Yielding to the unplanned....

I am a planner by nature.  I like organization....like A LOT!  I love checklists. Recently I've been learning to live by the seat of my pants on the edge of unplanned chaos.  Guess what?  I am kinda learning to like it....well maybe not totally but it's definitely growing on me.

Although I am muddling my way through learning how to make snap decisions and be flexible, I tend to always revert back to my own natural ways.  I project as much as possible so that I make the best use of my time.

It is not uncommon for me to make plans weeks, months and even a year or so in advance.  Often it is difficult to pencil in last minute adventures because I have already booked myself out, a month of weekends and then some in advance.

Here I am with about five weeks of classes left this semester and I am already setting up my schedule for the fall.  Alongside picking out classes, I have it in the back of my head how much I will need to work to pay the bills and how I can balance my work schedule with my school schedule so that I can meet the needs of my children.

Moving into singledom is daunting and hard.  Old securities are being removed and I am having to make new ones.  A few of the old plans are still in place but new ones are filtering their way in too.  I am learning to be flexible in my decisions and that not everything is so cut and dry.

While I will always be a planner, super organized and yes I will still have check
lists, I "plan" on being more yielding to the "unplanned".