Personal development plans
In my last post I asked you two questions that were to help you clarify what you wanted in life. Did you get a chance to look at them and reflect on them? Well the logical progression once you have answered those questions is to have a personal development plan. This plan is a blueprint for your life and something personalised to you. It details what you want and what is important to you.
However you need to make sure the you have created a well written and detailed Personal Development Plan. This plan should details what you want in life, in areas such as education, career, relationships and happiness. Wow quite a talk order but let’s look at this together.
Having a plan means you are serious. If allows you to look at something each and every day and instruct your sub conscious to find ways to achieve the plan. Having an idea in your head is not as powerful as having that idea planned out on paper.
One of the key aspects of having a plan is to make concrete goals. Your plan is the blueprint or overview and after this you can then break it down with specific actions to reach your goals.
You may be wondering, what the heck is a Personal Development Plan anyway. Well think about your job. I am sure you have been asked to create some sort of work plan each year so your goals can be measured and your boss can see if you are achieving what you should be achieving! After all without knowing what you are meant to be doing in work how can you be judged?
In your work plan your boss will outline what is expected of you, what your targets are and if you will succeed with those targets.
You Personal Development Plan is very similar. The difference is that it is something that you create, for you and your future! It not only deals with work but it takes into account all aspects of your life. This is all about you 😉
How far should you plan?
Great question! And I am glad you asked me that! Be realistic and set out a 12 month plan. It really depends on the person but many people can’t think beyond a year, and that’s fine, others can plan for 5 or 10 years. The truth is, it is up to you to decide how far in advance you plan, but I would recommend to start off, just plan 12 months into the future.
Below I have listed out some areas you might focus on in your plan:
Relationship goals. This goal is not just about romantic relationships, but also about friendships. Ask yourself do you have close friends that you can have a coffee with, meet up with for a chat or go to the cinema with? Then also look at romantic relationships. If you are in a relationship is it working ok for you? If not what can you do to improve it?
If you are not in a relationship would you like to be in one? If so then decide how you might start that process.
Education goals. Are you happy with your level of education? Do you want to change career and thus decide that you need to go back to college? If so what would you study and how would you fund it? Do you need to take time off work to do this?
Career goals. Are you happy with your current job? If not what can you do about it? Is it possible to seek a promotion? Can you get a new job? If not why? An important question here is what type of job do you really want?
When writing out a plan try to be specific if you can as this make it easier to make progress towards your goal. Rather than saying I want a new job in 3 months, define the type of job you want.
Once you are happy with your 12 month plan, it might be time to think a little bit further, say for example a 5 year plan. Don’t jump into writing out the 5 year plan until you are happy with your 12 month plan. You may start to work your 12 month plan and then after 4 or 5 weeks of seeing some progress you may decide now is the right time to start to think about the 5 year plan.
You might expand on your 1 year plan and develop your 5 year plan as shown below
Relationship goals. Once you are in a relationship and things are serious, you might start to discuss the future with your partner (obviously only you can judge this as you don’t want the person to freak out as many people fear commitment)
Education goals. Do you have the time and money to invest in a 3 – 5 year degree program (perhaps longer if it is part time.) How will this affect other aspects of your life? Will it put more strain and stress on you and your family?
Career goals. Clearly look at the career progression you can make in your job. If you can’t see any clear way to progress perhaps then you need to think to yourself where you want to be in 5 years and how you are going to get there – if not in your current company then where?
Miscellaneous personal goals. This can be any other goal you decide, it could be health, it could be wanting to move to a new city or country. However know what you want so that you can then plan how to get it!
Too many people coast through life, not taking charge, and being directed by the pay check. We live our lives like robots, doing the same thing every day and not stopping to think what it is that we really want.
Remember your life is not a dress rehearsal, there is now encore! This is it and you have to live life the way you want to.
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