The Importance of Planning

Many aspects of my life are more cyclical. While I clearly progress in many aspects of my life, I find myself in crummy situations I have been in, whether it be in school, social, spiritual, or financial areas. For example, I find that I get burnt out from school every three months. Even worse, I find myself mentally drifting away from God just because I'm preoccupied with other things and fail to do the elementary aspects of the gospel. 

Unfortunately, my planning habit is also very cyclical; I create effective plans and follow through on them for a while... then lose track of them. These planning sessions are critical because they allows me to continually progress rather than fall back to crummy situations. 

Thus, I want to make planning a top priority for the rest of my life. Goal setting will become my anchor that keeps every other aspect of my life intact. I believe that the lives of notable people like Elon Musk confirm I can succeed in multiple areas if I simply plan correctly.  With my coming internship at Amazon in the summer and my position as Executive Director of Marketing for the student council in the fall and winter, I'll need to anchor my life around a set schedule that will guarantee positive results in every aspect of my life.