On planning

When I left my dayjob, I wasn't actually planning everything in details.
Well, frankly I wasn't planning everything at all. I had some very blurry plans of perhaps doing this and that, making some useful products, and providing some useful services, and get some useful money. That's it.

I believe it's not my nature to plan anything. My attitude towards my life in general and towarrds the detail as well is - grab the situation, and get something out of it. Sit back and enjoy the life, until next situation comes in. Repeat.
It can sound pretty stupid to those who carefully plan, carefully counts all pros and cons and then proceeds, backed up with some data.
However, it works for me. Not "generally works" - it always works. This is the way I am designed. This is the way I function.

I don't deny planning. To some extent, it is useful even for me, especially when I have to decide whether to start some long-term activity, like starting some business, or not. Some short and messy plan helps to understand the time span needed for the task, the cost of it (not only in money - you invest your time, your passion, your courage etc.) and some other aspects of the problem.

However, as I found out, for me the detailed plan doesn't work. When I start throughout planning, I become confused with the details, unable to see the situation and grab it. This way I have already spoiled about two months of my time working on a pre-dead project. I wrote two different plans on it, one for my "angel" and the other one for me, and the planning took enough time for me to become confused and blurred enough to waste my time and energy on the project, instead of dropping it and starting the one I'm doing now.

So, to sum everything up - if you're not designed for planning, you don't have to plan. Stay awake, stay alert, and don't miss the right moment to make an action. Grab the life with both hands.