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"Creativity is like breathing. When you make stuff, you're exhaling. But you can't exhale forever. Eventually, you'll have to breathe in. Or, you'll be dead." - Matthew Inman(The Oatmeal)
We are finally done with the 3-part series on personal growth! If you missed any of them, please click on any, or all 3, of the last posts. (Phew! *wipes brow* Lol!) Now we can get on with the fun stuff which really is what we are here for right? But first, what have to put all we have learnt about
renewing our minds and personal growth into perspective and start living them.
So, now you know who you really are, the way you think, the things you love and hate, and the people that ought to remain in your life because of their positive influence in your life. Now, it's time to be definite about the way you want to live and the direction you want your life to go. This is not hard I promise. You may have even done this before.
It all boils down to setting achievable goals that you will be excited to wake up to execute. Voila! I told you it won't be hard. In my past post on
goals, I talked about how it became easier for me to work on my personal goals last year and execute them all. Now, I'm back to help you with yours so we can all have fun with setting and executing those goals without it feeling like a chore. You ready?!
• First,
don't think about it as a chore. Simple as it sounds, it's easy for us to get too serious about it and start handling it like a task. It's your life, take it easy, baby steps will be just fine for now until you get the hang of it. Then you can switch to autopilot or overdrive. Whichever rocks your boat.
• Get a day planner. A note book set aside for this purpose will be fine if you don't have a day planner. Also, ready your smartphones and tech devices. Not sure why you need technology in this? Patience darling, we are getting there.
• Now,
think of what you want to be in 5 years(you can do 10 years if you want a bigger picture). No matter how crazy whatever you want to be sounds, as long as it's what you want for yourself, don't let anyone tell you it's not achievable. This will be your big picture. Write it down exactly how you want it to be - story style or bulletpoint style.
• Break that big picture into smaller pictures. To ace this, ask yourself, based on your big picture, what would you want to achieve in 6 months, or 1 year. That way, everything you do during the time leading to your set time at point 3 above will be easier to achieve. Mind you, this time breaks, 6 months or 1year, will be your review period. Time to see how far you have come with your plans.
• After all these have been done on your day planner or note book,
duplicate them in the 'notes' application of your phones or devices. For this, it's best to use the device(s) that you always have with you so that you can easily remind yourself and add anything. But don't remove anything on the list except you don't want to go in that direction anymore. This is to help you review your progress.
See, that was fun I hope? Now, you have your 'big picture' in your head, your heart, your day planner/note book, and on all your devices. All the 'heavy lifting' has been done. It's now time to live your life freely, in the direction of your big picture. If you have any ideas that I did not add here, feel free to drop it in the comments section below, or in the 'Quick Message' section(if you're viewing this on the web version) on the right👉🏾.
Love...
- The Lady
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”
Ephesians 6:10
