As much as we wish, dream and fantasize how different things could be, it will never happen without a plan. A plan works because of the intentionality behind it. With a goal in mind, you build momentum through good habits, built on a system. What went well, what needs tinkering, and what you'll do differently, is all caught in your journal.

You are even if you don't think you are. Your willingness to live with your current circumstances is indeed a choice. One we perhaps wouldn't care to admit. Because who in their right mind would choose to stay in a job they hate? Or put themselves through the pain of a dysfunctional relationship? I've done both. On more than one occasion might I add. I had a willingness to accept fate as being out of my control.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Start by asking what do you want your days to look like? From the moment you wake up to crawling into bed. Was the day on your terms or did you find yourself caught up in someone else's urgent? How do you define living a life on your terms? Could be quite different from my stance. But, as we're both creative high achievers, themes pop up. Freedom and flexibility set the stage for what most of us want.

It is easier to fall for anything then to stand for something. This plays to the desire of acceptance from our peers and harsh inner critic. It's not easy to live and act based on principles. But then again, if you expect anything meaningful to come with ease, you'll never do anything worthwhile. To live a life on your own terms is to take the difficult path. Swimming up current, battling the naysayers, until one day it happens. The impossible becomes possible.

Why do you exist? Is it to do what you're doing right now? Counting down the days till the weekend or your next vacation? Even if you don't buy that there's a real purpose to life, riding things out, playing it safe and waiting for "someday" to live your life is heartbreaking. You're here for a reason.