1. Goals
Sometimes I find that goal planning is a determined form of procrastination.
Looking back at old goals I can see through their shiny eyed idealism. Whether I bought a fancy planner, bought a fancy binder, or bought a fancy laptop with synching calendars and contacts, I still wouldn't/didn't do it. My rebellion against scheduling and expectations was causing massive grasshopper syndrome,a syndrome I just made up where you are the grasshopper and not the ant from that one fable about not getting ready for winter and then nearly starving to death or something.
Instead. I'm going to take this wide open world and see what happens. I'll keep my responsibilities covered as best as I ever have and see where these winding roads of networking and interacting with one another takes me and my never-ending quest for experience and understanding.
2. Chores
What if instead of planning the laundry and considering the laundry and thinking about folding the laundry for so long before I even put it in the wash that I already hate the laundry and fear the commitment required if I start it, I just did it?
Revolutionary! I KNOW!
Historically, however, whenever I plan something the thought pattern up there is exactly what happens. Before I get out of bed I am exhausted by the very thought of anything I have planned.
Instead, I have a new morning mantra in 2016:
"I look forward to seeing what I will improve today."
I'll probably improve a lot of dirty dishes and dusty baseboards but even that can be fun if you stay in the moment and try not to plan what you have to do next.
3. Meal
Just kidding! I've never "meal planned" in my life.
Assuming what happens after, "Have you thought about dinner tonight?" "Ugh. No.", isn't meal planning.
4. Hanging Out with People When I Don't Want To
Time is limited here.
It seems to me there are just too many people that we hang out with that we don't even like.
The number dwindles with age in a way, but I've spent so many hours talking about and listening about parties, dinners, meetings, whatever where we hate every second of it and go just because we didn't want to say no.
Sure, there are legitimate reasons for going places you don't feel like going.
For those not necessary times, this is me giving me and everyone permission to say "no."
You don't even need to explain yourself to them. Or anyone.
You can just say no and stay home if you want. Everyone will be fine, this planet will still spin. There's something you would much rather be doing with people you'd much rather be with, even when it's just you. That choice is your right. Feelings might be hurt, but they'll definitely be yours AND their's if you keep saying yes when you don't mean it at all.
5. Anyone Else's Future
You do you.
I have to get mine.
I don't know where you'll end up, and being a firm believer in freewill, I don't think anyone does. If I don't try to plan your future, you have no material to worry with. That works out nicely and frees up a lot more time for improving things.