Can’t Figure Out What To Do With Your Life? Explore!

October 16th, 2008         Email This Post Email This Post       

If you haven’t come up with a plan for where you want to go in life, how can you expect to get there? You are just wandering aimlessly, like a ship without a destination.

Most people can figure out a direction for their life if they ever stop to think about it. However, many people have told me that they have no idea – so how can they make a plan?

My answer: plan to make a plan. You must have a destination you are trying to reach. If not, then your destination should be “figure out what destination I want to reach”. This plan is something that you do, not just sitting around. Plan to do whatever you need to do so that you can make a plan for life. What is holding you back? If you don’t have enough information about what your strengths, passions, and interests are, then find out! If you don’t have enough experience, then go get some – explore anything that interest you. Don’t sit there, go do something!

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” –  Theodore Roosevelt

Don’t be afraid that your plan isn’t perfect – it doesn’t neet to be. The point of the plan is that it makes you take action. Once you start taking action, you get results, which will help you determine if this is something meaningful to you or not. If not, you can quickly move on – plans help things move faster.

What’s stopping you from making plans? Make a plan to overcome it!

For more about the importance of and how to set goals, listen to podcast #8.

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