6 Research-Backed Tips to Become Better at Planning Ahead

#1 telling yourself you’re not a planner

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Planning ahead transforms dreams into achievable goals.

A plan is the difference between hoping something happens and ensuring it does, in fact, happen.

In this article, I lay out the many benefits of planning more often in your day-to-day life and dive into research-backed tips on becoming a better planner.

Benefits of planning ahead

A 2022 research paper explores the reasons behind people’s planning or lack thereof.

The research paper aims to identify why people fail to plan and offers solutions to overcome these challenges.

This is crucial because, as the researchers point out planning has a huge impact on your ability to achieve any type of goal.

1. Clarification and Action: Planning turns abstract goals into concrete, actionable steps, reducing the mental effort needed to decide on the next action. This is key because goals without any action is a recipe for disappointment.
2. Feeling in Control of your life: Planning ahead can help you feel in control of your life as it allows you to tailor your actions around your schedule, competing goals and other…