Plan(et)

You know what they say about the best laid plans.
Murphy's law was written for a reason.
Yet - some of us - just cannot help it.
Namely me.
I come up with plan after plan.
The 5 year plan.
The 2nd 5 year plan
The 10th 5 year plan.
What can I say ?
Its the Plan Flu.
"Plan"etary influence impacts my chart.
I know its August.
But who says new year resolutions have to be made in January.
No more plans.
I plan everything - from my 5 am jaunt to the gym to the 7.45 breakfast .. to leaving the house at 7.58 .. taking the bus at 8.05
I eat lunch at 12.30 - Coffee at 3 - so on and so forth.
I knew when I was 18 that I would finish my enginneering, do a masters, work for 4 years, then do an mba
and lets not even talk about things that did not go per plan.
Now what ?
I have an archive of plans. A repository of ready to use plan artifacts ..that would put anyone to shame.
and yet - even at times, when things went horribly according to the plan .. or terribly not .. the things
that gave me the most joy - were unplanned. unexpected. unanticipated.
Now - here in 2009, I hereby declare that I am done. I am recycling all the plans and putting them into the plan shredder.
The only plans I have are as follows:
I plan to try my best.
I plan to laugh even when crazy hearbreaking things happen.
I plan to stop complaining.
I plan to have a good time in a good life.
I plan to be earnest in everything I do.
I plan to be active and healthy.
I plan to look after my loved ones.
AND ...I plan to have a good time.
No matter what.
I hope I can stick to the plan :)