Planning

I’ve always been a little odc about making plans – especially plans about my life. But the funny thing about that is my plans rarely work out. It’s usually because I don’t make my plans based on anything in my reality – I make plans based on what I would *like* to happen. And then God laughs. And I deserve it. This is a problem I have with many aspects of my life – my reality and what I would like my reality to be are often at odds. Oh well.

When I was finishing up my undergrad, my LIFE plan was to get my Master’s degree, get my PhD, and then find a teaching position at a small liberal arts university. Ha. I did get my Master’s, started my PhD, but only lasted a year. I still PLAN to finish my PhD someday. But for now, I am happy with my 9-5 job. I don’t think I ever had a PLAN to get married, but I am, and it’s awesome. But getting married is one reason my in-my-alternate-reality-plan is just that. But I’m happier with my reality-plan than I would have been with my alternate-reality-plan.

So for now, I’m giving up on the planning. I’m not interested in planning when Josh and I will buy a house, or when we will have kids, or even what we will have for dinner tonight. I’m going to try this no-plan existence out and see if it works better.