One of the most common things every individual on Earth takes part in is creating goals and plans.
Whether it’s something as small as staying within a grocery budget, or something as life-shaping as graduating and going to university. What we don’t always recognize, though, is how tightly those goals can hold us, slowly building a life that feels structured rather than free, and sometimes limiting the very growth we hoped for. I’ve noticed how easy it is to write out a perfect plan and expect life to follow it exactly, as if time itself agreed to the outline.
We make weekly checklists, or wait for the bells to ring on January 1st to set resolutions, but what happens when January 2nd tells a completely different story? When life shifts without warning, and pages you never thought would exist are suddenly turned, making everything you once planned feel fragile in your hands. It can feel like losing control of something you worked so hard to organize.
Goals are important, and planning has its place, but there’s something just as important in leaving space for the unexpected. The future doesn’t always follow our designs, and learning to stay open-minded; to adapt, to accept change, is what allows us to keep growing, even when life rewrites the story for us.
-Taliyah England
