Welcome back, Goal Investigator. Thank you for coming back. This week you will review your Crossroads Journey to see where you are and what you have achieved so far. You will envision what your life will look like in six years. You will also look at what you want to achieve in the next twelve months, then break it down into what you want to achieve in the next 3 months and break that down further into what you want to achieve in the coming month.
This week the action plan covers:
- Review your Crossroads Journey
- Idea Playground 6 Year Time – Envisioning your future
- The Quarterly Plan
- The Monthly Plan
- Your Next 3 Action Steps
- Your Happiness List
- Weekly Tracking
Review your Crossroads Journey
It is a good idea to review your Crossroads Journey frequently and keep following the Weekly Action Plans; you will be guided on when you next need to review your Crossroads Journey. You will need your weekly tracking and the document where you keep your Crossroads goal notes.
- What have you been focusing on?
- What action steps have you set yourself over the last 3 weeks?
- What actions have you taken so far?
- What actions did you take instead?
- What action did you not take?
- What have you got outstanding?
- How did you celebrate your achievements?
- What will you be focusing on next?
Your happiness list
Keep adding to your happiness list and keep doing activities that make you happy daily. Also, as you achieve milestones on your journey, do something from your happiness list. Have a variety of activities on your list, with different costs so that there is always something you can do that makes you happy. Or even when you want a break from taking action on your goals. Just keep a balance between doing what you need to do to achieve your goals and what you want to do to make you happy.
Envisioning your future
Use an Idea Playground mind map and free writing exercise to envision what you want your life to look like in six years. As you envision what your future looks like, think about your holistic life. Your holistic life encompasses your financial, relationships, and wellbeing life areas. Think about:
- Everything you want in your holistic life.
- What does your financial life look like?
- Who is in your life? Who is your partner?
- What is your relationship like?
- Where do you live?
- What does your house look like?
The next twelve months
Now that you know what you want your life to look like in six years, what do you want to achieve in the next twelve months? You can break it down into quarters or use an Idea Playground. As you do this exercise you may need to review what you want to achieve in six years, and work out what you need to achieve in the next twelve months to start making what you envisioned real.
The quarterly plan
It is time to start getting the details fleshed out. You will now plan what you want to achieve in the next three months. As part of your quarterly plan, you will also plan what you need to achieve in the next month.
- What is the focus for this quarter?
- What does success look like for you this quarter?
- What are your top 3 action steps?
- What do you want to focus on in months 1, 2, and 3?
The monthly plan
In this exercise, you will expand your focus from the quarterly plan and flesh it out into an actionable monthly plan.
- What other action steps do you need to achieve and when do you need to complete them?
- What is the focus of the next month?
- What does success look like for you this month?
- What resources do you need this month?
- What action steps do you need to take this month, and when do you need to take them by?
- Out of these action steps, what are your top three action steps?
The weekly plan
Last week you were introduced to the weekly plan; you will continue to use the format to create your weekly plans.
- What is the focus for the week?
- What are your top 3 action steps?
- What other action steps do you need to take?
- What resources do you need for your action steps?
- What appointments do you have this week?
Weekly Tracking
Continuing your weekly tracking will make it easier for you when you do your monthly and quarterly reviews as well as to keep you accountable for your actions. Also, it will help you on the days when you are feeling overwhelmed to see how far you have come.
- Focus of the week
- Top 3 Tasks of the Week
- Resources required
- Accomplishments of the week
- Weekly Tasks/habits
- Weekly Notes
- Top 3 Action Steps for next week
Now that you have reviewed your journey so far, updated your happiness, envisioned your future and worked out what you want to achieve this week, go and start taking action. If you need help, you can book in for a 1:1 video Goal Investigation Session or purchase WhatsApp Goal Investigation Support.
