325 Holly Worton ~ Life Planning + Goals for Each Decade of Your Life

Into the Woods with Holly Worton

Today’s Guest

I'm back again, with another solo episode! This week's episode was inspired by an email from listener Alex, who wrote:

“Nature helps me find my inner peace … It allows me to breathe better and even sometimes when I lie down comfortably on the ground floor next to flowers and grass, I then indulge into some private thinking time without any interruption. Have I come to any exciting realizations you ask? Well I can say I definitely have and my most recent one was establishing my life goals for the next 50-60 years from now. You might think it's ambitious, but I believe with a little help and fresh air, I'd established myself where I want to be in 50 years time. One such moment before the end of August, I was sat down with nature with a pen and paper and I plotted where and what I want to achieve in my 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s and even my 60s and 70s! Sounds like a lot of hard work I'm preparing for, but I've a whole life to achieve these goals before I hope to die before I'm 100!"

Well, I was impressed! I certainly didn't have that level of clarity about my life when I was in my teens, much less my 20s. I didn't start really planning my life and setting my goals until I was in my mid-30s, which is pretty late. So I started thinking: what has each decade of my life been like so far? What do I want future decades to be like?

I spend a lot of time setting goals for each upcoming year, but it's been ages since I really took the time to look this far into the future. I think it's a fantastic exercise in life planning and reality creation, and I urge you to take the time to do the same. Essentially, this is a very detailed way of answering the last of The Three Questions (Who am I – Where am I – Where am I going).

Listen To This Episode

What You'll Learn

• How to create a detailed vision for your life
• The questions you need to ask yourself to get clarity on each stage
• Distilling this vision down into goals for each decade of your life
• Why it's never too late to get started – and why this is vital to creating a happy life
• How to get started creating your life vision today

Things to Consider in Each Decade

• What does your career/business look/feel/sound like?
• What does your finance/money situation look/feel/sound like?
• Where are you in terms of personal growth?
• What does your health/wellness/fitness look/feel/sound like?
• What does your family look/feel/sound like?
• What do your friends and your social life look/feel/sound like?
• What does your spiritual life look/feel/sound like?
• How are you expressing yourself creatively?
• How are you giving back with your time/money?
• What do you want to be/do/have in each decade of your life?
• How do you want to feel?
• When do you want to retire, and what does retirement look like to you?

Things I Discussed

• Wheel of life
• 315 Holly Worton ~ Know Yourself: How to Answer the Question of “Who Am I?” (now with downloadable transcript!)
• 316 Holly Worton ~ Know Yourself: How to Answer the Question of “Where Am I?” (now with downloadable transcript!)
• 317 Holly Worton ~ Know Yourself: How to Answer the Question of “Where Am I Going?” (now with downloadable transcript!)

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