The interwebs are full of talk on to-do lists. That’s nice (and sometimes often helpful). A to-do list can help you reach your dreamline. Have you ever thought of using a not-to-do list?
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First develop a dreamline, then find a muse
You are stuck in your job. Enough is enough. The first thing you need is a muse to replace your income, so that you can leave your job.
RIGHT? NO!
If you think that way, your muse probably takes over the role of your job and you get stuck again. You don’t want to replace your job with a muse-job.
You want to replace your job with freedom. That means have a dreamline first. Then find a muse that fits your dreamline. The sequence of dreamline – muse helps you find motivation to finish your muse (or try another one if it doesn’t work out). Then, at last, you can quit your job.
Dreamlining example: spartantraveler.com a.k. Clayton
Clayton is an expert in lifestyle design.
After leaving the US, he’s vagabonding around the globe, searching and finding adventure, from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to Budapest.
Clayton describes his dreamlining process here: Defining Success in Life: the Dreamline Exercise
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TF’s Example Dreamlining Worksheet
Here’s the example dreamlining worksheet that Tim Ferriss uses in “The 4-hour Workweek”. The worksheet is adapted such that the cost calculations are done differently for recurring monthly cost and one-off costs.
What’s probably most important is: Tim develops 11 dreamlines in total, but he chooses only four to first work on.
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The Dreamlining How-to
Coconut palms on the beach
This article is a short Dreamlining how-to. I’ll explain step by step what and when to do.
Dreamlining is a technique for achieving one’s personal dreams based on writing them down and performing time and cost calculations.
What is dreamlining?
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Dreamlining is the systematic process of outlining your ideal lifestyle and making a plan to realize your dreams.
The definition is straight from Wiktionary:
Etymology: Blend of dream and streamlining, coined by Timothy Ferriss.
Noun: dreamlining (uncountable) A technique for achieving one's personal dreams based on writing them down and performing time and cost calculations.
Dreamlining was introduced in the book “The Four-Hour Workweek” (4hww) by Tim Ferriss.
It starts by defining dreams in the categories of:
- having
- being
- doing