Unlock Your Future: A Step-by-Step Guide to Envisioning Your Dream Job with Jessi Hempel

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Start Your Year with Clarity: Craft Your Dream Job for 2025

Happy New Year, Hello Monday listeners!

As we step into 2025 together, I want to share a powerful tradition that has transformed my perspective on setting goals: the dream job description exercise. This isn’t about making resolutions or setting expectations based on societal “shoulds.” It’s about imagining the best-case scenario for your future, rooted in your passions, values, and dreams.

Resolutions often feel hollow—they’re driven by external pressures and rarely align with who we truly are. Instead, I invite you to envision what your ideal career could look like. Forget limitations. This exercise isn’t just a creative outlet; it’s a psychological tool that taps into your brain’s power to manifest what you truly desire.

Why does this matter? Because negativity bias—the tendency to dwell on what could go wrong—is hardwired into our brains. It kept our ancestors alive, but today it often keeps us stuck. By shifting focus from fear to possibility, you create space for hope and intentionality.

In this episode of Hello Monday, I walk you through crafting a vision for your dream job five years from now. I’ll guide you step by step to imagine the role that excites you, aligns with your values, and makes you eager to jump out of bed every morning.

Last year, hundreds of listeners joined this exercise, and the stories that followed were incredible. One listener recently shared how this practice helped her leave a job that no longer served her and step into a career she loves. Even when she wasn’t consciously revisiting her dream job description, it stayed in her mind, guiding her choices.

This year, I’m inviting you to do it again—or for the first time. Whether you’re looking for a complete career change, clarity in your current role, or simply a way to feel more grounded in your professional life, this exercise is for you.

So grab your journal, find a quiet space, and tune in to our first episode of Hello Monday for 2025. Together, we’ll start the year not with pressure, but with possibility.

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