Meditating on the future

I’ve been getting back to doing the 6 phase meditation by Vishen Lakhiani, Mindvalley.

• Phase 1 - Connection
• Phase 2 - Gratitude
• Phase 3 - Forgiveness
• Phase 4 - Envisioning the Future
• Phase 5 - Your Perfect Day
• Phase 6 - The Blessing

No surprises… my favourite phase is #4. This isn’t special to meditation actually. I’ve done visualization in sports since I was in school. It’s an established aspect of sport psychology. And it works. There’s a few occasions where I visualized the hell out of a performance and won. And this is how I try to bring over some of that to my work, especially now with the hard challenges associated with entrepreneurship.

Here’s what I visualize when envisioning the perfect future 3-5 years ahead:

• I wake up gently at 5am, fresh, alert and ready for the day.
• I switch on my phone, and Stripe notifications goes off. I smile in gratitude… thankful that my products are collectively on track to hit $100k MRR.
• We head to the airport, excited to spend the next few months in Bali.
• Winter, Christmas and New Year in Bali. Eco-lux living in villas, swimming and surfing in the Indian Ocean, enjoying walks in the rice fields.
• Kyoto in spring to see the cherry blossoms, having picnics by the river, visiting temples, learning traditional Japanese craft.
• Iceland in the summer to swim in the Atlantic Sea, learning the local folklore, road trips to volcanos and waterfalls.
• Autumn in Singapore for family time and mooncakes.
• Son’s growing up well, getting a 10x better education from travel than in school.
• Marriage and family is going well, all the experiences abroad brought us together even more.
• Coding, marketing, design, business – had been learning and honing these skills over the years, with still lots of room to grow, but definitely feeling like I’ve hit my stride on my indie hacking journey.
• Life is great, full of optimism and joy. We’re healthy, active, glowing. A deep sense of contentment and satisfaction.