This lesson will cover the principles of life planning. You'll find them on page 11 of your workbook. We're going to take a closer look at some of the general principles of life planning. We're going to start with the basic building blocks and the details of life planning will be covered in the next session. without a plan, you're going to end up someplace else I like to look at life planning is floating down a river in a boat. If you don't try to steer the boat, the river will take you wherever it wants to take you.

And that's how many people that's how most people are living their lives. However, if you try to steer the boat with like a paddle or a rudder, you can attempt to to steer the boat to your intended destination. Also, I want to talk about importance a little bit more. If something in your life is not important to you, you will not do it. And so as we think about the the patient certain areas of your life and as you start to write down some of the goals that you would like to attain, you need to make sure that they are important to you don't just go through the motions, select things that are truly important to you. And that way, you're more likely to do them.

There are four main elements of the development process, very basic, first of all, a, that's your starting point. That's where you are right now. We've had you look at that already, and doing some assessment. And then we have B, that's your intended destination. That's where you want to end up. And then the line here is representing the plan that you you're going to put together to get you from point A to point B.

And then the arrows are the implementation of that plan. So at its core, that's what the life planning process looks like. Now, this is how we imagined life to be. We're on the journey to our destination and it's clear sailing smooth and straight. However, This is what life really looks like. And so we have to be ready for the the pitfalls and the problems that may come our way.

That's why having a life plan is so important. Even though we get knocked off our path, we can get back on it. Most people require a well thought out plan that is written down and shared to make progress. Now I've highlighted some elements in this sentence that are most important. It's well thought out, it's written down, and you've shared it with somebody else. I've already talked about this.

And as we get to the end of our process in this course, you're going to hear a lot more about documenting or publishing your plan and sharing it with other people. A life plan needs to be specific. Goals need to be more than just good ideas. Your destination and plan need to be specific to find a way to get there and then I want to talk a little bit about having realistic stretch goals. Later when we get to the goal planning process, I'm going to ask you to set goals that are a stretch for you, that asked you to step out of your comfort zone. But they're not too hard to discourage you and some goals are just not attainable.

You don't have what it takes either the skills, the talents or the resources to do it. So I call it a doable stretch. There are goals that will get you out of your comfort zone, stretch you challenge you, but they are possible. Now let me talk again, just for a minute about publishing your plan. I have the good better and best to think about your plan is good, that's better than a lot of people do. However, writing it down is better and sharing it with somebody else.

Well, that's the best possible thing you can do in order to pursue your your life plan. Now I want you to think about these principles. They are very important. Now again, there's no written assignment for this particular lesson but think about these things before you move on. The next lesson will will cover setting boundaries and establishing margin in your life.