Meet the 2027 Dream Self Guided Journal
You get one life, but the seasons within it are countless. Through every version, every transition, every chapter, our hope is that you never, EVER lose touch with your dreams.
At the heart of everything we do at Mäksē is a belief that you don’t need to become someone else to create a life that feels like yours. Our work is about helping you uncover who you’ve always been underneath the roles, expectations, and noise…and to begin living from that place.
Because sometimes you look up and realize the day-to-day has taken up so much space, there’s hardly any left for you.
And when you’re ready for a new chapter, the old answers don’t always fit anymore. What you wanted may have changed. What matters may have shifted. You may know you’re ready for something different without knowing exactly what “different” looks like yet.
We don’t want you building what comes next from performance, inertia, or shoulds.
We want you to hear yourself again.
Last year, we introduced the Dream Self Guided Journal as a digital workbook. Since then, you’ve shared stories of the clarity, and empowerment (and yes, sometimes tears) it brought as you found your way back to parts of yourself you hadn’t heard from in a while.
And this year, Dream Self got a little transformation of its own. (Hah.)
Dream Self is now a printed guided journal you can write in, carry around, and come back to whenever you need it.
If you’ve ever wondered who you were before all the expectations, demands, and shoulds got so loud, Dream Self gives you space to hear yourself again.
Because underneath everything you do, every role you hold, and everyone who needs something from you, there’s a whole person in there who deserves your attention, too.
Our reimagined Classic planner asks: What are you building right now?
Our brand-new Rhythms planner asks: What can you actually hold right now?
Dream Self helps you remember: Who am I beneath everything the world told me to be?
Three different questions. One life that belongs to you.
Ready to see this beauty? Check out our full Dream Self walk-through in the video below, or keep reading for the cliff-notes version.
Why it exists
Most of us are following blueprints we never created, often living by default, inertia, or circumstance.
Be responsible. Be successful. Be grateful. Be productive. Be a good partner, parent, friend, daughter, leader. Keep everyone okay. Keep everything moving. Want the right things. Make it look effortless.
You can spend years getting really damn good at being who your life requires you to be without realizing you’ve stopped asking who you want to be.
We can write goals all day long. We can achieve them, too.
But if we never stop to ask whether we chose them for ourselves, what is all that effort actually building?
You know that feeling when something genuinely lights you up? How suddenly there’s energy where you swore you had none? That matters. Knowing yourself (your wants, your voice, your aliveness) isn’t extra. It’s an essential part of Living Differently.
What do you actually want, friend?
Not what makes sense.
Not what you should want.
Not what everyone needs from you.
Not what would make all the pieces fit neatly together.
What do you want?
Dream Self is space to remember, so whatever you build next feels like it belongs to you.
What even is the Dream Self Guided Journal?
A journal? Workbook? Goal-setting thing? Course? Vision-board situation?
Kind of. But not really.
Dream Self is a guided process for getting curious about yourself again, especially when you’re not even sure what to ask.
It’s not a self-help book, and we’re not here to explain your life back to you. The last thing you need is another voice telling you who you’re supposed to be.
We’ll give you the questions. The answers are yours.
Because no one in this world has lived inside your life but you. These are the questions nobody’s asked you in years, if ever.
What’s inside the Dream Self Guided Journal?
There’s no prescribed way to move through Dream Self, but we’ve given you a place to begin.
You don’t need to know what you want. You don’t need a vision for what comes next. You don’t even need to know what feels off.
You just need to be willing to get curious. Finding the answers is what these pages are for.
Dream Self Compass
No scores, no grades, and nothing to improve.
You’ll answer Yes / Sometimes / Not Yet to questions across your life, then step back and notice what your answers are telling you.
What feels good? What feels unfinished? What might be ready for your attention?
Guided reflection across every area of life
From there, you’ll move through questions about your life:
- What brings me joy?
- What feels good to me?
- What does a healthy environment feel like?
- What am I ready to release?
- What kind of relationships am I craving?
These questions are asking for your honesty, not your performance. There is no right or impressive answer here, only your truth.
A place to hold your Dream Self
After all that listening, you get to ask:
Now that I’ve heard what I have to say, what is asking for my attention?
Mind Map: A free-form place for whatever comes out. Follow a thought, change your mind, make a mess. We’re brainstorming here.
Vision Board: Not a vision board just for the sake of making one. A place to see what happens when the things you’ve been thinking, wanting, and imagining start taking shape. This is a space to dream about what makes you feel alive.
Idea Gardens by Area of Life: A home for the ideas that surface before you know what (if anything) you want to do with them.
Some things need somewhere to exist before they need a plan.
This is a place you can keep becoming…again and again.
This workbook asks you to change nothing.
Seriously.
Keep your planner. Keep your calendar. Keep whatever system is already working for you. Or don’t use a planner at all.
Dream Self is undated and nonlinear. There’s no schedule, no prescribed order, and no finish line. Spend three hours with it. Put it down for three months. Skip ahead. Come back.
You literally cannot fall behind here.
We want you to feel curious about your own life again.
Wait. What did I used to love?
Would I still love that?
What sounds fun?
What am I curious about?
Do I even like this anymore?
What if I tried that?
What am I craving in my life?
You don’t need to be unhappy with your life to wonder about it.
You don’t need a crisis to get curious about yourself.
There are no wrong answers here, and no one to perform for.
Can we take a moment to gush over how gorgeous this thing is?!
Dream Self has a dreamy cloud cover because, obviously, the book about dreaming had to look like this.
It comes tucked inside a matching cloud keepsake box with a pull-out drawer and features the same silver coil as Classic and Rhythms, with a rounded, water-resistant matte laminated cover.
Inside, tabs separate Getting Started, the eight areas of life, and your Dream Self sections.
She’s very pretty, and we’re not pretending to be chill about it.
So, how does Dream Self fit with the planners this year?
Dream Self helps you uncover what you want your life to be yours. Our planners help you live it.
Use Dream Self alone. Use it alongside a planner. Start here before choosing Classic or Rhythms. Pick it up six months into the year.
Or never buy another Mäksē product again.
This work still matters.
Dream Self
Who am I underneath it all, and what do I genuinely want?
Classic
What am I building?
Rhythms
What can I hold right now? What’s holding me?
You may be in your Dream Self era if…
- you’re not sure what you want next
- you’ve gotten really good at doing what you’re supposed to do, but aren’t sure what you want
- you miss feeling excited about your own life
- you’re curious about who you are now
- you want to trust your own answers again
- you want to feel alive again
Who were you before the world told you who to be?
You’ve officially met all three of our 2027 babies.
Which one feels like where you are right now?
GIVE ME THE DEETS
What’s Included:
Dream Self Guided Journal
Reusable Dream Self keepsake box
SPECS:
Undated guided journal
Page size: 7” × 9”
Paper: 120gsm recycled bright white
Pages: 122
Printing: Full color with soy-based ink
Cover: Water-resistant matte laminate
Binding: Silver coil
LAUNCH INFO
October 20, 2026
10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern
Club Mäksē Early Access: 7:00 AM Pacific / 10:00 AM Eastern
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