Prompt: Reimagining Resolutions by Michelle Akin
January 1. Reimagining Resolutions, by Michelle Akin
One of the many hats I wear is that of a coach for people who are trying to get creatively unstuck. These are people who want to express themselves authentically, who want to make things that matter, but who are struggling. In this process, I help people reframe their work and purpose, get rid of inhibiting bullshit and replace it with motivating truths. I also help them set goals for themselves.
That last part is always a little tricky. My clients tend to be people who don’t like to set goals; it’s a four letter word to them. But without a goal, you’re not moving toward anything. Without a goal, there isn’t any way to measure progress—there are no facts, only feelings. You’re at the mercy of your internal weather system. How am I now? How am I now?
One of the ways I have lovingly tricked my creative people into setting goals is with this simple thought exercise: I ask them to imagine themselves as the main character of a novel that is going to take place over the next year. What are the plot points? What is the arc? As a character, what personal transformation do you want to go through?
And that, my friends, is what I’m going to ask you to do today.
Your prompt:
Imagine that you are the main character in a novel, the plot of which is going to unfold over the next year. Where will you go? What will you do?
Now write a summary of that novel as the jacket copy for the back of the book.