Resolutions Um, NO. But If Not Now, When

Resolutions Um, NO. But If Not Now, When Ive always been more of a doer than a planner.  Thats why things like day planners, New Year resolutions, and wowzie life plans never worked for me.  Besides, as they say, life is what happens to you while youre making other plans. Okay, I do plan.  Its just not what the gurus of planning would use for a good example   My planning is about seeing where I want to go and going for it.  But while I have some weird intuitive knack for just knowing what needs to be done to achieve the results I want, I realize that a lot of people are not that way.  I think thats why so many people like the idea of resolutions. Then again, theres the reality of how many of those resolutions ever get accomplished.  According to Forbes, a whopping 92% are not achieved.  Maybe its me, but that seems like a worrisome number.  And makes me pretty sure there must be a better way. Resolutions?  No, Lets Not As I see it, these are the basic problems with resolutions: Theyre treated like decrees, with no allowance for need to adjust.  Pass or fail. Theyre attached to one day of the year, January 1, which make is easy to let a lot of time get wasted waiting for the NEXT time youre going to make some. And, too often they are unfocused.  No matter how you do it, you need to have BOTH a destination (goal) and a road map (plan) to get there. At some point all of us reach a point in life when we realize that this funny thing called time isnt waiting for us.  While its important to savor parts of our journey, its also important to have a sense of urgency about whatever it is were passionate about.  So if you only make resolutions every January 1, you have a pretty limited number of chances to make course adjustments.  Yes, there most definitely must  be a better way. Action and Accountability Ive been self-employed for the better part of my adult life.  So maybe that contributed to the way I do goals.  Ive always had to be accountable to myself.  At the end of the day, or week, or month, Ive always looked back at what I accomplished.  If I got all the A items off my list and maybe some of Bs and Cs, it was good. If progress towards my goal could be clearly seen, I could sleep well. Ive never seen a plan that came really close to the way Ive naturally done life.   And Im not about to try to write a book about exactly how I do it.  That one would never even have made it to my list of resolutions even if one existed!  But I recently came across a pretty awesome tool. Conquer Your Year While its called The Ultimate Planner, it is quite different than any Ive seen.  With sections that include self-evaluation of gratitude, physical well-being, and both attitude and measurement of progress towards goals, its more like a daily journal of your life and your path to what youve laid out for achieving.  Its a  living life plan, in many respects.  The creator, Natalie MacNeil, has put together something that is not only unusual in format, but, I think, very effective.  Im going to use it myself in the months ahead to track some new personal goals. Id recommend you take a look.  But no matter what method you choose to plan and track the road to your goals, theres one thing for sure.  The future doesnt care what your world looks like when you arrive there.   Its up to you to create it, starting now.  Resolutions arent for once a year, theyre declarations to be made as frequently as necessary to make your life look exactly the way you want it.  The time is now, and now is every day. . Image credits. Main.  Resolutions.