Phase two of the I So Wish website is now complete. I had the idea and Stef made the site in a day (as he explains here). Then I wrote an e-book in a day and we put it up for sale on the site.
Writing the e-book was an interesting process. It’s the fastest writing exercise I’ve ever been engaged in: over 10,000 words in a single day – and my criteria was pretty tough: I decided that it had to be something that I was happy to put my name to – rather than some cynical ‘put your faith in the universe’ kind of mystical rubbish. That approach would have been easier, though probably would have descended quite quickly into merciless parody.
The book is equal parts your standard goal-setting workshop and project management – but applied to personal rather than business management ends. The blurb on the landing page explains it pretty well.
Obviously, all my wishes haven’t come true. I’m not wealthy and nor do I have a comprehensive classic jazz vinyl collection or an amazing array of rare single malts. But I have lots of other good stuff in my life, and I’m working on those last few. They seem like they might be achievable things to attain over the course of my life.
And, of course, setting up the website, writing a book and making it available for sale is one of the strategies towards making those wishes come true. Simple, practical steps. I could close my eyes and cross my fingers, but that doesn’t seem like it’ll be quite as effective.
Go have a look at what we did – I think it’s kind of cool that it’s come together so quickly.
Here’s the wishing site… and here’s the ebook.
