Have You Planned Your Year?

How do you go about planning your year? What are some of your favorite tools? Do you plan month to month or do you take a look at the entire year? Whatever your method, and even if you haven't started to plan its not too late.

Set aside an hour at a time and think about where your business and personal life needs to go for you to get the best results. Yes, I said personal life. Too often we concentrate only on business planning but your life should be about more than work. You need to consider your own well-being along with that of your spouse or significant other, your children and your extended family as well. You need to take occasional breaks from business to rejuvenate, reward or renew personal relations, refresh your physical body and mind along with your spiritual connections.

Don't fill your days with work, work, work. Plan some time away even if it's a staycation. (stay at home vacation.) You'll feel better about attacking your work load if you know there's a life at the end of the tunnel. Yes, I said life not just light. Enjoy your work, but also enjoy your life because you can accomplish both with a plan.

Here are some of the tools I use. Enjoy.