Jemma Spike

Most of the time it won't.

A lot of luck and fate and context comes into play.

The goal of this great life plan is just to provide an aspirational structure that

Or like a vision that you can work towards that inspires you.

There are a few reasons why I think we all need to like at some stage sit down and articulate this and why I think it's important.

I think it's important because it keeps you focused on what is meaningful to you and what is not meaningful and therefore unnecessary.

So much of our 20s is sometimes focused on what seems outwardly impressive.

what others are doing that we feel like we have to.

The detours, the milestones we feel like we need to check off.

But if that doesn't actually align with your plan, don't do it.

And if you don't know what your plan is, you will end up doing a lot of things you actually never wanted to do in the first place.

If your long-term vision of happiness isn't to live overseas,

Don't go and live overseas if you know that's not what you need to be happy.

If your long-term vision is to have your own business, don't feel so pressured by everyone's promotions on LinkedIn and believe that's what you need to be doing.

It's not your dream.

It's not your plan.

You have to be able to articulate what your vision is, as long as that is what you are working towards.

It really helps you keep your blinders up to everybody else and everything else that's going on around you.

It stops us from being as well, I think, passive by only thinking a few feet ahead of ourselves as well.

It stops us from being stuck in the moment of needing everything to be perfect right now.