What’s
Your Plan B?
In life, it seems normal to
spend vast amounts of time mapping out our lives and deciding on the paths we
must take. I am a regular mapper myself. Do your exams, graduate, find a nice
partner, buy a house, get married, have a baby, check, check, check and check.
Then what?
Sometimes we make plans for
ourselves and they work like clockwork. Sometimes they fall to absolute pieces
and we are beside ourselves with grief, sadness, frustration or loss. In times
like this, the world can feel like it's caving in on you and there are no
options.
As someone who has been in
situations where you feel there is no way out or where you feel you have lost
your way and can't see the wood for the trees, I know how frightening and
distressing that can feel.
From experience, I also
know that is is not necessary to
feel this way. There are always options, there are always other paths.
'Other path' absolutely
does not mean the 'wrong path'. It's all too easy to feel that if you change
your path you are failing or making a mistake, but in actual fact you are just
changing your direction but carrying on your journey, with all it's winds and
twists, and that's perfectly all right.
It's OK to worry and over
think which direction you should take in your life, as long as you do keep moving
forward down your path. The only mistake would be stopping.
I hope this strikes a
positive note with anyone who is feeling a bit lost or are searching for their
'Plan B'. Whatever you do, keep moving forward.
That is all -
David
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