Practice Living In The Question: The Art Of Self Investigation!

Questioning is an activity that checks and renews our spirit. In order to come up with powerful solutions, we have to ask powerful questions. The questioning attitude presumes an attitude of openness—that we don’t know it all and we’re open to new dimensions of learning, experiences, and information. Questioning invites the creative process. It starts with not knowing and creates answers out of the void or nothingness.

With this notion in mind, I will post a question each week and encourage you to live in that question, to discover what the dream activist in you replies! So, plan on asking yourself each week’s question, and any others that come to mind. I also highly recommend writing in your journal, as new insights come to you, and also talk to other dreamers about what you are learning and discovering.

One of my favorite quotes is: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”~ Mark Twain~ Let’s Sail!

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This first week of 2023:

 Ask Yourself: am I ready to…

 PUT ALL MY WISHES, HOPES, AND DREAMS INTO PICTURES…Take time to create a Dream Board—a symbolic visual representation of all your wishes, hopes, and dreams.

Now in week 2 ... Ask Yourself:

Am I a dreamer?

Now in week 3 ... Ask Yourself:

What is the greatest achievement I can imagine myself accomplishing? 

Now in week 4 ... Ask Yourself:

What unique contribution do I want to make to the world?

Now in week 5 ... Ask Yourself:

What is my life purpose?

Now in week 6 ... Ask Yourself:

What is my biggest dream?

Now in week 7 ... Ask Yourself:

As I picture myself expressing my unique talents and doing what I love the most, what do I see? 

Now in week 8... Ask Yourself:

Do I have any habits that I am allowing to stand in my way of living my dream?

Now in week 9... Ask Yourself:

What new habits will I be practicing now, that replace any old dream-defeating habits I identified last week?

Now in week 10... Ask Yourself:

Do I have any beliefs that I am allowing to stand in my way of living my dream?

Now in week 11... Ask Yourself:

What new beliefs will I be embracing now, that replace any old dream-defeating beliefs I identified last week?

Now in week 12... Ask Yourself:

As a dreamer, who has claimed my dream, what do I value and why?

Now in week 13... Ask Yourself:

Do I allow any of the people in my life to stand in my way, of living my dream?

Now in week 14... Ask Yourself:

What smaller dreams have I reawakened by claiming my biggest dream?

Now in week 15... Ask Yourself:

How would my life look if I forgot about being ordinary and declared: I am extraordinary!

Now in week 16... Ask Yourself:

Which of my problems of today, might become opportunities for learning tomorrow? 

Now in week 17... Ask Yourself:

 What am I most passionate about? 

Now in week 18... Ask Yourself:

What are the stages of my dreamer self, so far?

Now in week 19... Ask Yourself:

What rumors do I want to hear about myself celebrating my biggest dream?

Now in week 20... Ask Yourself:

Do I have any fears about living true to my wishes, hopes, and dreams?

Now in week 21… Ask Yourself:

What’s Next?

Now in week 22… Ask Yourself:

What’s New?

Now in week 23… Ask Yourself:

What word best describes who I am?

Now in week 24… Ask Yourself:

What do I like to talk about and why? 

Now in week 25… Ask Yourself:

Do my daily routines empower me to be living true to what my Biggest Dream is?

Now in week 26… Ask Yourself:

What is the story of my dream journey for this year, so far?

Now in week 27… Ask Yourself:

What skills do I have that free me to live my dream?

Now in week 28… Ask Yourself:

What am I wishing, hoping, dreaming, and wanting to celebrate right now?

Now in week 29… Ask Yourself:

What new experiences do I want to plan and have?

Now in week 30… Ask Yourself:

What is most important to me right now?

Now in week 31… Ask Yourself:

What do I know I should definitely put on my schedule every day?

Now in week 32… Ask Yourself:

What is it time for me to stretch to, so I will expand and stretch into the maximum use of my skills, talents, abilities, desires, wishes, hopes, and dreams?

Now in week 33… Ask Yourself:

What are the scenes I want to be living in the rest of this year…2023?

Now in week 34… Ask Yourself:

What distractions do I allow to stand in the way of living my dream?

Now in week 35… Ask Yourself:

What have I discovered from answering the weekly questions so far?

Now in week 36… Ask Yourself:

Am I feeling fully alive?

Now in week 37… Ask Yourself:

What do I bring into the world that is uniquely me, that is mine alone to give?

Now in week 38… Ask Yourself:

What motivates me to live true to my wishes, hopes, and dreams?

Now in week 39… Ask Yourself:

Who empowers me to realize my wishes, hopes, and dreams?

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 If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to write to me by e-mailing me at dreams@joycechapman.com  I love to hear all about what you discover by asking yourself each week’s question.