Comments on: Planning For The Year Ahead (Part 1) http://www.joyfuldays.com/planning-for-the-year-ahead-part-1/ How to find happiness and abundance through personal development. Create a life you love and live on your own terms. Start today to become a better, happier, richer person a week from now. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:12:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daphne http://www.joyfuldays.com/planning-for-the-year-ahead-part-1/#comment-1142 Daphne Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:21:30 +0000 http://www.joyfuldays.com/?p=1039#comment-1142 Hey Tamsin, that was a great article on getting important stuff done. I'm glad I signed up to your website. I especially like the last point about reviewing beliefs and values. So often we keep doing the same things year after year not realising that our values have changed and perhaps we need to adjust our goals and actions accordingly. I also agree that a good start is to decide what's not important, to make room for what is. I agree that ranking on a scale of 1 to 10 is very effective, and didn't mean to imply that it was too structured. Guess that's just my excuse for being lazy! Ha ha. The other difference I noticed is that you recommend focusing on 5 areas, whereas I find that 3 focuses at a time work best for me, as I get distracted with anything more than 3. Maybe I need some coaching from you to get more done in my life! Hey Tamsin, that was a great article on getting important stuff done. I’m glad I signed up to your website. I especially like the last point about reviewing beliefs and values. So often we keep doing the same things year after year not realising that our values have changed and perhaps we need to adjust our goals and actions accordingly. I also agree that a good start is to decide what’s not important, to make room for what is.

I agree that ranking on a scale of 1 to 10 is very effective, and didn’t mean to imply that it was too structured. Guess that’s just my excuse for being lazy! Ha ha.

The other difference I noticed is that you recommend focusing on 5 areas, whereas I find that 3 focuses at a time work best for me, as I get distracted with anything more than 3. Maybe I need some coaching from you to get more done in my life!

]]> By: nudgeme http://www.joyfuldays.com/planning-for-the-year-ahead-part-1/#comment-1140 nudgeme Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:45:35 +0000 http://www.joyfuldays.com/?p=1039#comment-1140 I know what you mean about too much structure Daphne, but this is not so much to over-structure things (although I totally get your point), but rather give you a way to quickly identify, and then focus on, the different areas that make up your life that are important to you, and a baseline to work from. Often people are so rushed in their lives, dealing with so many of other people's demands, that they never give themselves a chance to stand back and focus on what really matters to them. This can help a lot in that area too as, once they've identified what's really important to them, it becomes much easier to say no to things that are not! Thanks for your kind comments too Daphne. I'm sure it's lovely to see new subscribers everyday and that bit by bit they'll all want to comment on your valuable posts as I do! Thanks again. Tamsin/nudgeme I know what you mean about too much structure Daphne, but this is not so much to over-structure things (although I totally get your point), but rather give you a way to quickly identify, and then focus on, the different areas that make up your life that are important to you, and a baseline to work from. Often people are so rushed in their lives, dealing with so many of other people’s demands, that they never give themselves a chance to stand back and focus on what really matters to them. This can help a lot in that area too as, once they’ve identified what’s really important to them, it becomes much easier to say no to things that are not!

Thanks for your kind comments too Daphne. I’m sure it’s lovely to see new subscribers everyday and that bit by bit they’ll all want to comment on your valuable posts as I do!

Thanks again.

Tamsin/nudgeme

]]> By: Daphne http://www.joyfuldays.com/planning-for-the-year-ahead-part-1/#comment-1134 Daphne Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:01:50 +0000 http://www.joyfuldays.com/?p=1039#comment-1134 Nudgeme, your encouragement is always deeply appreciated. Not to mention your great advice. I've heard about the Wheel idea before but never tried it. And the rating of each area of life is an excellent way to make us think about how well we're really doing. I did wonder whether to suggest it in my post as I know some people function better with such a structure. Decided against it in the end because I'm personally trying to move away from too much structure and become more easy-going. Still, I'm glad you suggested it because it does work, especially for keeping track of progress as you pointed out. And thanks for the vote of confidence on the blog. It's nice to see more subscribers everyday, and I'm hoping more of these wonderful people will drop a line to say hi as you do. Always makes my day to hear from you Tamsin, so thanks again! Nudgeme, your encouragement is always deeply appreciated. Not to mention your great advice. I’ve heard about the Wheel idea before but never tried it. And the rating of each area of life is an excellent way to make us think about how well we’re really doing. I did wonder whether to suggest it in my post as I know some people function better with such a structure. Decided against it in the end because I’m personally trying to move away from too much structure and become more easy-going. Still, I’m glad you suggested it because it does work, especially for keeping track of progress as you pointed out.

And thanks for the vote of confidence on the blog. It’s nice to see more subscribers everyday, and I’m hoping more of these wonderful people will drop a line to say hi as you do. Always makes my day to hear from you Tamsin, so thanks again!

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