“The Great Indian Planning System”
We love planning and lot of it. shopping ka plan, coffee ka plan, weekend drinks ka plan, dinner ka plan etc etc. Pura confidence ke sath we make, colour code it and sometimes believe it will fall in place
Reality, of course, has other plans. Life, sacchai aur timing !!!!
“Life is a series of commas, not periods”
There are two kinds of plans: the ones we make, and the ones that actually happen.
They rarely meet. (do anjaane)
Scene 1: The “Let’s Meet Soon” Plan
“Let’s catch up soon yaar!”
“Bilkul! Next week pakka.”
Next week arrives.
“Hey, crazy busy this week… next weekend?”
“Done!”
Aur fir se planning shuru…. hahaha!!!
Three months later— same chat, same energy,
zero meeting.
Scene 2: The Monday Motivation Plan
Sunday night:
“This is it. New week, new me.”
Monday morning:
Alarm rings.
You: snooze (I might as well break my phone…ooops)
Also you: “Health is important. Sleep first.”
By Tuesday:
“Let’s be realistic… next Monday.” aaaaannnndddd the cycle continues
Scene 3: The Peaceful Parenting Plan
You: “Tonight, early dinner, kids sleep on time, I’ll relax.”
7:45 PM—
“Where is your homework?”
Child: “We had homework?”
8:30 PM—
Chart paper emergency.
9:15 PM—
“Tomorrow I need to dress like a tree.”
You: “A what?”
Plan?
Go Goa Gone….!!! ( oh feels so familiar ..sacchi)
wine back in shelf and eye mask on….I give up.
cene 4: Travel Plan vs Reality
Plan:
“We’ll leave early, no rush.”
Reality:
“Where are the keys?”
“Who packed the charger?”
“Why is traffic like this at 6 AM?”
Half the trip is spent looking for things that were “definitely packed.”
And cut 2 to last minute holiday far off… flights are expensive hotels are overbooked and we are in our house “cooking cleaning sleeping and repeat”…!!!
Scene 5: Work Plan
You open your laptop:
“Today, full focus.”
Email pops up. Then a message. Then a meeting that could’ve been an email.
End of day: I’ve been busy all day… but with what?”
And yet… we keep planning. Because plans give us a beautiful illusion—that we are in control.
Life politely disagrees. (you could read it in your words…. I know thats popping right now)
Maybe plans are not meant to be followed. (Just plan… kabhi na kabhi ayega..apna time ayega)
Maybe they exist (in our chats in our laptops) just to remind us—
that while we were planning… life was already happening. (In other words, life apni…… rahi thi)
Ek song baj raha hai dimag me repeat par while I am writing this
Kabhie Kabhie mere dil mein….
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