Design Your Life…Design Your Money

You are planning or a family camping trip in North Georgia and getting all of your supplies together. Before you go brave a trail of hiking, you must have maps.

Why do most people NOT approach their lives the same way?

Preparing your annual/semi-annual goals are critical in order to have a clear map of where you want to go. If you don’t have some sort of blueprint on where you want to go, how would you know what the right supporting activities are, so that you may get there?

Many people just let life just happen. However, good and bad things don’t just occur — there are many aspects within our control. You can make your own destiny by designing your life through setting your own goals and deciding who you want to be; think of it as your internal controls over what happens (inside-out) as opposed to letting things randomly happen (outside-in).

Every year, I do an exercise where I list on paper all of the qualities and skills that I want in order to be what I believe is my best self. I set up my goals around these qualities and skills and come up with all of the supporting activities that I need to do and who I need to ask to help me in order to get there.

Your financial world is no different.