Writing a Better Future

Writing a Better Future is the result of figuring out how to mesh my passion for foresight, fiction, and the environment. Science fiction writers have a knack for this. We’ve all heard about science fiction eventually becoming science fact. I am not a sci-fi writer, however. Paranormal fantasy is my genre.

Recently, I mentioned to a colleague that I had received certification in foresight, and she stated she had never heard of it. After a brief explanation that foresight was a type of futures thinking, she thought it sounded pretty cool. Which it is. 

Last month, I presented on how to start a personal foresight practice at Thrive: United for Democracy, an online global conference focused on democratic competencies. Foresight really needs to be added to the list. A lack of foresight has led to the dire situation in the US. People seem blindsided by the ongoing insanity, but the signs were there for years. No one was looking too closely. And if they were, no one listened to them. 

This month, I present on the same topic at my state library conference. Spreading the word about foresight, and how to practice it in real life. If everyone developed their own personal foresight practice, I believe we would be better for it. Learning to recognize signals of change, especially signals of hope, makes it easier to live in a world with a wanna-be dictator destroying democracy daily. When we recognize the signals of hope, it is easier to take action so those signals become the norm, become commonplace. Foresight allows us to make connections we might otherwise miss. Personal foresight isn’t a Pollyanna, rose-colored glasses approach to life. It’s an informed, realistic approach to creating a better future. 

Who doesn’t want that?