Jeff for America

“Whohohoho, the future is looking a whoooole lot better.”

- Dr. Emmett Brown (Back to the Future)

I read somewhere a long time ago that visualizing your goals can have a positive effect on actually realizing them. My aunt used to put a picture of something that represented her goal next to her bed and she just glanced at it every day. It was a way of reminding herself that there was something out there still to do. Something to work toward. It could have been a big life goal or a small one. I don’t really remember how she did it, but her story really stuck with me.

Sometime last year, I started a Future bookmark tab on my browser to keep track of things that I want to do one day. It ranges from grad schools to foster agencies to summer plans. There’s really no rhyme or reason for what I put there – just whatever strikes my fancy. I take things down when they don’t resonate anymore, but I’ve found it a really powerful way of committing to the goals I set for myself. Like a long-term to do list, the Future bookmarks are little reminders that there is something out there still to do. Something to work toward.

- Jeff