Stop Sleepwalking Through Life and Create a Plan
When you're living your life on a day-to-day basis, it can be difficult to see where you might arrive in five years' time, and sometimes it can feel as though you are heading through life on autopilot. However, there comes a point where every whimsical person must sit down and be honest with themselves about what they need, professionally or personally, and give some thought to planning.
See Yourself from Another Perspective
If you're currently unable to manifest any vision of where you see yourself in two days, let alone five years, you should seek some advice. Start by asking friends and family what they see for you. It might not provide definitive answers, but by seeing yourself through somebody else's eyes, you can gain some perspective and maybe give yourself a couple of clues.
If you're in need of further guidance and extra reassurance, you could pick up the phone and talk to a psychic. Psychics can provide emotional support in difficult times, and also allow you to see areas of yourself that you may never have considered before. There is a Top10 article that offers a handful of the best online and telephone psychics and other forms of spiritual guidance that could help you to create a plan.
Make a Short-Term Plan
Once you have allowed yourself to dream a little, it is time to start organizing. If you are the sort of person who regards themselves as spontaneous, you might lead an exciting short term life, but planning for anything beyond the next 24 hours is probably alien to you. Making a plan means giving yourself a journey of things to achieve, and although you may deviate from time to time, you always have a structure to which you can return.
Invest in a Bullet Journal, which is a great system for those who hate planning, and keep a log of everything you have coming up for the next year. You will feel better for knowing how you are filling your time, and you will be able to see how things are progressing.
Think About the Future
Once you have come to terms with the idea of planning your day, and then your year, you should begin work on your five-year plan. Be brutally honest with yourself about where you want to be, and let your imagination run wild. It is important to understand that your 5-year plan should always be under review, and you can throw it out of the window at a moment's notice, but by creating a list of goals, you create an awareness of how your actions will serve your life for the long term. This five-year plan doesn't have to be about financial or professional goals, it could be about personal growth or travel. You are in charge of where your life is headed, and this will become clearer as you begin to create future plans.
The only way to stop yourself from sleepwalking through life is to take charge of your actions and open your eyes to what you really want to achieve. These conversations may be difficult, and you may discover some things that you hadn't considered before, but by avoiding the hard conversations, you are denying yourself a chance to live to your full potential.