We were discussing business plans on one of the freelancing email lists that I’m on and talk turned to life plans. Someone mentioned Wishcraft as being a book that they found really useful and reread every few years.
Despite the cheesy name, I decided to check it out since it is now a free download (it was originally published by a major publisher over 30 years ago).
If you’re doing exactly what you want for a living and have no regrets or unfulfilled dreams, then this book is NOT for you. If you have dreams, but don’t know how to make them come true, this book IS for you. If you don’t know what your dreams are, this book IS for you.
Unlike most books of this type, this book is based on the premise that we are flawed individuals and that we don’t need to turn into perfect superbeings in order to live the life that we want (good thing too, because that’s never going to happen with me). This book is for the procrastinator, the person who starts a diet on Monday and has fallen off the wagon by Wednesday (if he or she even lasts that long).
The first part of the book is focused on discovering what your dreams are. The premise is that we are told too soon as children to be practical–stop dreaming, stop being silly, stop thinking grand thoughts. Even if we are allowed to keep dreaming, most of us are not taught how to explore our interests. That’s part two of the book: how to get from dream to reality.
Everyone should check out this book and since it’s free there’s no excuse not to. 
