Comments on: Stop Making Plans. http://simpleorganizedlife.com/stop-making-plans/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:39:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mneiae http://simpleorganizedlife.com/stop-making-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-6115 Mneiae Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:07:48 +0000 http://simpleorganizedlife.com/?p=144#comment-6115 What I love about reading minimalists' blogs is that I will hear the same message bounced around again and again. Unlike reading personal finance blogs, where I will read about the important of Roth IRAs for the umpteenth time, I like reading about spontaneity. I'm an INTJ, which is merely descriptive and not defining. I like to have schedules and know exactly where I'm going at a certain time. I actively dislike spontaneity because it muddies up my precise world. However, one of my current best friends is practically the definition of spontaneous. I cannot plan anything with her beyond the next few hours, because she will almost certainly bail on me if it's as far away as tomorrow. I appreciate the difference in perspective, but I cling to my schedules and reliability. For some people, scheduling gives them a headache and stresses them unduly, but I love schedules and plans. They give me a sense of direction. What I love about reading minimalists’ blogs is that I will hear the same message bounced around again and again. Unlike reading personal finance blogs, where I will read about the important of Roth IRAs for the umpteenth time, I like reading about spontaneity.

I’m an INTJ, which is merely descriptive and not defining. I like to have schedules and know exactly where I’m going at a certain time. I actively dislike spontaneity because it muddies up my precise world. However, one of my current best friends is practically the definition of spontaneous. I cannot plan anything with her beyond the next few hours, because she will almost certainly bail on me if it’s as far away as tomorrow.

I appreciate the difference in perspective, but I cling to my schedules and reliability. For some people, scheduling gives them a headache and stresses them unduly, but I love schedules and plans. They give me a sense of direction.

]]> By: Michael F http://simpleorganizedlife.com/stop-making-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-3217 Michael F Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:51:34 +0000 http://simpleorganizedlife.com/?p=144#comment-3217 Busy reading the Power of Now, really is an excellent book. I love the idea of being present in my own life, accepting each moment for what it is and not rejecting the realities of now can't believe I didn't happen on it before it was suggested to me by a friend a month ago. Busy reading the Power of Now, really is an excellent book. I love the idea of being present in my own life, accepting each moment for what it is and not rejecting the realities of now can’t believe I didn’t happen on it before it was suggested to me by a friend a month ago.

]]> By: Vicki K http://simpleorganizedlife.com/stop-making-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-3169 Vicki K Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:29:28 +0000 http://simpleorganizedlife.com/?p=144#comment-3169 Sometimes you have to plan to not have plans. I live with someone who loves to fill in all the calender slots. My solution is to pick out some weekends in the next few months and I write "Plans" on the day. That way, when my husband is on the phone with someone and looking at the calender he says, "Oh, it looks like we have plans that day." Works like a charm. Sometimes you have to plan to not have plans. I live with someone who loves to fill in all the calender slots. My solution is to pick out some weekends in the next few months and I write “Plans” on the day. That way, when my husband is on the phone with someone and looking at the calender he says, “Oh, it looks like we have plans that day.” Works like a charm.

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