...PLANNING...
"Do you make plans?" "If so, how often and did it go through accordingly?"...I recently asked these questions with some of my friends and family.
Some of them answered, yes, no, and it depends on the situation...
I recently bought a planner...which I yearly do way back in high school. It's the Belle de Jour Planner 2012.
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| Planner for 2012 |
Here you can jot down almost everything that's why I love it. And I'm not saying this to promote the item, for me it is very useful. And for people like me - to identify to those who always wants to have a plan - this is somewhat useful. It has different sections besides the weekly/monthly dates. More for girl stuff I guess. It keeps me on track about my life, things I wanted to do, places I wanted to travel, expenses I incurred, savings I have, dreams I wanted, gift list, health checklist even my menstrual tracker. It also has coupon pages for discounts or freebies to different outlets which I'd be honest I never used. Okay, stop right there, I think I'm promoting it already :)
As I said/wrote in the first part I had a planner ever since I was in school. We even have a diary on our school which is like a size of a book that we need to bring everyday that our teacher needs to check if we wrote something on it like our assignments, seatworks, etc. Call it crazy but I can say it became useful; it made me more organized on my school stuffs. Then, I got more organized by having my own planner. I started having the small planners, ones from papemelroti (I'm not sure if the planners still exist) but I think so, I haven't gone to that store since I graduated. Then I had this belle de jour :)
Here are some of my past planners...some I can't find anymore lol!
So do I make plans? - Isn't obvious? ;)
How often? - Almost every day, every week, every month, every year.
Does it go accordingly? - Not always...but sometimes it's better. :)
Yes I have to admit, it doesn't always go as planned. Sometimes its better, sometimes it's not. But do we have a choice? Yes and that's to make another plan. As they said -
As for some plans like traveling, I would want to somehow keep it organized so that I won't miss out on the good places I would love to visit. I don't like wasting my time trying to figure out what to do, where to go, and what to eat. But for the record, I would love to try one thing. To travel on my own, not knowing anyone, no plans, and see where my feet will bring me, though that would be in the future I guess I probably need a good amount of budget for that. I might get lost here and there. :)
For plans like with friends...we have a saying "Buti pa ang biglaang lakad natutuloy ang planado hindi." So0ooo00 true! How many times did my friends and I made a plan but didn't work out that way. Sometimes it is better and sometimes nothing really happened so we reschedule it again and again and again or to say - "Let's just don't make plans and COME WHAT MAY!"
I have to be honest it sucks when what you planned didn't pushed through. It does - BIG TIME! But still some things aren't just meant to happen the way we wanted it to. Or it's just not meant to happen the day we wanted it to, instead in the future maybe.
Some people plan for their professional life, some for personal, some just doesn't. What's the difference? Nothing actually, it's more on our own perspective and how do we manage those plans. My friend said he does make plans but mostly it's for his future more for the dreams or ideas he wants to achieve someday like finish school, have his own business, have a family. Another friend told me that he makes plan, like what to do today? - exercise, go out with friends, or rest. Another one told me he makes professional plans but never for his personal.
I was inspired by some of the people I asked mostly my sister, when I asked her she said - "no I don't plan ahead because what I'm doing everyday is according to His will." True enough and when I asked for a verse she did gave me this - Proverbs 3:5-6.
So whether you're a planner or not, we all have to trust our heart to HIM and not on our own understanding. He has three answers: YES, NOT NOW and I HAVE A BETTER IDEA. :) If It doesn't go the way we wanted to, He has a better idea.
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