At the start of the new year (when we were all still thinking 2020 was going to be ‘our year’), I decided to organize and host a 2020 vision board party for the very first time.
As part of the pre-work before attending the party, I asked the attendees to brainstorm 100 dreams for their life. For many of us, our dreams have laid dormant in our hearts. We often put our dreams on hold and don’t take the time to invest in ourselves. The purpose of the exercise was to revive the dreams that have died or give permission to dream big — possibly for the first time.
Your list of ‘100 dreams’ does not have to be extravagant. The dreams can be places you want to visit, books you want to read, foods you want to eat, places you want to volunteer, charities you want to bless financially, and on and on!
I tried to dial back on my dreams in the travel department because literally, my entire list could be places I want to travel to. Around dream 60 I started to run out of steam and – you’ll quickly notice – I still have nine dreams left to write. The point is to take time to actually put some thought behind the dreams in your heart!
If you just want to creep through my list, and judge my dreams, read on!
My List of 100 Dreams
- Learn to speak Arabic
- Travel to Israel
- Travel to Australia
- Travel to Bali
- Visit Peru
- Visit Zanzibar
- Vacation to a neighboring country of Uganda (Kenya or Rwanda)
- Climb Mt Rwenzori
- Visit the Great Pyramids
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Learn to ski
- Travel to Sipi Falls
- Go in a deprivation tank
- Experience zero gravity
- Write a New York Times Best Seller
- Learn to play “How Deep The Fathers Love for Us” on the piano
- Own a horse
- Be able to live on 50% of our income and give 50% to other causes/people that are important to us
- Foster and/or adopt
- Make a quilt
- Compose a song
- Open a library, coffee shop, coworking, gym space in Uganda
- Build our dream home
- Buy farmland or land to have a horse
- Write and illustrate a children’s book (preferably with my sister)
- Be an extra in a film
- Speak in ten countries
- Develop four different revenue streams
- Become a life coach
- Build my own business and find freedom in entrepreneurship instead of employment
- Double my personal income (2020)
- Add new courses to The Zoe House program
- Have $1,500 in monthly donations (2020) The Zoe House
- Get paid to speak at an event
- Bring home and healing to millions of women around the world through my words
- Live next to my best friends
- Have a greeting card I write published and sold
- Meet Ellen Degeneres
- Meet Warren Buffett
- Write a column for Inc, Forbes or another top-tier media outlet
- Publish something in a print medium (magazine, newspaper)
- Write a piece of fiction
- Get a dog
- Take a billboard road trip
- Swing on the “End of the World” Swing in Baños, Ecuador
- Read 2 books a month
- Own a pool and hot tub
- Create work that inspires others to move their life forward and take next steps
- Mentor/coach someone
- Grow an online business to sustain my lifestyle
- Partner with Lori on a business
- Partner with Shayla on something
- Help someone get a job
- Have more laugh stands
- Go to Bob Goff’s Dream Big conference
- Get my husband’s company PR
- Conquer my anxiety
- Learn to cook a signature dish that I absolutely love
- Find a work out activity that is my jam
- Attend Rachel Hollis RISE conference
- Visit the Grand Canyon
- Take Serenity to NY when she turns 18
- Be on a podcast
- Develop the Jesus Frees Us by having products, testimonies and consistent content
- Write a devotional
- Read the bible every day
- Give a TedTalk
- Pay for my parents to go on a dream trip
- Learn to use chopsticks
- Spend a full day without my phone
- Create a home office that is my oasis and inspiration for writing
- Get a professional headshot
- Have another epic girls’ weekend with my mom, sister, and Serenity
- Take a creative writing class
- Perfect my baking skills so that my grandchildren always remember me for it
- Get eyelash extensions at least one
- Wake up earlier than I want to during the week
- Learn to drive in Uganda
- Do more hand-written correspondence and thank you notes
- Purchase a car that is comfortable for me
- Start a garden when I move out of the apartment
- Have homes in both Uganda and America
- Join a book club
- Join a Hope*Writers circle
- Own bicycles to ride in Uganda
- Discover what activities create an atmosphere of rest for me
- Live in another country for a month (not Uganda/America)
- Create a massive in-home library
- Have a date night/day with my husband 2x a month
- Learn photography
- Sharpen my prayer warrior skills
I know this dream list will change over the year, but I am excited to see how many will come to fruition. It seems odd to talk about dreams during COVID-19 season, but what better season to focus on the dreams you wish to see come to pass in your lifetime.
What are the top 100 dreams for your life?
I would encourage you to begin a list like the one above. If you are feeling brave, I would love to know in the comments below your top five dreams!
This is beautiful and inspiring. Seen your Rav4 in there 😀
Or I can swap for a Pajero!
So how many came true? I take the travel ones went out the window, but what about the rest?
This is a list of 100 dreams for my life (not 2020) so I have a while to cross them all off!