About iamdreaming.org

I am dreaming is coaching 2.0.
I am dreaming is a tool to think about the direction of your life and a tool to remember that direction. That is what most self-coaching is about.
I am dreaming is 2.0 because it is a community, it is not just you and your coach. You can be inspired by the dreams of the rest of the participants of the community, and you can use the site to communicate privately or publically with the other members.

 
Intended usage of iamdreaming.org
It is necessary to create a login, all that is required is a valid email.
The email will be used to send a reminder, e.g. every half year (precise mechanism and time scale TBD), since the intention behind the site is that we should revisit and update our dreams regularly, e.g. a couple of times a year.
When you have registered (it is necessary to read letters from a distorted image in order to avoid spam on the site). The idea is to

  1. start writing the book about their dreams (example of book of dreams)- the desires and wishes that make every day a nice one to wake up to, because we're here for a reason. With a book of dreams. With a couple of dreams you are now reado to
  2. start slow-blogging about them, see thereveilleur's dream blog as an example; what you do to fulfil your dreams. Did you experience something that strenghenede it or weakened it? It is completely voluntary and not everybody may want to blog about the dreams, perhaps just haven written them down is good enough.
  3. For IT addicts (have a face book account?) you can now start the 2.0 part of coaching by starting to comment on other people's dreams, help them, get inspired, inspire ... etc.
  4. Finally, please add your feedback and suggestions in the beta forum

By slow-blogging I mean that maintaining a journal with an entry or two per year. The blog should not be a stress-provoking technology (like facebook, myspace or twitter) that you feel compelled to use, just to show off, afraid of missing out on something. The blog on this site should be a help to focus on your dreams, and I believe that is probably a good thing to do once or twice a year, checking up on whether you feel on the right track, making a reflection about the course of your life.
Dreams of any size are welcome, feel free to spread the word about your dreams. Write about:

  • travelling to see the world, e.g see this dream about taking the family on a cat for a loong cruise,
  • getting the job that would make your life rock
    • the desire to become as a rock star (pardon the pun)
    • your urge as a volonteer in red cross
    • your wild dream of becomming the the next president of the U.S. of A
  • <insert your dreams here>
  • how you would like the world to turn out in 5, 10, 20, 100 years.

Dreams can be realizable, realistic, or the opposite. Share and join in. Personally I prefer realisable dreams, but I guess flavor cannot be discussed.
The dream of this site, is about what drives us; dreams that can move the world a little or a lot. This site is not about interpreting the dreams we dream at night; at least that is not my intention.
I recommend that users create a somewhat anonymous tag, contrary to facebook policy. Your dreams are pretty powerful stuff and I would claim it's nice to maintain a slight power over who knows them. There's nothing wrong, however with maintaining more than one profile.
Why the name, iamdreaming
IamDreaming is an the marriage of Dr. Marting Luther Kings  I have a dream and Rod Stewarts I am sailing. The mixture of grand dreams and lesser dreams perhaps in a grand setting.
More importantly, it is easy to remember, and conveys the main idea. If you would like it changed, cast your vote in the poll
If you read this long ...
You must be caught by the idea somehow. If so, then join in, be active and drop me a note (use a message to admin) and I can upgrade to be a realizer, a login with special permissions, e.g. possibility to put content on the front page etc.