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Stop over-planing. Enjoy your adventure of an open future instead.
Be inspired by the unknown. Follow your curiosity.
You think you had a plan. A very specific goal. You know exactly where you’re going. You’re ready to take off at position “A” and you’re sure where you’ll end up, namely at “B”. But then, on the way, you’re suddenly not so sure anymore. You meet new people. Other possibilities open up. Your picture of the world changes. Your goals blur or are replaced by new ones. You do not arrive at B, but somewhere else. What has happened?
Let’s illustrate this with a very simple example that you may also know. You want to exercise more. On Monday you start on position A: You sit on the coach and don’t move at all. You exclaim B: “From now on I’m going to do more sports.” What happens now? On Monday you exercise. On Tuesday you exercise. On Wednesday you sit on the couch. On Thursday you owe a bit. On Friday you meet with your friends. On Saturday you do some sports and other things. On Sunday you do not even think about the gym. On Monday you are busy with new things.
Now there are different ways to deal with it:
1. You feel inadequate. You think you have failed because you didn’t make it to B. You feel guilty. About B. Yourself. Or the expectations you think other people might have for you.
2. You are…
