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Why You Should Stop Planning And Start Living

Stop thinking about your future so much that you forget your present.

Ashley Nuss
Apr 11, 2016
University of Missouri
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Since I was about 16, I have had an idea of exactly how I want my life to go. I have it all planned: when I will get married, who I want to marry, where I will live, how many kids I will have, what my job will be – everything down to what kind of dog I want. There is nothing wrong with planning – you have to plan things out to make it work – but is planning every single detail really a good thing? Is having everything so perfectly drawn out, every tiny aspect outlined, what I really want? No.

One of my all-time favorite quotes is from John Lennon: "Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans." I think while I have been so busy planning out how I want my life to go, I have missed a part of my life. I have these expectations of exactly how I want things to go, and when they don't go that way, because life never really goes the way you expect, I freak out when I really shouldn't. Life isn't about planning – it is about living.

I think we can all admit we have this picture-perfect idea of how our life will play out, but I say you forget that plan and let the chips fall where they may. It is time to stop planning out everything you are going to do and how you are going to do it. I am so guilty of this and I really do think it is holding me back from living my life to the fullest. So I challenge you, whoever you may be, to stop planning, stop thinking so much about your future that you forget your present. Stop making plans and start living, and who knows, maybe something amazing will happen that you never even planned for.

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