideal life,

Sincerely;

Fahri

Fahri Karakas is the author of the Self-making Studio. You can explore more here.