In this fast-paced world, designing your future can feel overwhelming. However, with AI tools like ChatGPT as your personal assistant, you can break down your aspirations into manageable steps and start transforming your dreams into reality.
This guide will help you get started.
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The first step in designing your future is to look back at the past year.
Find a quiet space where you can focus without interruptions. While ChatGPT is a key tool for this process, having a notebook or a word document will be important for jotting down your thoughts and responses.
Now, welcome ChatGPT. ChatGPT can act as your personal assistant, asking thought-provoking questions to guide your reflection. You can simply start by asking ‘can you help me reflect on my past year?’ Then let the brainstorming and self-reflection begin.
Examples of some questions from ChatGPT:
To help guide this further, you can break it down into different areas and ask ChatGPT open ended questions to help you reflect on these, e.g ‘how can you help me reflect on my personal growth?’
Remember to make it conversational and to use your notepad to record your responses.
What’s more, ChatGPT can help you identify any recurring themes that could guide your goals. This is where your note taking comes in handy.
Pop these into ChatGPT and ask it to decipher goals that align with your strengths and areas for improvement. You can also ask it to categorise them into the aforementioned areas.
Once you’re happy with the defined goals, check that they are S.M.A.R.T (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound), and if they aren’t, ask ChatGPT to help make them so!
Now that you’ve made goals informed by reflecting on where you want to go, the next step is to test if they are guiding you towards a vision that fuels your aspirations.
Visualising the big picture of where you are going helps you stay motivated and focused. You want this to be as precise and detailed as possible. Your trusty assistant can help you create a detailed vision of your future, as well as writing a ‘day in your life’ based on your aspirations to test if it’s where you want to go.
Ask yourself things like:
If you need more guidance, ask ChatGPT: ‘I want to envision a detailed day in the life of my future. What should I be asking myself to guide this?’
Using the information from the previous sections, including your goals and visualisation notes, ask ChatGPT to write you a detailed dream day in my life with the information you’re providing. You can review this to see if your goals will lead you to the life you want to be living. Additionally, edit and tweak the vision to ensure it aligns with your aspirations.
Finally, as you work towards your goals, ChatGPT can help you track your progress by:
Reminding you of your milestones and keeping you accountable.
Recommending articles, tools, and resources to help you succeed.
Sharing inspirational quotes to keep you motivated and focused on your journey.
With ChatGPT as your personal assistant, you can design a future that aligns with your aspirations and dreams.