Nothing goes to plan

Hey Praise,

It's been, yet again, a while. I have missed this—writing to you I mean. Consistency, albeit profitable, takes a lot more than I could give. Here's me trying it out again—maybe, I'll do better this time.

I promised, didn't I? "A promise is a debt", they said. They come for their debt like the bank when you default on your mortgage—no pity. Crazy stuff! As the promise-r, you owe! I owed!

Everyone has made a promise one time or the other. Whether it's a contract you signed or the girl you love or your kid brother's birthday—you probably owe one promise or the other.

What's my excuse?

Shit happened! I didn't see it coming.

You had an excuse too. You didn't get paid. Someone defrauded you and now you are broke. You started loving someone else. The job is tiring. Inflation happened. You got sacked.

They should understand you, shouldn't they? It wasn't really your fault. Things just didn't happen the way you expected it to.

Captain Cold once gave 4 rules to planning:

• Make a plan. * Execute the plan. * Expect the plan to go off the rails. * Throw away the plan.

Because nothing really goes according to plan. Nothing, yet you have to execute regardless. A promise remains a debt regardless of your plan not working out.

Improvise.

Jagger your way through. Be as Bruce Lee once said—"empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup."

Plans are only as good as their execution. If they can't lead to execution, then it was never a plan to begin with.

When plans do not work, unclog your mind. Literally throw them away, and do.

I'll take my advice. Like you, I can only try to—but I'll listen to myself.

Nice to be back.

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