http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2009/08/30/where-did-i-put-my-instruction-book/ the birth of a business...and more Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2009/08/30/where-did-i-put-my-instruction-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1770 Allie Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:50:46 +0000 http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/?p=593#comment-1770 I am so about having a long term plan - I'm not a down to the minute planner, but I walked into my adviser's office freshman year expecting to plan my next four years of coursework (and if I had, maybe I wouldn't have dropped out after two years). I need a plan, because in the absence of one, my head keeps trying to formulate one. My friend Jules gave me some great advice the other day - she told me to set a date for the day to make my next big decision. Not a deadline for the decision, but a date. On October 3, I will decide what I'm going to do about X. I'm giving it a try. Then every time I feel like I should be planning something, I'll say - no, it's not my day to decide. Maybe you can give yourself a bigger lead time, but maybe setting a date to make a decision will help. I am so about having a long term plan – I’m not a down to the minute planner, but I walked into my adviser’s office freshman year expecting to plan my next four years of coursework (and if I had, maybe I wouldn’t have dropped out after two years). I need a plan, because in the absence of one, my head keeps trying to formulate one. My friend Jules gave me some great advice the other day – she told me to set a date for the day to make my next big decision. Not a deadline for the decision, but a date. On October 3, I will decide what I’m going to do about X. I’m giving it a try. Then every time I feel like I should be planning something, I’ll say – no, it’s not my day to decide. Maybe you can give yourself a bigger lead time, but maybe setting a date to make a decision will help.

]]> http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/2009/08/30/where-did-i-put-my-instruction-book/comment-page-1/#comment-1768 Heather @ SGF Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:45:27 +0000 http://www.organicneedle.com/blog/?p=593#comment-1768 This doesn't help you plan, but a wise friend once told me to "relax. The universe has a way of taking care of us." Ever since she first said that to me, I let life take me where it will. The ride is so much more enjoyable when you let opportunity grab you instead of trying to force them to happen. And they have happened without much effort on my part (and they are more beautiful than any plan I originally may have had). And lest you think I've always been relaxed and easy-going, I've spend most of my life as a type-A perfectionist. I promise. There is life on the other side :) This doesn’t help you plan, but a wise friend once told me to “relax. The universe has a way of taking care of us.” Ever since she first said that to me, I let life take me where it will. The ride is so much more enjoyable when you let opportunity grab you instead of trying to force them to happen. And they have happened without much effort on my part (and they are more beautiful than any plan I originally may have had). And lest you think I’ve always been relaxed and easy-going, I’ve spend most of my life as a type-A perfectionist. I promise. There is life on the other side

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