1000 Day Plan
Where would you like to be in 1000 days?
If you have a dream, solidifying a 1000 day plan (spanning approximately three years) that details how you plan to get from point A to point B will help you focus on achieving a concrete goal.
The benefit of a 1000 day plan is that you won’t feel confined to getting everything done in the span of just one year. This extra time releases some of the pressure, allowing you to think of bigger and better goals while providing you with a realistic timeframe to actually make them a reality.
Additionally, changes made over this length of time won’t feel so abrupt. There are many incremental steps that you can set up as milestones between days one and 1000 so that you steadily ease into your new and improved life. It will feel much more natural as the changes happen gradually versus the very frightening prospect of waking up one day and bombarding the world with a totally different version of yourself!
If you set aside 1000 days to make some major life changes, what would they be?
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This must be a planning time of year … I’m taking a solitary retreat next weekend and the only thing on my agenda is building out my three-year plan and outlining my five-year plan!
Might sound silly, but I’d like to be living in paris, working in my field (jewelry). We shall see!
Sal: Good for you, you’re way ahead of the curve! One year seems pretty straightforward, three is really pushing it and five is like…anything could happen in that much time!
Great idea. 1000 days really gives someone time to take the baby steps they need to take to get to their ultimate goal. I want to be finished the Public Relations course I want to enter and be working in that field three years from now.
As much as it goes against my spontaneous, Scorpion nature I am quite a “Lister”. I’ve been keeping a list of 100 things to do in a 1001 days. It’s quite like a bucket list, minus the skydiving. (http://www.timeanddate.com is a great site for helping you actually plot when your 1000 days is up. I’m pretty sure there’s even a counter on there for you to tack up on a website.)
I’ve put up my list on an old LJ of mine for quick access: http://walkingoneire.livejournal.com/8618.html
Hope you’re having a great day! Loved this post!
i would pay off all my bills and start a decent savings account… i am allready trying to do this!
Just shy of two years I’ll hopefully be just about to start my final year of Univercity (I’m starting a three year degree in March) and then hopefully teaching english overseas in either Korea, China or Japan.
I’d be a stay-at-home blogger, dividing my time between writing an actual book and doing some public speaking. I’ll have already done everything I’d like for my education (graduating this August with my master’s in marketing and communication!) so I’d like to not have to work for the man anymore. I am already taking the “baby steps” so hopefully I’ll be there in 1000 days!
I’m doing the 101 things in 1001 days challenge. Haven’t figured out what all my goals are but the big ones already on the list are selling jewellery, earning money from blogging, quiting my current job, getting my licence, and visiting Germany.
This is actually just what I needed to get myself motivated!
Have my medical and credit card bills paid off. Be moved back into a house (no more apartments, please!). Growing my own vegetables. Actually USING my business license. Have a wardrobe that I’m actually comfortable in. Riding my bike EVERY single day no matter what.
1000 days seem like the perfect plan. I must get this in order. Also because 3+ years seem like a more feasible timeline.
I guess in 3 years, when I’m 25 or 26, I’d like to start on my business, which means I should’ve saved enough to actually start one. I’d also want to get more writing assignments. If I could switch to a job that requires me to write more copy than make cold calls then I’ll go for it. Oh, and travel/surf more.
Yeay!
well, I’m dreaming of graduating and going to uni somewhere else than where I live (Estonia), Denmark or Netherlands would be nice…
Everyone: One really awesome thing that I’ve noticed from your responses so far is that they’re totally realistic and attainable, which is a great starting point.
Jade: Paris sounds good to me!
gina: Paying off bills is always a good place to focus…
Red: That major will get you far! You can spin it into an infinite number of directions. Going to school for marketing was one of the best choices I’ve made.
Renai: I can really appreciate the practicality of your list. It’s like you’ve picked out really specific, small things to focus on and when put together, they create a cohesive life shift.
Excellent idea! I’m doing 101 things in 1001 days which is similar but I like this more focused approach to getting where you want to be!
This reminds me of the 101 things in 1001 days task.
I plan to be on a teaching course after my Fine Art degree, I’m going to do voluntary work in schools tomorrow – so it should become a reality.
I’m halfway through my second 101 things to do in 1001 days list (here), although updating it just now I realized quite a few of the original goals are no longer goals, so I updated them with other goals. The big picture goals for the next few years are still the same as when I created this list about a year ago though. I’m kind of crazy about to-do lists and life planning – I don’t think I overplan, but I try to keep my eye on the prize and stay focused.
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