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Having Life Plan

Written by: Ron Edmondson

Article Overview: People may call me lots of things, but one thing where most people will agree who know me is that I have a purpose to most everything I do; perhaps even to a fault. Playing a game of golf just for fun? Not so much. Playing a game of golf so I can build a relationship with someone or have quiet time to focus on something my mind has been racing about lately. Occasionally. (Actually about twice a year.) My life is usually aiming for something. I promise you I’m not writing this blog post just for “fun”. (What’s that?) So when I write about developing a life plan you can be sure it’s something I practice.

Having Life Plan

People may call me lots of things, but one thing where most people will agree who know me is that I have a purpose to most everything I do; perhaps even to a fault.Playing a game of golf just for fun?Not so much.Playing a game of golf so I can build a relationship with someone or have quiet time to focus on something my mind has been racing about lately.Occasionally.(Actually about twice a year.)My life is usually aiming for something.I promise you I’m not writing this blog post just for “fun”.(What’s that?)So when I write about developing a life plan you can be sure it’s something I practice.

In my previous postlisted questions and a process to help a person think through what a personal life plan may look like for them.I want to continue that thought with some more suggestions.

1.This process was developed while working specifically with marriages in distress and then I began to apply it to the total life planning process. Therefore, it works equally well if used in a specific area of your life, such as marriage, parenting, career, or even your spiritual, physical and financial life.

2.As you work through the progressive questioning the answers become harder to attain.That’s intentional, because basically we end up striving for those things we really want in life anyway. If your life goals are shaped through a process you are more likely to work to achieve them.

3.Answer the questions truthfully; not how you think someone else would want you to answer them or even how you wish you could answer them.Again, we tend to work hardest for the things that are in our heart.Don’t try to make yourself something your heart is not into.Only God can do that.

4.Update your plan regularly.As life changes occur, you gain more life experience, or you simply mature, your answers to questions may change.

5.Don’t be hard on yourself when you don’t meet your end goal.Just evaluate, re-tool, and go at it again. You’ll most likely do this many times in life.The winners in life are constantly updating the vision for their life andthey learn their best lessons through failure.(Someday I’ll post about failure.I know that subject well too!)

6.Some goals never change.The process to get there may, but the goal itself stays the same.Where you want to be spiritually and the type of family relationships you desire are examples here.

Business speaker Harvey MacKay said: “Failures don’t plan to fail; they fail to plan.”My encouragement to you is to have a plan for each area of your life in which you want to achieve success.(Please tell me that’s every area!)

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