![]() ![]() I was raised in a Christian home and went to a Christian school, blah, blah, blah. The acronym ‘YOLO’ really only became a thing in 2011, but long before people were making poor decisions and passing them off as “you only live once”, I was making poor decisions and passing them off as “being in my 20s”. Why would I plan for the future when it was so far away? I YOLO’d Before YOLO Was Cool Doing things this way keeps you on track and saves you from forgetting anything or running around like a maniac at the last second! I never used to be like this though. If I want to save a specific dollar amount by a certain date or if I’m leaving for a holiday in 2 weeks and need to get a bunch of stuff done before I go I always look ahead to the goal and plan the steps to get there in reverse. This backward design process is actually how I plan most things in my life now. Martha gurl, you are speaking my language – I LOVE LISTS! At the top, you wrote your wedding date and below was a list of everything you needed to have done 6 months before the wedding, 3 months before the wedding, 2 weeks, 1 week, the day before, the day of…you get the picture! It had different tabs and dividers for dresses and flowers, and special pages to write out your guest list and plastic inserts to hold business cards, etc. They’re anal, organized and they love their binders! Since I was engaged once, I’ve dabbled in a little wedding planning and I too had a binder! It was ‘Martha Stewart’s Keepsake Wedding Planner’. If I had to identify with a TV character, it would unfortunately be one of the crazy ones, like Annie from Community or Leslie Knope from Parks & Rec. ![]() ![]() But did you know that every choice you make and the habits you’re forming right now actually play a larger role in your future than you might realize? Here’s the situation: We make so many decisions a day without even thinking about it, because most of them seem insignificant. ![]()
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