SUMMARY
Challenge: Plan the most epic year ever.
Outcome: The planning portion of this challenge took just over an hour, but I spent days trying to figure out what I wanted to accomplish this year. I tend to overestimate what I can accomplish, so I kept things simple and quantifiable. You can find pictures of my Yearly Plan at the end of this summary.
Takeaways: Planning is great, and I’m glad I did it, but the real breakthrough came from the freewriting exercise I did. I closed all the lights, listened to relaxing music, and walked around. Whenever a thought popped into my head, I wrote it down. Some were uplifting. Others were somewhat painful. All were incredibly honest, and the mere act of writing them down was incredibly liberating. I suggest everyone do this exercise at least once—I plan on repeating it each week for the foreseeable future.
Conclusion: Plan for your future, but don’t overreach or you’ll get discouraged and quit. Do the freewriting exercise described above. It’s AWESOME!
Here are the pictures I promised:
Thanks for the publicity 🙂
Your challenge has inspired me to do my own journey. Here is what I am doing for the next 7 days:
Gym everyday, no smoking, no alcohol, no sweets
I also created a new guideline for my life, do as many activities as your age in a year. This year I am 34 so I am making a list of 34 things that I want to do this year. They will all be realistic and match my priorities.
Also, good luck talking to 30 girls, that’s a hard one!
That’s awesome! I really like that “do as many activities as your age” thing. Maybe I should give it a try. Keep up the good work. 🙂