The age-old aphorism is not consistent with this title. The plans go awry according to the Scottish poem by Robert Burns. But more practically, how many people actually plan anything? Get out of the romanticized view of yourself for a minute, applauding yourself for how you prepare for the annual review or the semester research project worth "mad" points. Yeah, you can bet my last money you'll prepare when it counts. Job in jeopardy? Grade at stake? We become the most meticulous tacticians. But I'm sitting here writing this post. Somebody convinced me that if you have a passion you've got to find others who share it.
So that's the plan...to find those who share conviction and reject nominal hum-drumity. So what if you pack your lunch every morning and know that you'll be at the gym by 4 and tucked in by 9. That takes little to no planning but the best laid plans of purposeful humanity hinge on ascribing value to what you'd pay yourself to do if you could afford it. Play your 6ixth Man! We learn pretty early in life that you're either into life for the pursuit of superficiality or things that matter. Ain't no other way you can put it. If you're chasin' loot and content with the chase, you've sold out. No plan required for that. If you've got an idea that helps others, and I'm sure you do. think it through and lay those plans down so people don't have to make up meaningful things to say in memoriam one day.
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