Table of Contents
Part 1 — Getting Started
Introduction
Rules of the Road
Living Life by Design
Your Life So Far
My Life Map
Chapter 1: What matters to me most?
My Life ValuesMission Possible
A Vision for Life
Strategies for Living
Steps toward My Vision
Chapter 2: What do you want to know?
Values and Choices for My EducationMissions, Vision, Strategies, and Steps for My Education
So Many Subjects, So Little Time
Five Years down the Road
Chapter 3: Need some time to sort all of this out?
What’s a Gap Year?Values and Choices for My Gap Year
Missions, Vision, Strategies, and Steps for My Gap Year
Chapter 4: How do you want to make a living?
What’s My Thing?My Skills, Talents, and Identity
Values and Choices for My Career
Missions, Vision, Strategies, and Steps for My Career
So Many Jobs, So Little Time
Ten Years down the Road
Chapter 5: Where in the world do you fit in?
Values and Choices for My Place to Fit InMissions, Vision, Strategies, and Steps for My Place to Fit In
My Dream Home
Thirty Years down the Road
Chapter 6: Who do you want to spend your life with?
Qualities for My Friendships and RelationshipsMissions, Vision, Strategies, and Steps for My Friendships, Family, and Relationships
Fifty Years down the Road
Chapter 7: What keeps you going?
Choices for What Keeps Me GoingMissions, Vision, Strategies and Steps for What Keeps Me Going
So Many Places, So Little Time
Travel Values and Choices
A Higher Purpose
At the End of the Road Part 3 — Roadblocks and Detours
Chapter 8: What’s stopping you from living the life of your dreams?
“But what would others think?”“I can’t figure out what ‘my way’ is.”
“But what if I fail?”
“But what would happen if . . . ?”
“I don’t know how to make it happen.”
“My thoughts are controlling me!” Part 4 — Putting it all Together
My Dream List
My New Life Map
Congratulations!
Five Great Ways to Get Involved
About the Authors
Ackowledgements
Five Ways for Parents to Get Involved