I like the idea but I have a hard time identifying what sets it apart from just fantasizing. Maybe the focus on finding the most awesome vision, or letting go of realism?
Maybe the most similar thing I’ve done is how I endeavored to be less bad at romance with the opposite sex. It was at a time when I had a good number of data points (including from fiction), but very little personal success. While in bed before sleeping, I would imagine a challenging, uncomfortable scenario with a girl I liked (e.g.: she noticed that I accidentally left my zipper open). I would attack the problem under dozens of angles, playing variations (would I judge her negatively if the roles were reversed? Even if I didn’t like her? Do I have a memory of something similar? Can I defuse the situation with a joke? Can the solution be generalized to other shameful situations? Can I turn a shameful situation over and actually score points? etc.) I wouldn’t stop until I found a course of action that felt amazing, and a session would last anything from 30 min to 2 hours.
Visioning is concretely imagining amazing, detailed fantasies, usually of the future or of a better way the world could be. The fantasies are often completely unrealistic.
It’s very important for the fantasies to be concrete, detailed, and amazing; at least starting out, these should be explicit goals.
IIUC it’s also very important for the fantasies to in-expectation have benefits other than rest and positive-valence; otherwise there probably wouldn’t be a blogpost about them.
I like the idea but I have a hard time identifying what sets it apart from just fantasizing. Maybe the focus on finding the most awesome vision, or letting go of realism?
Maybe the most similar thing I’ve done is how I endeavored to be less bad at romance with the opposite sex. It was at a time when I had a good number of data points (including from fiction), but very little personal success. While in bed before sleeping, I would imagine a challenging, uncomfortable scenario with a girl I liked (e.g.: she noticed that I accidentally left my zipper open). I would attack the problem under dozens of angles, playing variations (would I judge her negatively if the roles were reversed? Even if I didn’t like her? Do I have a memory of something similar? Can I defuse the situation with a joke? Can the solution be generalized to other shameful situations? Can I turn a shameful situation over and actually score points? etc.) I wouldn’t stop until I found a course of action that felt amazing, and a session would last anything from 30 min to 2 hours.
From the blogpost:
It’s very important for the fantasies to be concrete, detailed, and amazing; at least starting out, these should be explicit goals.
IIUC it’s also very important for the fantasies to in-expectation have benefits other than rest and positive-valence; otherwise there probably wouldn’t be a blogpost about them.