Explanation:
When you sit down and make the time and effort to plan your life, you will identify what is important to you. You will detail exactly what you want out of life, something most people have never done. It will enable you to clearly state your goals without any ambiguity. It will help determine exactly what kind of life you want. To use our road map analogy, it establishes your desired destination.
Planning your life gives you control. If you create a plan then you get to make choices and decisions, rather than leaving things up to chance, or worse yet, letting others make decisions for you. When you have a plan then you are in charge of where you are going, making it easier for you to get exactly where you want to be.
It is also easier to identify and focus on your priorities when you create a plan. We all have multiple responsibilities and priorities in our lives. Many if not most of these are placed on us by someone else. By identifying your own priorities as separate from those of others, and then planning on how to pursue them, you will find yourself not getting derailed by something that is more important to someone else than it is to you.
Hope it helps!
