Drawing up a plan for a certain period allows you not only to clearly understand the actions that need to be taken, but also to achieve results. Any to-do list involves getting something at the end, because there is a goal to which it leads. And if everything is painted correctly, the year will pass very effectively.
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A year is the average period for which you can plan. It is not too big, since it is only 12 months or 365 days, unlike 10 years, but not small, as it includes 52 weeks. It is impossible to make a detailed daily to-do list for this period, external circumstances will influence significantly, but it is possible to balance weekly periods.
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First you need to identify the purpose of planning. What should be the result? Someone will choose a material achievement, for example, a new car, some will think about education, and someone will judge the impressions gathered. You can combine several goals, it is only important to understand their adequacy. For example, you can raise money for a car worth 3 million, but if the salary is 30 thousand rubles a month, it will take more than one year, but at least 10, to realize this. Try to choose aspirations that are attainable. Their cost may be 10-15% higher than your capabilities, and this will be an additional incentive, but do not aim at very large things. If you do not plan to give up your dream, then guess the part of the desire - to collect a tenth of the cost of what is needed. But the goal must be specific, include a certain amount.
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Think about what it takes to make a plan come true? Write a list of specific actions to be performed. Divide them by 12 months or 52 weeks. And start systematically doing all this. The smaller the step, for example 7 days, the greater the likelihood that the plan will be realized. A person has a tendency to leave everything at the last moment. And it’s better to do everything once a week, albeit in emergency mode, than once a month. There will be failures when it fails. But with a large number of steps, making adjustments is easier. For each completed step, come up with a nice reward for yourself. Remember that its value should not interfere with the implementation of the goal, so please yourself, but do not take resources from the main project.
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When planning the year, it is important to leave a place to rest. It can be a vacation or just a break, which will allow you to move on with more effort. You can devote even a month to this, but break it into pieces, for example, a week in the summer, a week in the fall, and two more breaks can be taken as needed. If you wish, you can combine them, but it’s better not to use everything at the beginning of the year, as you will also want to take a breath later.
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When making plans for the coming year, pay attention to the goal-setting literature. There are technologies that help calculate the magnitude of the goal, financial concepts of achievement, as well as the possibility of unforeseen circumstances. This knowledge will help you get to the goal without much effort, as well as give examples of the results that other people could achieve. This will give faith in the result, increase motivation.