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To the Girl Who Plans Everything

Life Can't Be Planned So Stop Trying

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To the Girl Who Plans Everything
Jenny Cappetta

Stop. Everything has a time it is supposed to happen. Everything will work out eventually.

I’m very organized. I am very strategic. Going with the flow sometimes works, but when it comes to my goals-all planned, so I understand.

But I can promise you that planning every little thing only leads to disappointment. The husband you’re supposed to have by 25, chances are he doesn’t exist. He exists probably later in life when you have everything financially stable. The boyfriend who left you the night before your 2 year anniversary, you’ll laugh at 30 when your husband is making pancakes in the morning dancing around the kitchen.

Stop planning, stop expecting yourself to know when everything is supposed to happen because you don’t know. It's okay that you don't know. You are young, you are beautiful, and you are strong. You can handle anything that is thrown your way.

I promise you that you will get your dream engagement ring, I promise you that you will land your dream job and you will have those beautiful children you wish for. But I also promise you that these things happen on their own. Don't force them.

I promise you that you will graduate, you will make something of yourself that is so amazing and successful. Plans get ruined. People change. Just stay true to yourself, and I everything will fall into place.

So stop putting dates to how old you need to be to walk down the aisle, graduate college, land that 6-figure perfect dream job. Everything will happen for you eventually. For now just keep doing what you need to. Keep being the best person you can be. It'll all work out in the end, when it's supposed to.

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