Using AI to Design Your Dream Life (Yes, Really!)

If you caught the last episode of the podcast, you heard me rave about one of my favorite discoveries of 2024: using AI to create a description of my perfect day. I didn’t expect much, but the results were incredible, and I want to share exactly how you can do it too.

Here’s how to create a description of your perfect day in just two steps:

Step 1: Dream Big (Really Big) Start by writing out your dreams, goals, and ambitions in present tense. Think of it as writing from your future self’s perspective – use “I am,” “I work,” “I do” language. The key here is to be outrageously specific. Don’t hold back – this is your perfect day we’re creating!

If you need help, I found this visualization tool from Martha Beck (as summarized by Andrew Hubermman) helpful:

Here’s a peek at some of my statements for a little inspiration:

• I make $50,000 a month working 10-15 hours a week, completely remote. The world is my office.
• My book on helping solos build their dream practices is a bestseller, and I’m a sought-after speaker commanding $25,000+ per event.
• We spend our summers in Italy, where I speak fluent Italian, enjoying long, lazy days outdoors and soaking in the culture.

Remember, if your dreams don’t scare you a little, they’re probably not big enough!

Step 2: Let AI Work Its Magic Now, take your future-self statements and plug them into your favorite AI tool (I’m a Claude fan, but experiment to find your perfect match) using this prompt:

Tell me a story of a day in the life as my future self based on this description and then create the daily schedule for me to follow and the habits for me to cultivate that will help me achieve this life.

*In the future…

• [Insert the list of your future-self statements]*

Hit enter and get ready for all the feels.

Why This Exercise Is So Powerful When we see our dreams written out, something shifts in our brain. It stops being a vague “someday” wish and becomes a vivid reality we can actually step into. This exercise bridges the gap between dreaming and doing by giving you both the inspiration (the narrative) and the practical roadmap (the schedule and habits) to make it happen. It’s like having a GPS for your dreams – showing you exactly where you want to go and the steps to get there.

Ready to Design Your Perfect Day? I’d love to hear part of your story! Connect with me and share one element of your perfect day with me. What surprised you about the exercise? What part of your future story lit you up the most?

Let’s make 2025 the year we stop dreaming and start building our ideal lives, one AI-assisted step at a time.