How do I plan my life

 planning

Planning ahead is one of the effective steps that successful people follow in their lives, who value the time that passes; Planning charts the correct and stable path for the near future, and an effective study to achieve success in it.  It is a rational and orderly method, which includes decision making and problem solving.

 The presence of planning in the life of an individual is a sign of the extension of his consciousness, knowledge and culture; It confirms the existence of many abilities that characterize the individual and that prompted him to plan and organize, and to remove the specter of chaos and randomness from his life, and planning provides the individual with the necessary strength he needs to control his future, and therefore everyone who wants to plan his life successfully must know what planning is, its importance and conditions. 

Planning is a complex process, but it is the perfect solution to the constraints of time and the constraints of many; Planning gives man the opportunity to determine his way and where he is heading, and also identifies the necessary resources that man needs to realize his plans.

Define planning

Planning can be defined through a set of definitions contained in modern books and courses that talk about the personal development of the individual and the development of his life skills, and these definitions include:

•   A set of primary mental processes and ideas that depend on a scientific method and social research aimed at achieving specific and specific goals developed with the intention of raising the economic, cultural or social level of the individual and groups, or for all of them.  These levels come together in order to achieve the happiness and well-being of the individual and the society in which he lives.
•  It is the intelligent process, the correct mental behavior of doing things in an orderly manner, based on thinking before you begin, work based on facts and the study of possibilities rather than guesswork. 
•  A reflective thought process that plans what to do in the future; Where the goals to be achieved are determined and the methods and steps necessary to implement them are determined, and this requires a lot of accuracy and clarity in the vision about how things and events will be in the future. 
• Planning has been defined by Robert Appleby as one of the important and fundamental functions of a person's management, which is the process of carefully selecting goals and choosing the means to achieve them. 
•   Robert Parker said that planning is the process of setting future goals and evaluating the means by which those goals can be achieved.
•  The process of predicting the coming future and preparing for it according to the studied scientific methods and means in proportion to the individual's capabilities and the stated goals.

Conditions for successful planning

• That the plan achieves the required objectives for which the plan was developed. If you don't achieve all the goals, most of them are.
•  Pay attention to moderation when setting goals, avoid being strict in them, and put up with what one cannot afford or cannot achieve.
•  That the plan has some flexibility in preparing for any unexpected contingencies or pitfalls in the plan so that the person is prepared to deal with the element of surprise.  That the plan be balanced, with some realism, and within the limits of the possibilities available to the individual, and that the individual does not burden himself with what he cannot bear. 
• take development into account in the plan; A plan that follows a pattern and level of action does not produce changes in the life of the individual; Therefore, you must take into account its development from time to time, renew the steps and know the results of each stage of the plan, in order to move forward with the plan little by little, and thus have the ability to continuously evaluate each of its stages. plan. Comprehensive plan. 
•  that the established planning process be purposeful; As successful planning aims to achieve a set of things, and therefore the individual uses all available means, methods and capabilities to achieve these goals. 
•  When making the plan, the plan should not be biased towards one idea or intolerance towards a particular party; Rather, the individual must set it with complete impartiality, otherwise the obstacles in the way of success will be many, and the success of the goals is limited to a certain group in society, and they are the owners of the idea for which this plan was developed. 
•  Building the planning process on firm foundations and objective capabilities that keep pace with recent developments.
•  Adaptation, cooperation, and coordination between the person who developed the plan and the plan implementer if it includes several people or institutions for a group of people.  Therefore, the planner must be aware during the development of the plan of the capabilities and capabilities of its implementers. , and this will be translated by land, and will not be a prisoner of papers, nor kept in office drawers.

The importance of planning in our lives

• Shortening the time in the process of change and développement for the better.
•      Determine the course to be followed in the work, indicate the main and additional methods and tasks.
•      coordination of efforts; Planning links all individual efforts and future aspirations together, putting them into an easy-to-understand, balanced program that is easy to achieve.   
• Clarify the individual's path, help him to what he wants from the life he lives, pointing his way in the midst of the darkness caused by the worries and overcrowding of life.

characteristics of successful planning

• Realistic, the plan is proportional to the capabilities available to the individual, which correspond to the desired goals, for which the plan was developed.
•  Comprehensiveness, meaning that the plan includes all the resources available for its implementation, and in the case of its implementation, includes control and supervision of the workflow to achieve the desired goals. 
•  flexibility; It is the ability of the plan to deal with any emergency circumstance during the process, and that this emergency situation is not a reason for the failure of the plan or impede its progress, and thus the difficulty of achieving its objectives. 
•  Continuation; That is, linking the various fragmented planning processes and working on their continuity and permanence for as long as possible to ensure the desired benefit from them. 
•  force; For the plan to be successful, the owner must commit to implementing it and follow the many steps and stages that come with it. The commitment of the implementer to the plan is an important factor in its success and usefulness.
•  exchange; i.e. participation of all members of the group or organization if the plan includes a group of individuals; Each individual doing his job is a guarantee of the success and continuity of the plan.