The Vision
Setting Guide
A comprehensive system for excavating your authentic self and crafting a compass for what comes next.
This is one of those deliciously human moments in life. Standing in the middle of the map thinking, "Wait. Who exactly is driving this bus?"
Not a crisis. Not a failure. This is a neurological renovation.
Identity melts a little when old roles expire. Parent, worker, caretaker, achiever. The costumes fall off and suddenly it is just a person staring at the sky going, "So... now what?"
Which is honestly the perfect time to write a vision statement. Blank canvas beats cramped canvas every time.
How This Works
Think of these questions like flashlights. Not every beam will matter. Some will light up hidden rooms. Use the menu on the left to jump directly to any section, any time. There is no required order. Follow what creates a spark.
Identity
Excavation
These questions help you strip away the roles and discover who you are underneath all the doing. Answer as many as call to you.
Memory
Mining
Your past holds clues. These questions help you find the patterns of what lights you up. Let yourself wander.
Values &
Meaning
What matters to you now? Not what should matter. What actually does.
Energy-Based
Questions
Your body knows things your brain has not figured out yet. Listen to the energy.
Future Self
Questions
Imagine looking back. What would make you proud? What would you regret?
Permission
Questions
What would you do if all the imaginary obstacles disappeared?
Role &
Contribution
How do you want to show up in the world? What mark do you want to leave?
Environment &
Lifestyle
Where and how do you want to live your actual days?
Shadow &
Truth
These are the honest ones that crack things open. Handle with care and courage.
Imagination
& Play
Let your imagination run. Play is where truth hides sometimes.
Crafting
Prompts
The digging is archaeology. This part is sculpture.
These answers will be woven directly into your vision statement. Fill in the ones that resonate — you don't need to complete all of them.
Sometimes excavating truth is only the first step. If you'd like a thinking partner to help you turn these words into an actual life, that's exactly what coaching is for.
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Exercises
Brains get weirdly honest when you stop being "serious."
Play lowers defenses. Truth sneaks out the side door. Try the ones that make you a little nervous — those are usually the most useful.
Narrate your next ten years like a dramatic preview. Music swelling. Voiceover. Slightly cheesy. It works.
- Where do you wake up?
- What do you smell?
- Who texts you?
- What do you do at 10 am?
- How does the afternoon unfold?
- What makes you smile that day?
This grounds the vision in reality, not fantasy.
Write from the perspective of yourself five or ten years in the future, looking back with gratitude and wisdom.
This one often makes people cry in the best way.
How do you want to be remembered? What do you want said about how you lived? This exercise cuts through everything superficial and gets to what actually matters.
Use phrases like: I choose... / I refuse... / I believe... / I create... / I protect... / I release...
I refuse to shrink
I protect my peace
I create meaningful work
I trust my own timing
I release the need for approval
Manifesting
Your Vision
A vision statement is a compass, not a magic spell. Here is how you make it do real work.
Writing your vision is the beginning, not the finish line. Think of it like planting a seed. The seed is real and full of potential, but it needs light, water, and tending. These are the practices that tend the seed.
There is a difference between wishful thinking and intentional manifesting. Wishful thinking waits for things to happen. Intentional manifesting aligns your daily choices, your environment, your language, and your attention with the life you said you want. The gap between vision and reality closes in the ordinary moments, not the dramatic ones.
The Core Practices
These are not rigid rules. Think of them like instruments in an orchestra. You don't play all of them at once. You find the ones that resonate and let them carry the melody for a while.
The Identity Shift Practice
The deepest form of manifesting is not visualization — it is identity adoption. You don't wait to become the person in your vision. You practice being them now, in small ways, until it stops feeling like a performance and starts feeling like coming home.
What would they say yes to? What would they say no to?
How would they start their morning?
What would they spend their attention on?
How would they speak about themselves?
A ship crossing the ocean adjusts by two millimeters to stay on course. Those tiny, consistent adjustments make the difference between arriving somewhere and drifting. What is one two-millimeter shift you could make today? A slightly earlier alarm. One conversation you've been avoiding. Five minutes outside. These are not small things. They are the real things.
When you feel like you've lost the thread, return to the simplest question: "What is one true thing I know about who I am and who I want to be?"
You don't need to hold the whole vision. You just need to hold one thread. Pull it. The rest will follow.
Your vision is allowed to evolve. Revising it as you grow is not giving up. It is proof that you are paying attention. Come back to this guide whenever life shifts.
Your Manifesting Plan
Use this space to sketch your own practice. Keep it simple enough to actually do.
A vision without support is just a beautiful document. Coaching provides the accountability, perspective, and gentle push to close the gap between where you are and who you wrote about. If you're ready to stop wondering and start moving, let's talk.
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Statement
Your answers, distilled into language you can actually stand on.
Choose a format, select which prompts to include, and click Generate. Edit freely. This is yours.
Choose Your Format
What to Include
Check the prompts to weave into your statement. Your current answers are shown below each.
Final Thoughts
Identity is less about becoming someone new and more about excavating who was always there under decades of "should."
You are basically an archaeologist with a flashlight and snacks.
The vision you create does not have to be permanent. It just has to be true for right now. You are allowed to revise it as you grow.
What matters is that you are steering. You are awake. You are choosing. You are driving the bus.
You've done the excavation. You have a vision. Now comes the part where it becomes your actual life. Coaching with Jillian provides the structure, accountability, and support to turn what you've written here into the way you actually live.
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