Making a Personal Wellness Plan

A written life plan is as necessary to your life as a written plan for any project of importance. Would you attempt a big project without a written plan? Hopefully not. A life plan can be quite simple and we know that only simple and easy plans tend to work for most people when complicated and difficult plans fail.

A written life plan can be as simple as answering the following questions for yourself:

Who Am I?

  • Words the describe me
  • My values
  • My favorite things
  • What am I grateful for
  • How productive am I
  • How do I treat people
  • Who cares about me (people who would loan you $100 without question)
  • My pet peeves (things I don’t like)
  • Who am I indebted to and what do I owe
  • How much money do I have

My Desires

  • Aspects about myself and/or things I think I want--that I don’t yet have

My Intentions

(intentions are similar to goals but they only what I am truly willing to do starting right now)
  • How will I eat
  • How will I move
  • How productive will I be
  • Who would I like to know
  • How do I use my time
  • What am I seeking professionally
  • What I want to be known for (my legacy)

What is my Personal Mission

A personal mission statement may be desirable after some time, as it can be a simple statement that defines your core objective can be good to develop.

What is a good life plan?

A good plan can help remind us what’s most important to move closer to an ideal state of health in in the face of total uncertainty, hardship and difficulty.