In order to have a compelling future, you have
to do your part in visioning and creating it. What’s life without a little excitement!
It would be painful to live year after year with nothing to look forward to. Life is just better when you have the
expectation of something positive happening in the future. It could be
retirement, a vacation, buying a particular item, or meeting an old friend for
lunch next week.
But it’s up to you put in the necessary work.
In this post I am going to share 8 tips to create a future that will make you feel excited to get up each day:
1. Make a list of the things you’d love to do, see, and accomplish. A compelling future has to be, well, compelling. The only way to make your future compelling is to choose things that you’d like to see, do, and accomplish in the future. It’s entirely up to you what you’d like to pursue.
2.
Set a timeline for each item on your list. Go
through your list and put a realistic timeline for each one if you were to
start working on it today. There should be items that can be accomplished
relatively quickly while others could take years.
3.
Choose several items with varied times to completion. You can do just about anything in life, but you can’t do it all. It’s
time to make some choices.
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It’s important to choose some short, medium, and long-term items.
● If you’re going to have a compelling future, it’s important to always have something to look forward to. If all of your goals are 10+ years in the future, you’re not going to feel very motivated or positive about the next few months or years.
4. Consider everything these goals will require to accomplish. Consider the time, money, and other resources that will be required. If you are starting a new business, do you need to acquire funding or learn a new skill or hire employees.
5.
Make a plan. Create a plan for each goal that
you have. What do you need to accomplish tomorrow, this month, and this year?
Map it all out as well as you possibly can. This might take some time and research.
6.
Visualize daily. One of the best ways to keep your goals in mind is to
visualize yourself achieving them. It will also keep
your motivation high and keep you on track.
7.
Review your day in relation to your goals. At
the end of the day, evaluate yourself. How well did you live today based on
what you’re trying to accomplish long-term?
● For instance, if you want to lose
30 pounds so that you are not pre-diabetic or can be active with your grandkids, how well did you eat today?
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If your plan was to learn five new
words in Japanese, did you accomplish that?
8.
Make tomorrow better than today. Improve your
behavior as it relates to accomplishing your goals. If you live each day a
little better than the last, you’ll eventually achieve everything you set out
to achieve.
If you’re feeling down, perhaps you just need to create a compelling future for yourself. Everyone needs a future filled with positive expectations.
You don’t have to rely on luck to have a future that is interesting and enjoyable. You can put the pieces into place right now to ensure that you have things in the future worth looking forward to. Get started today.
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LaKeisha Hankins
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