Welcome back, Goal Investigator. This is the Week 10 Action Plan. This week we will look into your financial life area, where you are now, where you want to be, and create a plan to trial one of the paths you have uncovered. You will also continue to work with your happiness list and your weekly tracking.

• Your financial life area
• Your Happiness List
• Weekly Tracking

Your financial life area

Back in week 1, you would have done your life assessment and reflection that would have given you a snapshot of what your financial life looks like. It may have even given you a goal to work on. This week you will evaluate your financial life in more depth. This will help you to have a clear picture of what you need to focus on in your financial life.

• Evaluate your financial life area.

Your happiness list

Your happiness list is important as it is a list of things and activities that make you happy. Doing something from your happiness list daily will not only be a reward for achieving your goals, but it also brings a little bit of happiness to your life regularly. This will help with your mental health as well by increasing your:

• Endorphins that help with reducing stress and blocking pain.
• Dopamine, which helps with your feeling rewarded, motivation, and pleasure
• Serotonin, which helps regulate your mood and long-term well-being
• Oxytocin, which helps build social bonds, trust and love.

If you read last week’s Action Plan, you will know that I am slowly getting the ingredients to create my own makeup. The next item I will be making is mascara; the ingredients I have to buy will also help with the other makeup products on my make list. Making my own cosmetics makes me happy, and it lets me know what ingredients are in my products.

Another thing that makes me happy because it takes the stress out of getting dressed is to have a capsule wardrobe. I have recently acquainted myself with Courtney Caver’s Project 333 (https://amzn.to/3SJ8m3v affiliate link). The principle behind Project 333 is that you have 33 clothing and accessory items and you wear them for three months. It’s not a challenge about restriction or probity; if something wears out or you realise it’s not suiting your needs, then replace it. Then, in three months, change over some of the items that aren’t suited for the season you are heading into.

Here in New Zealand, we are heading into spring, so my wardrobe will need to cater for wet, cold, windy days that will head into warmer, wet, windy days. At the start of the season, I will need to carry over some of my cold weather items, but also factor in some lighter clothing items for the days that it is warmer. Layers are important for spring as the temperatures during the day can fluctuate dramatically.

Weekly tracking

Tracking your activities each week will help you stay focused, see what you have achieved in the week that has been, and help work out what you want to focus on next week. Use your journal or Ultimate Crossroads Planner.

• Weekly Tracking
  • 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

This concludes this week’s action plan. Now you will have:

• A plan for your financial life
• Added to your happiness list
• Continued your weekly tracking.

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