Transform Your Future Through Reflective Planning

Everyone has hopes and dreams. Planning for them requires goal setting, and actively working towards the goals. Without proper planning, there’s no way of knowing if your efforts will land you closer to, or farther from, your hopes for the future.

If you’re not intentional about where you’re headed, you’ll likely find yourself repeating the same activities and habits over and over getting the same results you’ve always had. If your outcomes are favorable, then you’re on the right track, but what if they aren’t? What if your track record hasn’t been what you hoped and you want something more in the future?

Doing What You’ve Always Done Gets You What You’ve Always Had

A popular quote by Maya Angelou says “Do the best you can until you know better. When you know better, do better.” Most of us are doing the best we can with what we know and our results indicate whether we are doing well or need improvement.

Without paying attention to what you’ve always done, chances are you’ll continue to get what you’ve always had, for better or for worse. Taking time to assess your outcomes and examine how you got there is an important first step.

You Can Always Change Your Future

If you’re looking for something different in the future, it’s as simple as paying close attention to the past. Reflecting and analyzing the past can dramatically improve future outcomes.

Being intentional with your goals and activities can radically improve and change your future making it easier to live your best life.

Using Reflection to Plan for the Future

Taking time to reflect on the past leads to greater self-awareness. Reflection helps with-

• Understanding past choices
• Recognizing patterns in thoughts and behaviors
• Unearthing good and bad habits
• Evaluating Priorities
• Getting in touch with motivations and triggers

Spending time reflecting can unwind subconscious thoughts and behaviors that drive your decisions and hinder your plans for the future.

Without Reflection, History Tends to Repeat Itself

Since much of life is on autopilot it’s easy to keep repeating history despite any intention to do things differently. This can reflect in the habits we’ve developed that affect our

• Health
• Relationships
• Finances
• Spirituality
• Fitness

and more!

Stopping to understand why we do the things we do can help us make better, more informed choices and get life-changing results and the future we plan for.