Why I Never Have A Plan B
November 01, 2013
Days #28 & #29 of The 90-Day Do Something Big Project
It’s NOVEMBER!
Can you believe it? Are you starting to panic yet?
I hope not.
But I am.
I didn’t write yesterday because I was in a tailspin.
Holidays and ends of months usually do it to me. These markings of time passing throw me into a torrential “my life is over” spiral that only ends when I wake up the next day.
And today being the next day—I think I’m ok.
But let me tell you about yesterday—because you might experience this too at times.
I fell into the What-If Cauldron. Yeah. It was steamy in there.
What if I don’t make big things happen by the end of the year?
What if everything I’m working on doesn’t come to fruition?
What if I’ve failed come January 1
st?
Tough questions. No easy answers.
I’ve always operated with a Plan A. That’s it. Just Plan A. No Plan B.
My theory—If I have a Plan B then I’m already one foot out of Plan A.
That’s right. I’m not all-in, 110%, above and beyond, every ounce of my being committed to Plan A if I’ve concocted a Plan B.
A contingency plan equates to my assumption that Plan A is going to fail. If I’ve already assumed its failure, why am I even bothering to try?
But it’s tempting, really tempting to start devising a Plan B when I fall into that What-If Cauldron.
I start envisioning my miserable life when I fail at Plan A—the life of my dreams.
Because my Plan B vision is
always a plan for a life filled with misery.
It’s a vision that entails the crushing of my dreams, the relinquishing of my goals, and my suffering for all eternity.
Very doomsday-y.
But then I snap out of it. I climb out of the cauldron and pull that reckless foot from Plan B.
You may be wondering how I do it.
I have a really crappy answer for you—
I just do it.
There’s no secret. No magical pill. And it’s not any easier for me than it is for anyone else.
I force myself to stop putting any ounce of energy into the What-Ifs and I instead put my energy into the What-Can-I-Do-Nows.
What can I do now to make my dream a reality? I can reply to that email sitting in my inbox.
What can I do now to contribute to Plan A? I can make those recipes I’ve been putting off making.
What can I do now for that “big” to come to fruition? I can do frosting research instead of creeping Facebook, hating on all the happiness (which is mostly fake).
There’s always something I can do
now.
A day wallowing is a day lost. A day lost is never found.
Don’t let yourself lose today.
Welcome to November. Rock it with me.
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