Planning. Is it good or bad to be a planner?

Do you see planning things out as a good thing or a bad thing? Are you a planner, yourself?

There are many different opinions on being a planner and figuring out what to do, what schedules to follow, or what things need to be done. I, myself, love to plan but need to be limited to the number of things I plan.

Here are some reasons why planning can be a great thing for an individual.

1. Planning creates goals that drive an individual

2. It directs attention toward a specific thing.

3. Planning helps to maximize the amount of time you spend on an activity, allowing more activities for you to be a part of.

4. It provides motivation and commitment.

Despite these (and many others) reasons listed above, there can also be some downfalls to being a planner. Some of these reasons include:

1. Planning ties someone down to something they might want to do now but doesn't mean they want to do it in the future.

2. Things change, which means your planning will be changing, causing discouragement.

3. Planning can take up a lot of your effort, time, and money.

4. It does not always mean that you will achieve or do something you were hoping to do, which creates a negative connotation.

As a planner, I have realized that I need to be careful in how I plan things. For example, I do not plan things too far out in advance, as time changes and plans change. I try to be careful with how much time and effort I put into planning, as I also do not want it to consume my life.

Fellow reader, I encourage you today to start planning things, if you haven't been already.

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