Ghost of the dead horse
filling some space
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I've heard a tempting idea, "do a plan for yourself and keep it". This sounds like a good idea to me.
In my case, that plan has a certain schedule of university studies, some financing and getting a job at the right time. I think I'm becoming ineffective due to re-evaluating parts of my plan too easily. I often tend to think that the situation has changed and I alter my plans on the fly, most often with bad results. Things like deciding to do one course or another, studying home or going to the lectures etc. Preparing to study for the whole year, or just half a year. Financing the studies with A or B. etc.
I've got two main ideas how anyone could stick to their plan.
First, make a good enough plan that you're sure it'll be better to follow it than to improvise, given whatever improvisational skills you have.
Second, getting an understanding that when you doubt your plan it's probably just a feeling, you've just probably forgot why you made the plan in the first place.
Thoughts?
In my case, that plan has a certain schedule of university studies, some financing and getting a job at the right time. I think I'm becoming ineffective due to re-evaluating parts of my plan too easily. I often tend to think that the situation has changed and I alter my plans on the fly, most often with bad results. Things like deciding to do one course or another, studying home or going to the lectures etc. Preparing to study for the whole year, or just half a year. Financing the studies with A or B. etc.
I've got two main ideas how anyone could stick to their plan.
First, make a good enough plan that you're sure it'll be better to follow it than to improvise, given whatever improvisational skills you have.
Second, getting an understanding that when you doubt your plan it's probably just a feeling, you've just probably forgot why you made the plan in the first place.
Thoughts?