No matter how you do it, planning your year in advance can help you in a variety of ways. Before I started annual planning, things felt very chaotic. I was constantly playing catch up or simply working around looming deadlines. I realized I was functioning on chaos and stress – two things I wish didn’t exist in my world. I knew I needed a new approach.

That’s how annual planning came to be a staple in my world. Both at work AND at home. Understanding more about your busy seasons allows you to better plan for them. Trust me when I say that planning truly make a big difference.

I recently listened to a podcast where the host explained she runs her business from a place of rest and not urgency. This was eye opening, as I feel (all too often), I am working from a place of urgency and I don’t care for the stress it includes.

Whether you’re planning projects, launches or intricate details of a plan, this process can help. Knowing the how-what-where-when-why (and putting them on paper) can help streamline your process. And with any hope, decrease that stress level.

I’ve put together this guide, which outlines the main components I focus on and a step-by-step process. It allows me to prepare myself for things I have coming up and give myself the time to produce them.

You can easily use this tool for all projects – big and small – to streamline your timeline or how you complete it. Think of everything you have going, from daily social media content to that annual newsletter that takes so much of your time.

Your time is valuable and it’s time to get it back. Click here to get the Annual Planning Guide!