Fun in life, fun in work

Good resolutions are usually forgotten as quickly as they are made. So here are some tips on how you can increase the likelihood of achieving them - for more fun in life.

1. Develop a vision of your future life that encompasses the four areas of life "work/profession", "family/contact", "body/health" and "meaning/culture".
2. Based on your vision of life and in relation to all areas of life, define what a fulfilled life means to you. (Is it that you live in a villa and have a Porsche or Tesla on your doorstep? Or in the fact that you have a lot of time for your hobbies? Or in the fact that your life partner goes through thick and thin with you?)
3. Then formulate goals for the four areas of your life that you would like to achieve. But be careful: This involves decisions. And everything has its price. When you say "yes" to a top career, there are also many "no's" associated with it.
4. Think about which people are important to you and give you emotional support.
5. Ask yourself which of your (life) goals conflict with the goals of the people you care about and what compromises you are willing to make to make the relationship mutually satisfying.
6. Analyze the roles you play in your life - for example, treasurer at the golf club, "soul comforter in times of need," encourager, and "gymnast. Consider which roles you would like to continue playing and which you would like to say goodbye to in order to create space for yourself.
7. Based on your life goals, define subgoals for the next five years/next year.
8. Derive an action plan for the coming months from the subgoals.
9. Implement this action plan using the classic methods of time and self-management. Among other things, analyze what are important and urgent tasks. But don't forget: what you consider important reflects your value system. Other things may be important to your partner.
10. Take time out regularly to check whether your vision of a fulfilled life has changed and to analyze whether there are signals that the balance in your life could be threatened in the future. These signals can be many and varied. For example: There is an increasing silence between you and your life partner. Important friends no longer contact you. At work, the top priority is "save money" because sales are falling. You feel a twinge in your heart from time to time. Your check should be correspondingly comprehensive.
11. If such signals appear, check whether your life plan is still suitable for achieving your professional and private life goals. Make course corrections if necessary.
12. Talk to your most important caregivers, about your (and their) life goals, because: As a "lonely heroe" you will - probably - never be happy.

Author:
Joachim Simon from Braunschweig is an executive trainer and coach as well as a speaker specializing in the topic of (self-)leadership (www.joachimsimon.info). He is the author of the book "Self-responsibility in the company" and co-founder of the (self-)leadership coaching app Mindshine (www.mindshine.app).