Plan to Fail, Fail to Plan

Today we are asking if making plans for the future is simply a way of ticking our life goals off a list? Or can it bring us a greater sense of meaning?

After discussing some major fails and some more minor successes we get strait to the point by asking how we make plans for the future? And the short answer is that we don’t plan that much because it hasn’t worked in the past but we are filled with a certainty that life would be easier if we had a plan.

HOW DO WE BREAK THE CYCLE?

It’s different because of fear. We’re basically working on a plan to fail, fail to plan scenario. So instead of not planning all together maybe we should change the way we plan.

LIKE MAKE A TO-DO LIST?

We are definitely advocates for making to-do lists. They can break down scary projects into manageable steps and can be shaped to your strengths. But sometimes you can do everything right and tick off every to-do list and still not end up where you planned!

SO WHAT CAN WE DO INSTEAD?

In her book Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Susan Jeffers talks about our fear of making wrong decisions. In this scenario we are operating on her lose/lose system rather then her win/win model. We can extrapolate this concept and use it to rethink planning.

WHAT CAN WE CONCLUDE?

Having no plan doesn’t work for us but making plans needn’t send us into palpitations of dread either. Instead of feeling our plans are the map to the holy grail, where the outcome is either hold the the sacred relic in out hands or face abject failure, we can rather see them as a means to facilitating a series of experiences and opportunities.

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