Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Why can't my life plan be zero plans?
From an early age we're encouraged to plan our lives. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a common question thrown at you when you're barely out of nappies. In high school you're supposed to know exactly what career path you want to follow, and then after that it's planning for a wife, a home, kids, retirement, death! Somebody stop the treadmill, I wanna get off! Who's making the rules here? Why can't my life plan be zero plans? Some of the best times in my life have been unexpected, out of the blue, right out of left field. If you're open to the randomness of life, what starts out as an ordinary day at work could end with you sky diving out of a plane at 12,000 ft, dancing the lambada (the forbidden dance) with an exotic stranger, or jetting off to Paris with Miss November for a weekend of romance. Sure, it might also be just another ordinary day but you'll never know if you stick to a rigid plan. So embrace zero plans! Take the road less travelled, it's a whole lot more fun!
POSTED BY THE ZERO MOVEMENT AT 11:30 AM
i totally agree with this... its beautiful and touching! this suggestion changed my life THANKYOU COKE ZERO... you made my life worth living!!
I tried planning stuff, it never works out that way. I can't be conventional, it doesn't suit me. So now I just have faith that the universe will steer me in the direction I need to be heading. Of course it's not all up to fate, I have to make the right decisions too, but ultimately some one out there has other plans for us. Why plan, just plane! Go Zero!
I'm in Year 12 this year, and I'm supposed to know what my university electives should be... not that I'm 100% guaranteed to get in... I have zero plans. Nothing! I have no idea how I'm supposed to deal with this year having no real career goal and before I read this entry I thought I was doomed. But this entry has put the unknown into perspective for me so now I can see positively about having zero plans. Not so scary anymore... I'm looking forward to this year. So, Thank you for this entry.
This is a really good website as I feel that I have the same mentality and belief system as the creator of the zero movement.
You've made a good point champ. I no longer plan things. I'm a living testimony that you don't need to have your life all planned out in order it to have it successful. Sure I finished my degree, but I didn't need it. So I give full props to the creator of this post for speaking out. Live life with spontaneity is what I encourage, that way you won't be disappointed by the outcome of such events unfolding.
I leave you with one quote ...
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain.
i totally agree with this point and the point before about rewarding yourself after work, i went to a party at my friends one night even though i had work the next day, i had some beers, relaxed and then i also met my girlfriend, i had not planned to do any of this beforehand but everything has turned out awesome, i say live every day, don't worry about what the next day holds!