Wyld Creativity: The 5 Year Plan Importance

Friday, September 16, 2011

The 5 Year Plan Importance

Striving for a goal is good, but savoring the process along the way to achieving them is KEY to fulfillment.

So before I actually had a pay cheque in hand I diligently took notes and pictures from all the magazines I could not afford. These are a wonderful resource and usually magazines have only 25% of useful articles and the rest of the magazine is filled with advertisements and other garbage so I think this is a great way to learn new things and not break the bank in the process. I am attempting again to get in shape, trim down and get healthy. I have a new goal to lose the pounds by June 2012 for my girlfriends destination wedding.

I want to be confident and look sexy and feel care-free. I can not feel like that in my current body. I dream of slipping into summer shorts, sleeveless tops and swimsuits with ease and assurance that nothing is sticking out where it shouldn't. I have been talking about this for years and have had celebration points of success but never followed through to make my bikini body dream a reality. So long story short I have been reading some really great articles in magazines like Shape and took away some snippets of valuable information. A lot of it are things I already know and just need to kick my butt into gear and actually do! But, I came across this one particular article about setting goals and how to achieve goals and thought it was worth sharing.
This was in Self Magazines Sept 2011 issue.

The article talks about the importance of having a 5 year plan and breaks the process down to 5 easy steps.

1. Look back and Learn
Get a piece of paper and jot down 5 past accomplishments you love thinking about. Reminding yourself of some of the triumphs will make you feel more competent and confident.

2. Brainstorm like crazy
Set your watch for 10 minutes and list everything you want to do in your life, how ever out-there and ambitious, without holding back.

Ask yourself these questions:
1. Is there anything I have left unfinished that I would like to complete?
2.Is there classes I would love to take or skills I would like to learn?
3. Are there ways I want to give back to others?

3.Reflect on Regret
Get real, which of the goals listed would you most regret no pursuing 5 years from now? Answering this question will help you edit your list to the most meaningful aims, also look for recurring themes to help you determine what goals are top priority.

4.Dissect your Top Goals
Ask yourself if this is something you want for you or for others? What will achieving this goal do for you? how will it make your life more fulfilling? finally ask yourself how it will help create your ideal world/existence. Write your thoughts next to each goal.

5. Now live your plan
You will need to prioritize. ie: You can not save money to buy a new house and go to graduate school. Choose realistic do-able goals. Write down a few things you will need to do in the short term, (Daily, weekly, monthly) to achieve each goal. These need to be measurable and track able so you can see the progress you have made, it is also a good idea to sit down and talk with a friend about your goals so you have help and motivation to achieve them.

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The Story of a Prince and a Girl who Dreamed of finding Her Prince.

Once upon a time there was a young woman named Ruby; she lived in a far way kingdom where only the stars in the sky could light the way. The kingdom was tall and made of stone. Inside, it had all of the finest linens and tapestries with winding stair cases, golden mirrors and exotic flowers that stretched the kingdom’s stone walls. The kingdom was surrounded by a large creek bed and had a large wooden draw bridge outside the tall black iron front gates. Beyond the kingdom were many forests, pastures, rivers and hills.

The young woman lived in the kingdom with only her two servants Nigel and Jasmine. They had been with Ruby ever since her mother gave birth to her and have cared for her and loved her since the great royal war that took her family tragically away from her. Years had past since then and Ruby was a young woman now. Since the great royal war she had not seen another person beside her servants. The lands had been deserted as other kingdoms were destroyed and abandoned. No one knew this kingdom existed. It stood in a far off place that only one deserted over grown pathway in the forest would lead to.

Ruby spent her childhood growing up playing with all the animals in the forest, she had names for all of them and would spend her days dancing in the pastures and walking along the creek bed throwing stones into the water. She was content those days as she lived free and enjoyed every tree, every stone, and every pathway near the kingdom. She loved her home but she missed her family and many times she felt alone.

As Ruby grew older she began to stop playing in the pastures and instead she spent her days walking along the creek bed dreaming of finding love and not being alone anymore. Every night outside her balcony she would spend time looking out into the stars and making wishes that one day soon a wonderful man would find the unmarked path in the forest that would lead him to her kingdom.

Nigel and Jasmine were very old now; Ruby took time to care for them and tended to their needs. She would gather food from the garden and make them food to eat and get them blankets to make sure they were comfortable when it was cold. She was not sure how much longer they would live but one thing she knew was how much she admired they’re love for one another and she hold that in her heart for as long as she lived.

It was a warm fall evening; the leaves from the trees were lightly falling as the sun began to set. Ruby was standing on her balcony in her long white silk night gown. As the dark sky began to shine, a light breeze bustled against her gown and her long brown hair blew lightly in the wind. She stood with her hands on the balcony ledge and wished to the stars like she had so many nights before singing” Star light Star bright bring my prince home to me tonight” She stared up into the dark blue sky and began to talk more to the shinning stars.

Just as she was looking up into the sky, talking to the stars a man was following the pathway from the forest that leads to Ruby’s kingdom. He was beginning to approach the edge of the pathway he had began journeying on earlier that day and was about to step on to a beautiful white shiny stoned pebble walk way that would lead up to a draw bridge and to Ruby’s kingdom.

The young man had been travelling for months only eating what he could find along the pathway. Henry was a prince from the golden city of Persia. He was on an expedition when he was captured by rivals and taken to a far away land where he was imprisoned in a place he did not know. Months ago after many nights planning Henry escaped while the guards were sleeping. He thought he would be able to journey home by recognizing land marks but once he had fled the guards he realized that he was further from home then he ever imagined and much to his dismay he did not recognize any of his surroundings. He had been following the sun in hopes of finding his way home. Each day he walked further hoping that one day the pathway would lead him to his family.

Earlier that day Henry had been walking though the forest with large green bushes and fruitful trees around him when he saw a small unmarked pathway that was ragged and old. There were no fruit trees, only old tall trees and an old pebble pathway that seemed run down and abandoned.

He was going to continue to walk on the pathway he had been but something caught his eye as he walked past this abandoned trail. Henry saw a small red ruby attached to a ring lying in between some wet leaves. The sun was shining on it and it glistened and shinned at him. He bent down and lifted the leaves around it away and dusted the ring off and looked at. The ring was prestigious and fit for a princess. He thought about continuing on the main pathway road through the forest but he was drawn down this unmarked pathway. He wondered if this ruby red ring belonged to someone. He put the ring in his pocket and began to walk along the jagged unmarked pathway. He noticed that there were no markings along this pathway so it appeared that no one had walked this pathway for many years.

To Be Continued…

Wyld Creativity

Overcome.

Friday, September 16, 2011

The 5 Year Plan Importance

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