One thing I learned in the last couple of years is that planning is a fraud. They've taught us to plan ahead and be prepared. Take on tasks and block them on our calendars, as if we have any real control over our lives.
Unfortunately, when we plan our life, we do not account for all the things that pop out of nowhere. Burn out, switching jobs, disasters, falling in love, accidents, moving houses, a death in the family... all those things that distract us from our finely constructed "plan".
Being a planner for the most part of my adult life, I found it difficult to accept that anything can ruin my plans. I used to stick to whatever I had planned to do, ignoring everything else.
I've come a long way in the last years and it has been a slow process, turning from a planner to a reactor and then into something in between. Not setting goals for the year has been the best thing I've done for myself. I don't think I can ever go back.
Are you a planner or a reactor?
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