Visualize your new car

I am a fan of visualization. I think every athlete at every level should perform visualization. I believe that anyone who is successful uses visualization to make their thoughts and ideas more powerful.

My son is 11 and we visualize his Ryder Cup phone call inviting him to St Andrews in Scotland to play golf for the US. He asks frequently if we can visualize together. We talk about the phone call from the captain, the uniforms, who he is teamed up to play with, and what his strengths are that will get him to the match. (It's his putts, he always makes them from 20 feet out and in).

But today, my visualization was a champagne colored BMW. I told my husband I needed the exact info on this car so I could use my subconscious mind to harness all my power. We scouted the BMW website and found it: BMW 328i Convertible in Orion. I closed my eyes and thought about the noise it made as I pulled it out of the dealership, and the thunk the car door made as I got out of my garage. I visualized how the leather steering wheel feels, and how the seats would hug me as I went around curves. I imagined my hand running down the rear trunk line toward the lights, feeling the smooth sparkly paint under my hand.

I had this car in my mind for 15 minutes today. It was mine. And someday soon, I will be posting a photo of me waving at you from the drivers seat.

Family Autophotography

Do you have a baby photo of your child in their first car? The First Car for them, the one you brought them home in, the one with good and bad memories. Being petrified to drive a precious baby on the road, having them ruin your car with dropped sippy cups, and of course the vomit. My son threw up so much in one of my cars from ages 2-4 I thought I would never be able to trade it in.

My 8 year old daughter asked me today in the car what her first car was. I had to stop to think. Was it the Toyota 4 Runner we got to keep the chocolate lab in the way back? Or was it the Mazda 3? No, that was later....could it have been the Camry I had inherited from her great grandmother just before she was born? 

After discussion with my husband who forgets nothing, it was determined. Her first car was a 1999 Toyota 4 Runner. And I was driving a 98 Toyota Camry at the time. My son also came home in the 4 Runner, and I was driving a 1996 Camry then. So, they both have equally mundane first car experiences.  

But it got me thinking. We should all take a quick, semi posed family photo in front of a car once in a while. You know the cool 40 year old photos with the vintage 70s car behind them. It reflects style, personality, and so much more. If we don't have these photos, our kids will wonder.....what car did I come home in? 

And that is a pretty important question we should be able to answer.