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There are planners and there are doers...
Nise's Notes
by Denise Schoppe
The Marlin Democrat
August 24, 2005
There are those that like to plan things in advance, and there are those that work completely spur of the moment. I suppose everyone really combination of the two, but generally one leans more in one direction than the other.
I’m a planner. I like to have a good idea of what I’m getting into before I do something.
When I take a trip, I will be that person with maps printed to every destination, confirmation numbers on hotel rooms written down, and receipts saved for every detail. There will be a fresh manila folder on the front seat within arms reach with every step of the trip detailed and in order. I think if I could plan for reststops, I would.
I like to know what is going on in advance. I want to be prepared for every possibility from rain to heat to mudslide to blizzard.
When I am going to write a story, I like to try to research whatever I can research ahead of time. The Google search engine on the internet is one of my best friends. It lets me seek out information on almost any topic within moments, so I feel more prepared for whatever I am headed into next. I always say I like to dot on my ‘T’s and cross all my ‘I’s before I make my move.
However, even as a planner, I try to be prepared for countless possibilities and finding out which one comes to fruition is interesting and totally unknown beforehand. It is spur-of-the-moment, okayletsgorightnow.
I have to be flexible in my rigid need-to-know-way. I’m in a career that doesn’t allow for planning ahead of time. I know that I have meetings to attend, and there are the pre-scheduled photographs. Those fit my “need-to-know-what-is-going-on” side. However, on any given day, I am unsure of what I will face. That is evidenced when I find myself walking through tall grass in high heels, or I’m trying to find a way to dress up blue jeans and a casual shirt.
That not-knowing adds an element of fun and excitement to life. Sometimes its really nice to be surprised by the day, or to go without a real plan. Don’t take time to talk yourself out of doing something by preparing for the worst, when chances are it is going to be the best thing to do.
There has to be a balance between planned and unplanned, just as there is a mixture of people who live by a plan and people who don’t.
Live too tightly to one extreme or the other, life passes by you. Plan too much, you forget to just go and do. Do too much, you forget important, small details that get lost in the shuffle.
I’m a planner, and I admit it. I easily get sucked into finding out every detail that I forget to just live and let it all happen. I sometimes get too worked up when something comes at me out of nowhere when instead I should just go with the flow.
However, I just can’t help my need to know what is going to happen ahead of time. That’s not a bad thing, its just not good to get too caught up in that attitude.
Nise's Notes
by Denise Schoppe
The Marlin Democrat
August 24, 2005
There are those that like to plan things in advance, and there are those that work completely spur of the moment. I suppose everyone really combination of the two, but generally one leans more in one direction than the other.
I’m a planner. I like to have a good idea of what I’m getting into before I do something.
When I take a trip, I will be that person with maps printed to every destination, confirmation numbers on hotel rooms written down, and receipts saved for every detail. There will be a fresh manila folder on the front seat within arms reach with every step of the trip detailed and in order. I think if I could plan for reststops, I would.
I like to know what is going on in advance. I want to be prepared for every possibility from rain to heat to mudslide to blizzard.
When I am going to write a story, I like to try to research whatever I can research ahead of time. The Google search engine on the internet is one of my best friends. It lets me seek out information on almost any topic within moments, so I feel more prepared for whatever I am headed into next. I always say I like to dot on my ‘T’s and cross all my ‘I’s before I make my move.
However, even as a planner, I try to be prepared for countless possibilities and finding out which one comes to fruition is interesting and totally unknown beforehand. It is spur-of-the-moment, okayletsgorightnow.
I have to be flexible in my rigid need-to-know-way. I’m in a career that doesn’t allow for planning ahead of time. I know that I have meetings to attend, and there are the pre-scheduled photographs. Those fit my “need-to-know-what-is-going-on” side. However, on any given day, I am unsure of what I will face. That is evidenced when I find myself walking through tall grass in high heels, or I’m trying to find a way to dress up blue jeans and a casual shirt.
That not-knowing adds an element of fun and excitement to life. Sometimes its really nice to be surprised by the day, or to go without a real plan. Don’t take time to talk yourself out of doing something by preparing for the worst, when chances are it is going to be the best thing to do.
There has to be a balance between planned and unplanned, just as there is a mixture of people who live by a plan and people who don’t.
Live too tightly to one extreme or the other, life passes by you. Plan too much, you forget to just go and do. Do too much, you forget important, small details that get lost in the shuffle.
I’m a planner, and I admit it. I easily get sucked into finding out every detail that I forget to just live and let it all happen. I sometimes get too worked up when something comes at me out of nowhere when instead I should just go with the flow.
However, I just can’t help my need to know what is going to happen ahead of time. That’s not a bad thing, its just not good to get too caught up in that attitude.
