Making Your Life Plan - Phase 2 - Next Steps

In our last installment of Making Your Life Plan, we talked about Setting Goals.

Today we're going to talk about Next Steps.

Remember that great movie What About Bob? Richard Dreyfus told Bill Murray he needed to take BABY STEPS.

So let's take that master sheet of goals, and break them down into "baby steps" or Next Steps.

Let's say one of your goals for this year is to get out of debt.
That is going to take a series of next steps.
Let's break it down.

Get out of Debt:
1. Get A Copy of my Credit Report
2. Contact my Creditors and try to work out a payment plan
3. Revisit my monthly budget, and start paying $20 extra monthly on my credit card
4. Consolidate Student Loans
5. Increase Car Payment
6. Cancel Cable TV to free up income


Let's say your goal is to Lose Weight:

1. Find a Diet Plan
2. Call the YMCA to ask about membership
3. Talk to Justin to see if he will be my partner for accountability
4. Work out M - W - F after work.


You've got to break down those goals into next steps, baby steps that you can manage!