Today’s Mandala Message: Make a Plan
This week I’m working through Principle #35 from Jack Canfield’s “The Success Principles” entitled “99% is a Bitch; 100% is a Breeze”. I set my intention today to ponder making a plan for my goals.
From step #3 of Dr. Sally Hilton’s post ‘8 Steps to Commit to Your Goals’: “Research shows that actually the simple act of planning when we are going to do the things we say we are going to do makes us much more likely to actually stick to those things. It’s the difference between saying we’re going to exercise more, and determining what exercise we’re going to do at what time and on what day. Setting these implementation intentions has been shown to dramatically increase our success at actually following through.”
With my “Footwise Window Display” project I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I wrote down, a few months ago, all the things that need to be done but they’re all in random, brainstorming order. I see now where turning those to-dos into step-by-step plan, can help me to stay on track. It also will make it easier to figure out each day what to do next…just do the next thing on the list.
A good mindfulness practice would be to ponder making a plan to make your goal a reality.
So how about you? Do you have a plan in place to help you stick to your commitment(s)? What steps need to happen? How much can you do on a regular (preferably daily) basis?
“If you don’t know
— Yogi Berra
where you are going,
you’ll end up
someplace else.”
Blessings,
Maureen
The Mandala Lady
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