· Pause once again.
Great, you've now begun to form a mental image of how your retirement might play out. You possess lots of fantastic raw footage to create your video.
Mind Acrobatics Exercise: "My Retirement Mind Video" (part 3)
 · Begin writing in stream of consciousness.
 · Describe on paper what your retirement looks like.
 · Use all the data you've accumulated who, what, when, where, and all the positives that you envisioned for retirement.
 · Stop writing.
 · Read over what you have written and then close your eyes and visualize a 5 minute video and soundtrack for the ideal retirement.
 · Open your eyes when the video has stopped running, smile and hug yourself!
Congratulations, you've begun the process of appreciating how you want to spend your retirement. You have defined your terms, decided what you do and don't want, created clear mental visions and even produced a 'mind video'
of life in retirement.
So, what's next? A whole Lot!
Now that you have a clearer picture of the future it's time to turn that vision into reality. And you can if you want to. The decision is yours!
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