In the Powerbitches online community, we sometimes partake in what we call “Brag Threads”: opportunities to collectively and unabashedly celebrate our accomplishments over the last week or month. But in December, we tried something a little grander in scope. A brag thread celebrating not just what we’d achieved over the last month, but over the entire decade.

Writing down everything they’d done over the past decade felt powerful, our members reported. Much more fun and affirming that thinking about 2019 only.

Which made sense to me. A year can often feel underwhelming, as we compare our realities against the sky high goals we set for ourselves each January. But a decade, for me, always feels monumental.

On Sunday January 26, we’ll be coming together in Brooklyn to do something a lot of people will be doing in this first month of a new decade: looking to the future and setting goals. (RSVP here.)

But our Visioning Workshop will include a couple of important twists.

Like our December brag thread, you’ll be thinking long term: setting a vision for the 2020s as a decade, rather than 2020 as a single year. We believe that a decade-long focus will free us up to imagine more boldly and hone in on what’s really important to us, while reducing the pressure to get everything you dream of done by December 31 2020.
Instead of creating a vision board, you’ll be producing a vision statement. It’s not that we don’t like pretty pictures, it’s that we don’t trust ourselves to be able to come to the room with images that are as bold, exciting, and original as your dreams are. When we articulate our dreams through the visual language of magazines and advertising, we restrict what we’re able to vision to the dreams that advertisers have already laid out for us: pictures of Oprah, palm trees, and red carpets. We believe that vision boards have value, but that their value is greatest when you’re crystal clear on what you desire and let those desires shape the images you choose.

Co-facilitated by Powerbitches founder and feminist author Rachel Hills, and PB member and Passion By Kait founder Kait Scalisi, this will be a space to reflect on questions such as:

What do you want to create over the next 10 years?
Where do you want to make impact?
What shape would you like the projects you're working on now to look like in a decade?
What's important to you, and how will you nourish it?

At the end of the afternoon, you'll walk away with a written Vision Story for your next 10 years, and a series of achievable goals you can set for 2020 to start making your vision a reality.

Sound like something you want to be part of? RSVP here. Tickets are free for Powerbitches members, and $40 for non-members. Food and refreshments provided.

This event is limited to 10 participants, so get in quick to secure your spot.