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Why our personal plans don't work
Seems we all have plans to do the things we want to do, but most of the people I asked say their plans don't work as they wished. I am an organized person and also use computers etc to help me plan my work and personal things.I found my plans work slowly and most of the things I wanted to complete failed to finish. I have found the following reasons for the failures.
I tired to finish all the smaller and easy things first, then come to the bigger and long term things. The result is the small things get done and the bigger things are not touched. Another reason is because something always happen suddenly and disturb my plans. Sometimes I feel tired because of the long work list. I also found I am a bit afraid to tackle the bigger, unpleasant and difficult or because it takes too much time.
Seems it is the nature of people that everyone works better under pressure. We seem cannot progress unless we are under intense pressure. Do you agree that we work better under pressure?
The conclusion is that we have to force ourselves hard to complete the difficult and long term tasks and don't use excuses to leave them on the work list and handle them "later".
I tired to finish all the smaller and easy things first, then come to the bigger and long term things. The result is the small things get done and the bigger things are not touched. Another reason is because something always happen suddenly and disturb my plans. Sometimes I feel tired because of the long work list. I also found I am a bit afraid to tackle the bigger, unpleasant and difficult or because it takes too much time.
Seems it is the nature of people that everyone works better under pressure. We seem cannot progress unless we are under intense pressure. Do you agree that we work better under pressure?
The conclusion is that we have to force ourselves hard to complete the difficult and long term tasks and don't use excuses to leave them on the work list and handle them "later".
Post comment Comment (31 replies)
- Reply Jiazhenzhen
- cheer up. come on
- Reply Catherine陈
- These days I have been busy . I can hardly find time for myself to do what I want , such as ,studying ,relaxing . Now I should get used to such life .Don't push yourself too hard .We should think more about ourselves to make our lives more colourful . I think we should learn to plan well .First ,we should try to do the important things well . Now ,I am trying to spare some time for myself now .
- Reply touringchina
- yeah, we usually take it for granted that difficult tasks ought to be kept for the last. as a result, we always postpone it to tomorrow, and for most times, the tomorrow will never arrive on time.
- Reply sunnyv
- Catherine陈: These days I have been busy . I can hardly find time for myself to do what I want , such as ,studying ,relaxing . Now I should get used to such lifeLeisure, entertainment and relaxation are all in my plans too, but life cannot be so good indefinitely. There has to a good balance between work and leisure. Somehow work is still never finished.
- Reply sunnyv
- Qianyan: Plans never catch up with changes,so I don't like make plans for everyting.Yes, that is right. May be I need to review my way of thinking and planning.
- Reply sunnyv
- touringchina:Haha yeah that is what is happening with me. I gotta think this over.yeah, we usually take it for granted that difficult tasks ought to be kept for the last. as a result, we always postpone it to tomorrow, and fo
- Reply scale
- I perfer to do important things firstly, you don't have much time to finish all of things, why not choose the main thing to do?
- Reply sunnyv
- scale: I perfer to do important things firstly, you don't have much time to finish all of things, why not choose the main thing to do?I tried to finish the important things first, but other less important things keep going to my attention. Example, other people will keep calling me for attention. Seems I have to simplify my life to avoid having to do so many things.
- Reply tang199091
- yesterday i read a story said that we don't have to always focus on the whlole plan or something huge target.we just focus on the next 24 hours' work. and step by step, we will make it at last.
- Reply sunnyv
- riceear: I have the same feeling after read your blog ,you must know.So I am not alone in this. Thanks.
- Reply sunnyv
- tang199091: yesterday i read a story said that we don't have to always focus on the whlole plan or something huge target.we just focus on the next 24 hours' work.May be that can solve part of the problem. Have to give it a test to see how it works.
- Reply scale
- sunnyv: I tried to finish the important things first, but other less important things keep going to my attention. Example, other people will keep calling me fYou got a point. Everyone has their own idea to do thing. It depend on what you think. why you relax yourshelf to make sure you have time to do the things you like?
- Reply Sheena1208
- Plans fail to catch variety. It seems that there is no necessity to make plans for things we are going to do. I think we'd better make plans, but never elaborate plans. If you don't make any plan, it's easier to be in a mess. Above all, you must know which one is more important which one can be put off.
As far as I am concerned, I don't like to study or work under pressure from others. Yes, pressure inspires motivation, but the point is that the pressure from oneself instead of others can make things better, I think.
- Reply shimizu
,Haha,pressure is necessary in daily life,there are some things we must be responsible for.
To solve the problem,have you thought about the feasibility of your plan? There is no plan could not be finished,only unreasonable.
- Reply sunnyv
- shimizu:Yes, but it is so difficult to draw the line between reasonable and unreasonable.,Haha,pressure is necessary in daily life,there are some things we must be responsible for.
To solve the problem,have you thought about the fe
- Reply shimizu
- sunnyv: Yes, but it is so difficult to draw the line between reasonable and unreasonable.,According to your capacity and time,most of the time,it is easy to find a reasonable plan.
Haha,don't overrate your abilities!
- Reply sunnyv
- shimizu:Oh yeah. How come I never thought of it that way. Right don't overrate my abilities. Surrender.,According to your capacity and time,most of the time,it is easy to find a reasonable plan.
Haha,don't overrate your abilities!
