Plan For What You Want Most

I hear so many reasons for why people don’t plan.

• I don’t have time to plan.
• I’m no good at planning.
• I like to live in the moment; I don’t want to be locked in by a plan.
• I don’t know what I want for my life, so how can I plan?
• If I really thought about what I wanted, then I’d be responsible for doing something about it.  That scares me.

But planning doesn’t mean your life is rigidly defined, nor are you locked in or controlled.  In fact, an annual life plan can set you free.

Annual life planning can encompass serendipity, flexibility, and changing course along the way.  There’s no “one-size-fits-all” in annual life planning, but there IS a plan that fits and meets your needs to live your best life.

Why let life happen to you and unfold around you rather than actively and intentionally designing your life?  Why risk a life half lived?

Virtually all successful businesses go through an annual exercise of setting goals and making plans for the year to get where they want to go.  Sadly, far too few individuals do this for themselves.

An annual life plan gives you clarity about what matters most to you, AND you have a much better chance of getting where you want to go.

Think about it this way:  When you take a trip, you typically start out with a destination in mind—and then have a strategy that makes sense for getting there.  Right?

Otherwise, you could drive 20 miles north, south, east, and west….You might see some interesting sights along the way, but what’s the pitfall?

The PITFALL is ending up essentially where you started.  Or realizing there was a journey you’d like to have taken—there was a destination you’d like to have reached—but it’s too late.

Because you didn’t plan.  Because you didn’t plan for making this your best year yet.  Because you didn’t plan for your best life.

Where are you when it comes to planning?  Love it?  Hate it?  Afraid of it?  I’d love to hear your take on life planning.