I am a planner. I like to have a plan, and stick to the plan. I also like to have a back up plan, and a plan for other options, and a plan to include some flexibility in the plan.

so yes. I like to plan. and plan. and plan and plan.

But to make these huge leaps we have made, I had to learn, through experience and over time, that not everything needs a plan.

Or, more accuratly, not everything CAN be planned.

Sometimes you need to allow things to move along in a direction just to figure out if they will fit into the plan, or be plannable in the future.

Sometimes you just need to drop the lists, and the expectations and let go of the rules and just let things happen.

(eek, by tummy just rolled. The idea of not planning is a scary one to me)

By not planning, you can sometimes mess up a lot. By not planning, you can sometimes be hugely successful. By not planning you can often end up somewhere you never imaged.

And that somewhere may be good.

Or it may be bad.

I am getting close to the end of my “letting go of the plan” phase I think. I have explored, and tried out new things, and slowly a plan is starting to form in my mind. A solid plan. A workable plan.  Hopefully a plan that I will love, and that will nurture me back.

But for a little while longer, no plan.

And for this “almost a year of no plan” I have had a squishy tummy because of it.  Months of following the wind, and leaping, leaping, leaping.

But, I think I may be getting close to where I want to be.

So tell me. . . plan or no plan? what phase are you in right now?