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To-Do Lists Part Two.

Podcast & print-outs:

In the previous episode we cleared out our heads in to a Thought List and highlighted some of the key thoughts that were either the most important, time sensitive or causing the most stress or excitement in our lives. Before we get stuck in to this episode, have a look through the highlighted thoughts and pick out 4 or so that you'd like to get stuck in to first. Good thoughts for this exercise should be a little more complicated than "buy milk" but easier than super ambitious things like "save the world". From my list, I'm going to pick Mother’s Day which is fast approaching, our trip to Japan, the ring pillow I need to sew for an upcoming wedding and Crafterella’s third comic book which I can’t wait to start working on.

Step 1. Visualise the dream outcome
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Turn to the Planning sheet in your handbook or take a sheet of paper and fold the two outside edges inwards so that they meet in the middle. Draw four horizontal lines evenly down the sheet and list your four thoughts on the left hand flap. I’m going to assume these four thoughts represent things in your life, tasks or problems you want to change or do something about. Look at the first thought in your list and ask yourself what you'd like the dream outcome to be and write this on the right hand side of the page.

A lot of people can struggle when visualising their dream outcomes because they start to worry about the practicalities and all the obstacles that will get in their way but I like to push these thoughts to the side and pretend that my pen is a magic wand and can instantly transform thoughts into the perfect, most magical and dream outcome. We'll worry out the practicalities later!

For Mother's Day, my dream outcome would be to host a lovely day out for my Mum and make her feel special. For Japan, it would be to have an amazing trip and return with a camera full of awesome memories. Next, I’d like to make Jenny a ring pillow that she’d love and finally, I’d like Crafterella 3 to be her best comic yet and make the whole internet fall in love with her.