An Overview Of Life Planning
If there’s one certainty in life, it’s that there is no certainty in life. While it’s easy to understand this from the perspective of market and interest rate fluctuations, the same also applies to life planning. Not only do dreams change, but unforeseen circumstances can alter the landscape of your life, resulting in these dreams taking on a different shape.
This not only highlights why life planning is so important in the first place, but also why you need to review it consistently. Let’s look at this in-depth.
Are You Heading in the Right Direction?
Life doesn’t happen by accident and your dreams aren’t going to meet you halfway, especially if you’re heading towards dreams that won’t bring you happiness.
While your initial life planning session should have given you a sense of direction, reviewing your life plan will ensure you’re staying on track. More importantly, you may want to take a valid detour on the way to achieving your dreams or even change direction entirely and head toward new ones. On-going reviews of your life plan will allow you to do this.
They’re your dreams and there’s no wrong answer, as long as you ensure you’re on the right path for you.
Are You Still Grounded?
There’s a quick test you can do to answer this question. Take a quick look at your dreams and see how pie-in-the-sky they feel. If your dreams have stopped feeling like tangible goals, now is the time to recalibrate your attitude toward them and make any necessary adjustments to bring them back into view.
Grounding will allow you to take vital action steps, and each step will bring you closer to realising your life plan.
Do You Need Your Passion Rekindled?
On the road to your life plan there will be stretches that seem insufferably dull. Before you reach for the nearest diversion, sit down with your life planner and review your roadmap.
While reality dictates that life can’t be buzzing with excitement at every waking moment, reconnecting with the passion that fuels your life plan will carry you through those long stretches when it seems nothing is moving.
How Is Your Peace of Mind?
You’re human, and being human means you’re neuro-biologically wired to have fears and doubts. Setting a life plan is your first step toward peace of mind and this peace of mind is a powerful tool when combined with focus.
Review your life plan on a regular occasion to ensure these two aspects of your being are operating in harmony. Never let doubt, fear, or anxiety get the better of your dreams.
Are You on Your Own Side?
When you are actively working on your life plan, it’s amazing how quickly your opponents seem to disappear. The same applies to when you stop worrying about what others think.
People are quick to judge when you’re not moving, but equally quick to get out of the way when you are. Be friends with yourself, commit to your dreams, and take active steps to vanquish any internal or external opposition.
Are You Still in Control?
One of the biggest surprises that confronts people when reviewing their life plan is how much control they’ve given away in the process.
At the end of the day, the only person responsible for being in control of your dreams is you, and a life plan review gives you the opportunity to clear up any imposing mess or barriers that are slowing you down. This in itself is one of the most vital reasons your life plan needs regular reviewing.
Are You Honouring Your Goals?
If there are two questions that should be asked in any life plan, they are ‘is this getting me closer to my dreams?’ and ‘is this of value to others while getting me closer to my dreams?’
It’s been proven in life planning that giving to others without losing sight of your goals is an important part of leading a happier life. Making sure these two factors are in balance will help you get to your goals faster.
