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Inspiration

Write the day you want to have

s a new year opens, goal-setting advice arrives Or maybe your scene is quieter. You're in the office early,
right on cue: write your objectives, break sunlight slanting across your desk. An email confirmation
them into steps, assign deadlines. It's solid sits open on your screen: approval granted, contract
A guidance. And it works. But there's another signed, funding secured. Something you've been chasing
approach worth trying alongside it, one that trades bullet for years is finally settled. You take a breath you didn't
points for something more vivid. realize you'd been holding. The room is still. You lean back
in your chair and allow yourself a moment of satisfaction
Set aside 20 quiet minutes and write a single scene from before the workday begins.
your future.
Or perhaps the scene doesn't work at all. You're standing on
Not a list. A day. a bluff above the ocean, wind tugging at your jacket. The
Choose a specific date in 2026 and describe, in concrete water below is slate-blue, restless. Your phone is in your
detail, what that day looks and feels like. Use sensory pocket, silent. You know your team is handling things—
language. Write it as if you're already there. deployments, support tickets, follow-ups—because you
built the systems and trust to make that possible. You're
Maybe the scene opens in a large retail location you landed fully present right where you are.
after months of legwork. You walk through the front door.
The floor smells faintly of new fixtures and fresh coffee. This kind of writing does something lists can't. It forces
People are filling up their shopping carts. specificity. It clarifies what success actually looks like
for you. It's not abstract growth or vague momentum;
The manager meets you near the checkout, smiling, it's lived experience. You give your brain a destination
sleeves rolled up. You shake hands. Your grip is firm, it can recognize. And from there, the steps often reveal
relaxed. Sleek new POS terminals are in place, screens themselves naturally.
bright, transactions moving through without a hitch. A
cashier taps through a sale, receipt printing cleanly, no
awkward pauses, no workarounds. A shopper says, "This
is faster than before." You nod, not needing to explain
anything.
Kate Gillespie, President and CEO

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