Weekends with Archie

Must Do a Life Plan

August 18, 2007

Yes, I need to do my life plan now. I just realized that I should carefully plan my direction especially that a lot of things have been happening to me lately - to my family, to my work, to my love life, to everything! I needed something which I can hold on to when things go out of my way. I wanted to ground myself because I have a tendency to decide impulsively and follow whatever is currently flowing.

I need a family plan. My mother is ill now. She has kidney problems on top of her returning asthma and myoma. I could not express more how depressed I am for not being able to be physically present at home. I wish to take care more of my mother, I wanted to save my family. That's my goal. Right now, I content myself by giving financial assistance to them - for my mother's medication, for my brother's tuition and hopefully for my father's recovery from middle life crisis.

I need a work plan. I need to know what are the immediate things that I have to accomplish as I go live to real jobs. I'm already on my 4th month and I should have a clear direction on where I am going. I know that until now I am somehow and still struggling inside given my personal passion and career interest so I should definitely clear out my options.

Also I need to have a personal plan. I need to know how I can fully sustain personal relationships given the situation that I am in. I learned that love is not enough and that sometimes, you have to have certain things and certain capabilities in order for love to grow (I hope I'm right). Right now, no matter how hard I try, it all leads to the point when the answer really is "I can't".  I have to have a plan so that someday I could finally say, "I can."

All these plans I must reflect and make. Each one affects one another and there is no way that I can isolate one from the other. I should make a life plan - a plan that can help me direct my life better. I need a life plan because I learned that when you fail to plan, you're planning to fail. And I certainly don't want that to happen.

Just only one thing: I know that God has a plan for me and I have to reflect, listen and talk to Him more. I know that I can't create my life plan alone. I surely need Him. And so as I create my life plan, let my hands write what He wills for me.


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Previous Comments

hey chie! i guess we all have life plans at the back of our heads, it’s just that it’s so hard to get there to the end sometimes you know? and the question most likely is how to achieve those plans? sometimes, it’s better to go with the flow, but then… you suddenly realize you’re going nowhere. hmm, what am i saying?! wla lang.. i guess i’m at this pt. when i don’t wana make too much “life plans” na.. i just end up being disappointed. hahaha but knowing you, i’m sure you’ll make it to the other end, one day at a time muna =) i hope all will be well. i know all shall be well =)

Posted by ros at August 21, 2007, 9:48 pm

hi ros! naks, i didn’t expect that you’d react to this so seriously. but thanks for all your encouragement.

consider this, making a life plan is still a plan, it won’t take you to where you want to be. ultimately, life depends on you, and “you”, being an indefinite indecisive and unsure being, nothing is really sure. ergo, “pagtataya”. hehe, such a used word during our atsca days but surely, life’s all about it.

as you said, one day at a time, and in the end, it will be a year! haha, labo! but seriously, believe you can.. shine! haha! :) im serious. someday, ros, someday..

Posted by archieriva at September 16, 2007, 12:30 am

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