Are you ready?

The best way to tell if you are ready to leave for Australia is to do this:

Close your eyes and imagine that in 10 minutes someone will knock on your door and tell you that everything is ready for your departure (for the sake of the exercise, don't imagine that he's lying): starting from plane tickets, to the visa, to the job you're been wishing for, to the apartment, even a AWD car...

Try to imagine every little detail you can think of has a convenient and reasonable solution.

But this man tells you this wonderful spell will wear off if you don't start heading towards th airport in 2 hours (that's plenty of time to say goodbye to your relatives and pack a little bag with personals).

Now open your eyes... are you ready?

If you're not ready try to think about what's holding you back. Write them down on a piece of paper. Really. Write them down; that way you'll be able to explore them and find more than one solution. I know it sound silly, but why not try it?

P.S.: What I like about this execise is that it can be applied in many circumstances.