In a Year's Time

If you closed your eyes and imagined yourself in a year from now, what would that look like? What about two or three years, where would you be living? What would you see? What would be different? I am not asking you to think about what you think it would be like based on your current situation, but how it looks when you dream it. What if I told you anything was possible, would you believe me? Would you dream bigger? Would you imagine more detail? If I told you that you were in control of how your life manifests, would you be more optimistic and grab the reigns?

Almost three years ago I took control of my life and realized that my thoughts were 100% responsible for my life around me. I was able to create and shift my path in the direction I desired. I moved away from my small town life and started a solo journey to the most isolated place on the planet, the Hawaiian Islands. After one year of living on two of the islands I was about to embark on the most important part of my journey thus far, the part that would make my biggest dream come true, meeting my soul mate.

Two years ago today I moved to the island of Maui.  I spent the first year doing what I had to do to survive. Some of the jobs I worked left me miserable but I knew everything I went through was bringing me closer to something better. I believe in a higher plan, that I of course have free will but also a destiny. If I follow the call of my intuitions I will be met with a reward and confirmation. My combined experiences in Hawaii have left me nothing less than certain of this.

Each day I spent on Maui, I searched for my other half. I began to doubt myself as a woman and constantly wondered why I hadn't met him. A few months prior to moving here, I suffered an accident which left me permanently scarred on my chest. Along with being scarred on the outside, my confidence also took a hit. I spent this year on Maui really learning to love myself without the affection of anyone else; not from close friends, family, or a man, and I became completely independent. Everyday I took a little time to envision my future. I made a vision board and on it I listed things like meet my soul mate, travel to Europe, and have a wellness center.

                                  (This is my vision board. He has been through some travel)
One year later on Valentine's Day, I didn't know it but I would be going to masquerade ball that my now husband would also be attending. Though both dateless and searching in a couples packed bar, we didn't see each other that night. The following week is when fate would make it's mark and have us be at the right place and right time. From that moment on we have been together. This weekend not only marks two years since I moved to Maui but one year since I met my husband Beni. We are now living in Switzerland and I am working towards getting my wellness coaching certificate. Beni and I are working towards our dreams together and I know they will all come true because everything I have dreamed thus far has.

In the last year I have gone from living in Maui to moving to Switzerland where I was proposed to by my husband in Paris, married in a Swiss vineyard, and honeymooned in Thailand. Sometimes it's hard for me to acknowledge all of the crazy goodness that has happened but I know that I am blessed. I have the most caring and incredible husband, a new loving Swiss family, and I get to learn German while living abroad. If you told me three years ago that this would happen while I was a waitress in a Janesville Wisconsin, I would have laughed and said yeah right. But if you believe in your dream, absolutely anything is possible.

I share this story because I know everyone has dreams, passions, desires, and a purpose. I have listened to the call of my soul and have been greatly rewarded. I wouldn't say that anything comes easy or for free because in trade for what you desire, you must learn a lesson. Going after your dreams and believing in yourself will possibly be the scariest of your experiences. I say go for it. I believe I have lived the path that I have so that I can be the anchor that other people need to feel safe while they fly after their own dreams.

To read how my husband and I met click here.