Do you have a dream life avatar?

(here's how to make one)

Author

Jef Quin
May 22, 2024

Who is your dream life avatar?

This is the ideal future version of yourself. It’s the person you see yourself as in the future, when all your dreams and goals are met.

The problem is, we fall into a trap thinking that reaching our goals will cause us to become this persona. That some external thing will create who we need to become, after it’s reached.

That’s a mistake.

Because embodying your future persona is required before reaching your future goal.

Put another way, you can’t become someone new without first becoming someone new.

So I like to create a dream life avatar. It’s just a better strategy.

Here’s how (in 4 steps).

1. What is your dream thing?

First, you need to know what your goal is.

Start there and get clear on what you’re aiming for. For example, one of my goals is to be able to work on my creative projects full time (to keep things extremely vague for you lol).

2. Who is your avatar?

This is the main part — creating your dream life avatar.

To do this, it helps to get super detailed about who you are in this ideal version of yourself. I like to focus on four key areas:

  • Your emotional self (what emotions do you embody? For example, confidence, excitement, inspiration, etc.)

  • Your stylistic self (how do you dress and wear your hair? etc.)

  • Your habitual self (what is your daily routine? etc.)

  • Your environment (where do you live? who are your friends? etc.)

3. Embody that jazz

This step is the action part. But you may not want to try embodying every aspect of your future dream life all at once (especially if you don’t currently embody any of the traits you listed).

So choose one or a few to start with. You might consider prioritizing ones that are more urgent or need more work over secondary characteristics.

4. Assess, Pivot + Start Again

Once you’ve adopted your dream life avatar, it’s time to assess and circle back to step one.

There are no finish lines. So once you reach your first goal, it’s time to look to your next milestone and define the next persona you need to adopt.

And that’s it!

This is a fun exercise to try out or to just journal on. And if nothing else, it gives you clarity and direction for where to focus and how to embody your future quicker.

Alright, that’s all I’ve got for you today — later ✌️

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