If your life is worth living, it is worth planning. So now that it is New Year and you are making all these resolutions, why not make sure that they stick by following this simple plan.
Always plan your life and redraft your goals every 3-6 months. We are busy being busy and it is difficult to fit all the important things into your life. So if you want to get everything in and in addition have balance in your life, then you should plan. Planning and goal setting helps you keep balance and actually achieve all your important goals in the long term. It keeps everything in perspective and stops you getting caught up in small day-to-day life dramas that are unimportant.
Write down your goals. Keeping them in your head does not work very well. People who write down their goals are far more likely to achieve them.
Be positive. It is very important to think about the way you think and expect to achieve your goals that you write down.
Get into detail. Get a large sheet of paper and create a grid with timeframes along one side – three months, six months, one year, two years, five years, ten years and twenty years – then place the different areas of your life across the top and they can include health, family, marriage/partner, friends, hobbies, spirituality and other areas of your life. Most people have little trouble filling in the top left hand corner of this sheet. However, when you finish the initial filling in, put the sheet away for a few days and get it out frequently and update your goals.
Redraft your goals. Now that you have all the detail on your sheet, get one highlighter pen only and highlight your “bucket list” or your “not negotiables”. Now you have your list to focus on.
Place your list in prominent places – the fridge, the toilet door, inside your wardrobe door or good places for you to see your bucket list so that you have a frequent reminder of what you are due to achieve.
Review your goals regularly. It is important not to lose track and keep moving forward. Review your goals every 3-6 months. You will be surprised when you see that you have achieved them.
