by Cassie Howard | Feb 2, 2017 | Blogging |
I used to think I had it all figured out. That all I needed to succeed in any area of my life was a step-by-step, fail-proof plan, and the will power to follow through. And while the will power is absolutely necessary, I learned that the “plan” most certainly is NOT. I mean, yeah – It CAN help. But it is certainly not the end all, be all. And I think it’s helpful to create SOME type of a plan to achieve something you want to achieve. But the plan is not going to do the work for you. Because sometimes (most times), the plan is not the plan. In other words: ALLOW THE PLAN TO CHANGE Allow the uncertainty of “how the fuck am I gonna make this happen” to be present. The “how” doesn’t matter anyway, and it very rarely presents itself until the exact moment you need it. So stop trying to plan HOW you’re going to do things and instead focus on – The WHAT (what the hell do you want?) The WHY (why exactly do you want it?) The WHEN (when do you want to have it by?) Those are the only things that matter. Now most people, when they decide that they want something, this is what they do: they try to plan out exactly how they’re gonna get it. And while the idea kind of makes sense in a way, because you can’t just say “I want a million dollars” and then sit on your ass and wait for it to magically appear in your bank account – It’s not really logical to...
