014: Visioning – Imagining Life 15 Years from Today

Do you and your partner agree on where you're headed in life together? If you're not sure, visioning might help.



Visioning is simply painting a picture of what we want the future to look like. It means standing in the present and seeing, imagining, feeling success for you at a certain point in the future.



We first heard about this in a business context from Zingerman's, a community of businesses in Ann Arbor, Michigan. But like a lot of business concepts, we knew we had to try it on a personal level too.



As we define it at Zingerman’s, a vision is a picture of the success of a project at a particular time in the future.Ari Weinzweig, Zingerman’s Co-Founding Partner, Why and How Visioning Works



On today's podcast, we're sharing what it looked like for us to write a 15-year vision for our life together, and what it meant to us.



In this episode, we talk about:



How visioning together makes sure you aren't chasing different futuresHow we wrote our first 15-year vision in June 2015 (and excerpts from it)Our suggested step-by-step process for visioning as a couple3 hallmarks of a compelling vision



Excerpts from our real 15-year visions



Section of Sara’s Vision:



It this point, my business’ management team and amazing, dedicated co-workers run our work without my day to day input.  I get to set strategy, help identify opportunities, and market our work.



I have expanded into business products and a bit of consulting to help other businesses be successful.



Section of Bud’s Vision:



I run a personal blog that is based around finding productive and profitable relationships, centered around marriage and how it's the best investment you can make along with my three legged marriage stool.  I talk about intimacy, financial planning, and communication at speaking events, and I really enjoy this as a hobby of giving away Sara’s and my thoughts and feelings on marriage.



#ConfidentCouples challenge:



Read the blog posts from Zingerman's below! These have all the details about exactly why and how to vision.



Mentioned in this episode:



Zingerman's: Why and How Visioning WorksZingerman's: The Power of Visioning (step-by-step instructions)"People think marriage is looking deep into each other's eyes. No, it's looking out and seeing the same life." – Rob Marshall, on Emily Blunt & John Krasinski's shared vision for their life Episode 003: Life Planning Dinner



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