Flush Your 5-Year Plan

The people who want you to buy tickets and stand in line at the front door tell you that you need a 5-year plan.

They tell you that your future is 100% in your hands, under your control. You just need a plan and then execute that plan. 

“Where do you want to be in 5 years?”
“What’s your plan to get there?”
“How will you achieve that?”

And then, they sell you on it. They help you decide where to be. They help you plan it out. They help you figure out how.

Guess what? Making your plan is their plan, not yours. 

We do need direction. But we need direction like a compass, not a map. 

What guides that direction? Curiosity. Meaning. What makes you you?

We do need a framework and some discipline. A set of daily, weekly, and monthly habits that help move us, not keep us stuck.

Bad habits and practices keep you stuck. 

You’re gonna wander a bit (and that will feel scary). You’ll probably go backwards sometimes (and that will feel terrible and frustrating). 

The best gift you can give yourself is to allow this. All of it. You’re on your own timeline, and your timeline is not time-bound, nor is it the timeline of the people who want you to buy the tickets.

Flush your 5-year plan, and start being you today.