It's Good to Have A Plan — But You Can Only Predict SO MUCH...

Some people live moment-to-moment and simply chart their path through life by taking the action that seems right, in the moment. They don't bother with such things as planning and charting a course for their life, or for this year, or for tomorrow.

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Others — such as myself — are planners. I'm possibly towards the end of the scale that puts me in the category of compulsive planners. I pretty much never do anything much, unless it's mapped out in advance... or — at least — I am aware of all the possible surprises that might come up.

Ironically, that doesn't mean that I not a spontaneous person. I once dropped everything I was in the middle of and left with a friend for a weekend in Seattle (I was living in Texas, at the time), in the span of less than an hour.

That said, I am always actively working towards minimizing surprises.

I don't like surprises. So-called "surprise birthday parties" rank high on my all-time list of "most nightmare-ish experiences" I could be subjected to.

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With that out of the way, I have hopefully made it very clear that I like having a plan.

However, all my plans tend to include the element of uncertainty. That is, I am perfectly well aware that you can only predict SO MUCH and there's always a chance that even the best laid plans will be somehow disrupted by what I think of as "Cosmic Events."

Something like the current "pandemic" is what I would call a "Cosmic Event." You can't sit down and plan for shit like that... anymore than it is reasonable to include in your picnic plans that you might get hit by a toilet that fell off the International Space Station.

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I have periodically pondered what makes one person a planner and another person not, and I'd have to think that at least part of it has to do with whether or not the previous surprises in your life had positive or negative outcomes. If you end up with enough "SURPRISE! You get to clean the toilet!" moments in your life, you tend to cringe at the idea of surprises...

I expect — in my own case — that the fact that I am extremely poor at "thinking on my feet" leads me towards making choices where I won't have to. But I am very good at "disaster management" so once everything definitely has gone to hell in the proverbial handbasket, I tend to be quite effective.

But what can we really plan for? And when does planning no longer make sense? I am yet to come up with a firm answer to that one!

Thanks for reading, and have a great remainder of your week!

How about YOU? Do you like surprises? Are you more of a planner, or more spontaneous? Do you like having a strong sense of what will happen next? Or do you prefer to just take life as it comes up? Comments, feedback and other interaction is invited and welcomed! Because — after all — SOCIAL content is about interacting, right? Leave a comment — share your experiences — be part of the conversation!

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