002.30 VISIONING
Visioning can be a powerful way to exercise your restorative imagination. In this activity, you will write a description of a future where your restoration is supported in life and work.
Source: This activity is inspired by Ari Weinzweig.
WRITE
VISIONING
Preparation
This is a solo activity.
You will need at least 30 minutes.
Launch your favorite text editor.
Or, grab a piece of lined paper and a pen you like.
Instructions
Pick a future time, months or years from now.
Optimistically imagine that life has changed at your library based on the work you or your team has done to design restorative environments.
Write in a first-person, present tense (e.g., I see…) about what life is like. Explain what things have changed, not how those changes happened.
Extend
Write in the same way, but instead of imagining changes at your institution, imagine changes outside the library (e.g., in your life, your colleagues' lives, your community).
Share your vision with colleagues or community members and ask for feedback. Ask colleagues or community members to write their visions, too. Share with each other.
Change the time frame. If you looked months, try years, and vice versa.
Consider
What surprises you about the future?
What are some of the first steps you might take to get to this future?
Who else helped make this future possible?
