Children don’t plan.
And they have loads of fun.
Being creative.
And spontaneous.
Reacting to what happens next.
As a consequence of what they just did.
And making it up as they giggle and toddle and wobble along.
Planning.
It’s not that we shouldn’t plan.
We should.
But it’s worth remembering that a plan is simply your ideas about the best way of doing something.
Based on your ideas of what a best outcome looks like.
At one moment in time.
And it is definitely worth remembering that both of those things.
(The best way of doing something.
And the best outcome).
Are fluid.
They will change.
And therefore, so too should your plan.
Measuring and Managing.
Measuring and managing the fluidity and the change is important, of course.
And that in itself is a good enough reason for planning in the first place.
So that when you deviate.
When you change.
You know what you’ve deviated and changed from.
So you can adjust your plan accordingly.
And react.
Just like the children do when they are giggling and toddling and wobbling along.
Here and Now.
A final point is that with less planning.
Arguably.
You’re more present.
You are more in the here and now.
Because you’re not looking behind you at something you wrote.
About something in front of you that you haven’t done yet.
And that sounds good to me.
So maybe the children do have it right?
Children don’t plan.
And they have loads of fun.
Being creative.
And spontaneous.
Reacting to what happens next.
As a consequence of what they just did.
And making it up as they giggle and toddle and wobble along.
