Simple Life Habits

Creating a life plan can be one of the most inspiring and rewarding things that you could ever do. It is much more than just goal setting. Goal setting is only one part or section of a life plan. We are talking about having a game plan for life. Most people get excited about setting a few goals at the beginning of every year. The problem is that before February ever arrives those same goals are abandoned. One of the reasons is the Habit Gravity that you have to face whenever you are starting a new habit. I spoke about that in an earlier post. There is a tremendous force that you are up against anytime you start a new habit. But if you embrace the struggle you will get to the top of the hill soon enough and the new habit gets much easier and momentum begins to be your friend.

Besides Habit Gravity another reason most people fail with their goals in the beginning of the year is because they do not connect their goals to a vision that they have for their life. All they see is the struggle. They have not cast a vision statement for that particular area of their life and so they live uninspired lives. When you create a life plan, you create vision statements for all the important areas of your life.

Also, most people fail because they do not review their goals on a regular basis. After creating my life plan, I took a notebok and created a Life Compass book. I won’t go into all the details in this post, but I have tabs for DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, and YEARLY. I have certain items that I want to review on a regular basis to keep me inpired and motivated about life. My Life Plan is in the front of this notebook and I review it on a regular basis.

So, how do you go about creating a Life Plan? Life planning does take work, but you will be rewarded richly for the process. I want to share with you a four step process or you could call it a life plan template on how you can create a Life Plan that will inspire you on a regular basis.

1. Find a place of solitude. I cannot express the importance of this first point. Life planning is about looking deep within and that is difficult to do if there is a lot of noise in your head. I would even strongly encourage you to leave your home to do this exercise. Spend the night in a hotel nearby and just reflect on the major accounts of your life. Go to a park, hike into the woods or just find a quiet place to reflect. My first life plan took me between 5-6 hours. You will need at least that if not longer.

2. Develop your accounts. What are the major areas of your life that you would like to focus on? I call them accounts and I believe that you should have between 4-7 accounts. I wouldn’t recommend going beyond 7 as it can be too many to juggle. What you will find once you develop your accounts is that 1 or 2 of them you have been neglecting big time. The Life Plan will assist you in getting these back into your life and make room for them. I would encourage you to develop your own but here are mine:

1. God (Spiritual)
2. Self Development
3. Family
4. Career
5. Health
6. Finances
7. Social

For me these cover the major areas of my life one way or the other. Reading my vision in each of these areas on a regular basis inspire me. In my next post I am going to show you how to fully develop the content of your Life Plan. Some of these items include mission statement, ultimate vision, and specific commitments that you want to keep. Please seriously consider creating a Life Plan it will be one of the most rewarding things you have ever done.

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