“We tend to think effective people are busy. Not so, unless they’re busy with the right things—and many people aren’t. When things in our business or life get busy and hectic, we often lose sight of our priorities. But by keeping the truly important things front and center, we often get the perspective we need to make better decisions.”

A Life Plan is a document that helps people answer questions about their life and goals. It outlines steps to achieve those goals, as well as answers some specific questions they may have regarding their lives.The first step is for people to think about the end of life and legacy that they leave behind; then they should write down their plans by prioritizing each goal with importance and urgency.When formulating your Life Plan ask three important questions:<ul><li>How Do I want to be remembered?</li><li>What matters the most?</li><li>How can I get from here to where I want to be?</li></ul>

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These compartments are called life accounts.<ul><li>The Circle of Being. These are things that emanate from you. They include the spiritual, physical, and intellectual accounts</li><li>The Circle of Relating. These are things that are centered on you in relation to others. They include your marital, parental, and social accounts</li><li>The Circle of Doing. These are activities that deal with you in relation to your output. They include what you do for work, what you do as a hobby, and your finances.</li></ul>

 Life Viewed In Terms of Compartments

<ul><li>It is created by you and for you. A Life Plan has to flow from your heart.</li><li>It describes how you want to be remembered. A life plan doesn’t leave anything to chance.</li><li>It articulates your personal priorities. A life plan gives you the chance to create a vision for yourself that is separate from what your family or others want from you</li><li>It provides specific actions necessary to take you from where you are to where you want to be in every major area of your life</li><li>It is a document that you can tweak and adjust when necessary. A Life Plan is flexible and it is a manifestation of an ongoing process.</li></ul>

Characteristics of a Life Plan

Here’s the reality: Your personal life is a myth. There is no such thing as a compartmentalized life. Every area, space, category, and set of relationships is interrelated. You are a seamless whole.

Drifting can happen to anyone. It’s not just a problem for young people; it happens to people of all ages and career levels. Drifting happens for many reasons. Some people are unaware of what’s going on in their life or what is at stake, they’re distracted by a hobby or career, overwhelmed with responsibilities and commitments, or deceived by their own minds. Regardless of the reason for drifting, it can lead to 5 consequences: confusion about life’s meaning and direction; wasted time and money; lost opportunities; physical pain from poor health; emotional pain due to lack of fulfillment.

The Drift

<ul><li>The drift is about passivity. It is about blaming our circumstances or other people. The drift is about living without a plan.</li><li>Life Planning is about proactivity. It is about taking responsibility and about having a plan and working it.</li></ul>

Life Planning Is The Opposite of The Drift

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Each of us has but one life to live on this earth. What we do with it is our choice. Are we drifting through it as spectators, reacting to our circumstances when necessary and wondering just how we got to this point anyway? Or are we directing it, maximizing the joy and potential of every day, living with a purpose or mission in mind? Too many of us are doing the former--and our lives are slipping away one day at a time. But what if we treated life like the gift that it is? What if we lived each day as though it were part of a bigger picture, a plan? That's what New York Times bestselling author Michael Hyatt and executive coach Daniel Harkavy show us how to do: to design a life with the end in mind, determining in advance the outcomes we desire and path to get there. In this step-by-step guide, they share proven principles that help readers create a simple but effective life plan so that they can get from where they are now to where they really want to be--in every area of life.

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