Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance

In the event anyone is reading this to learn something, the most important part of a healthy life balance and process is PLANNING. Planning meals, planning exercise, planning time with your family, planning time for indulgence, planning time for PLANNING. LOL! Seriously.

You have to have a plan. I have always been a planner. I am not big on surprises. Ask my husband. I understand that being a planner is not in every one's DNA, again, talk to my husband who likes to fly by the seat of his own Dockers. It is, however, a behavior that can be taught and learned. It takes time. Small, baby steps incorporating documentation of menial organizational plans of things that you do everyday already is a great way to start.

Example. You wake up everyday, don't you? Let's start there. Pick a time. Set your alarm, get up when the alarm goes off. This is a very easy way to start planning. Plan the hour or two that you have before work. What will you do in the first hour, what will you do in the second hour? Get that plan down on paper and stick to that. Once you start holding yourself accountable to stick to this schedule, you can begin to incorporate other details of your life. You'd be amazed at how much "left-over" time you have in a day once you take a look at how you are spending your time.

Planning is useful in keeping yourself on track in order to achieve the goals that you set for yourself.

Today, I am going out for lunch. It is a business lunch at a restaurant full of indulgent choices. I am planning my lunch now in order to stick to my plan of eating a clean and balanced diet today. The Internet is one of the greatest planning tools we have at our disposal these days. Most restaurants have detailed menus to review before venturing out to the restaurant blindly.

Yes, It is 8:30AM and I already know what I am having for lunch. And dinner. And breakfast tomorrow.

She who fails to plan, plans to fail.

Alexia.