Are you struggling to get what you want in life? It’s probably because you don’t have a plan of action

Most people struggle with planning because they either want to let life unfold on a daily basis, or they are constantly distracted by what’s happening around them to start planning for the future.

If one of these two scenarios sound’s familiar, this article will provide you with tips you can use to create a plan for your future.

Step 1 – What’s the Big Picture?

Before writing down a plan of action for what you want to get in your life you need to take a step back and think about the big picture, or what you hope to accomplish in life.

Do you want to start a business? Get a new job? Move to another state? Travel more? Have children?

You can accomplish anything if you first define the thing or goal that you hope to accomplish just so you will know your final destination once you achieve or accomplish what you’ve been working so hard for.

Step 2 – Break Your Plan Down into Steps

It doesn’t matter if your goal is to graduate from college or to buy a house, you have to break your goal down into a plan that contains actual steps.

The reason for this is simple.

Steps make any goal attainable, especially if they are little steps that you can take on a daily, weekly, monthly, or annual basis which move you closer to accomplishing your goal.

Step 3 – Celebrate Milestones

As you start completing those steps on the road to accomplishing your goal you should celebrate those milestones because you want to acknowledge or show your brain that you’re making progress toward accomplishing your goal and most importantly the fact that anything you want in life is attainable.

Step 4 – Use Tools to Help You Stay on Track

In this day and age, it’s not hard accomplishing a plan especially if you use tools to help you make progress on a daily basis.

By tools I’m not actually talking about hammers, shovels and rakes. I’m talking about calendar programs on your phone/computer/tablet, alarms, and reminder services that you can program on a daily basis to help you not forget about important parts of your plan or other things that need to be done to help you follow through.

I hope that some of these steps help you accomplish your goals and live the best life possible!