Are You Ready To Bring Your Future Into The Present By Planning?
Last year I started planning about the future that I wanted. Before then, I had no idea what I wanted or what I pictured my future to look like. Though getting more visual about what I wanted, I really got connected with
Are You Ready To Bring Your Future Into The Present By Planning?
my future and feel like I know the steps I need to take in order to have the future that I desire.
I’ve allowed myself to really think about what I want while also having fun doing it. It felt less overwhelming and more fun to visually map my life out.
For all of us that are daydreamers, visually planning out your life can make daydreaming feel a little more practical. We can be daydreamers with real plans for our future if we do it right.
I don’t believe that simply planning your future makes it so. I believe you have to work hard on your goals and trust in your vision for yourself.
By no means do I believe that you can sit around and visualize and expect it to happen. You have to put energy into making your goals happen. Planning it out can help point you in the right direction. It can encourage you and show you the way, but it can’t and won’t do the work for you.
Writing A Letter To Your Future Self
Here is a tip I learned from a good friend and very successful in his home based business.
Writing Your Goals Is an Important Step To Achieving Your Success
This was a big step for me and one I continue to use every year.
I write a letter to myself. I talked about my accomplishments for the year, how my life has changed, where I have traveled to and what I am doing.
I go down the list of categories for my success and talked about how proud I am for the life I built for myself.
It always opens my eyes to what next year is going to be like and the life-changing things that will happen.
By writing about what you desire in your life next year you give yourself a mindset (Plan) to start working on today to make all your next year’s planning to come true.
Planning for your future success before this year is finished makes sense. There is no point in planning in January or later when the year has already started. As with everything in life a pro-active approach is always better than a re-active one. Success rarely happens by chance.
“Failing to plan is planning to fail” ~Alan Lakein
If You Agree, That Writing A Letter To Yourself For Next Year, What Should You Include?
- First of all review how the past year has gone for you
- What worked for you and what did not work for you?
- What exercises produced the best reaction?
- What produced your best sales: Blogging, Facebook, Pinterest, Youtube or any other social media?
- What products or services produced your best sales?
- What methods of communication did you embrace and how did they perform for you?
- What declines did you experience last year?
- Did your business “stand still” or grew?
- In a world that is constantly evolving if you are standing still you are certainly NOT moving forward…
- If you have a home based business, review your overall strategies.
“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now” ~Alan Lakein
Planning Ideas:
- Your Big Picture Goals: What do you hope to accomplish next year?
- Your Priorities: What is important to you and what can you do to make it better?
- Specific Ideas: For your business, blog, or personal life
- Did last years business strategies work or what should you do different?
- Be positive…write to yourself positive goals and accomplishments.
Global Population Is Growing
A recent study discovered that the average person checks their mobile device 85 times a day, spending up to 4-5 hours browsing the web. People are interacting with their mobile devices like never before.
Smartphones, Tablets and Smart TVs will all make it easier for consumers to buy online. The global population of Internet and mobile device users is growing exponentially, so you need to be there when they browse for information on products and services that you provide.
Do you have a vision of how YOUR Next Year will look like and beyond?
