Comments on: Coming From A Place of Spontaneity

By: cordieb

cordieb — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:17:37 +0000

I don’t know how I missed this posting! I’ve been feel the same way; but to tell people who want to make plans with me this is so hard to do sometimes. Besides, most of my days are in fact filled with having to do things under planning; i.e., working both inside and outside of the home. I feel as if I need a great escape to get away from it all….no planning, just being for a while. Thanks for the posting! Blessings, Mol

By: Hicham

Hicham — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:47:51 +0000

Somethings you need to plan for but many things you plan for and it don’t work either

Anway let things go freely and naturaly because by then they are not fake, in my opinion!

By: Sarah-Cottage Garden Studio

Sarah-Cottage Garden Studio — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:01:10 +0000

Hmmmm – wonderful post!! I am, unlike you very much a planner, detailed organizer – yikes. I have learned as I have grown older..how to be more flexible and let fly..being in the moment..I have to work hard at being present. Otherwise I find myself becoming stiff and cranky. I do not like being a cranky girl!!
Love your blog, I look forward to reading more!!
Namaste, Sarah

By: Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching

Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:52:12 +0000

Thanks, I enjoyed this. There was a touching, innocent feeling I had when you said “I don’t plan anymore.” I think I’ll experiment with that at some point, if not indefinitely — there was a feeling like that state of non-planning is something I’ve missed out on.

By: Destination Infinity

Destination Infinity — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:30:50 +0000

Some moments that I plan to enjoy become challenging and some of them that I plan to be challenging turns out fun!

Destination Infinity

By: vanessaleighsblog

vanessaleighsblog — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:32:43 +0000

Doing what I have done for a living for the last twenty five years, I have often been the subject of a very spelled out schedule. It has also included on call, or crisis duties, that even though I didn’t know WHAT would occur, I found myself always waiting for the phone to ring.

In the last couple of years, I have made a conscious effort to be more in the moment of my work and my free time. It has relieved so much stress for me, about what I SHOULD do. I get that out of my head as much as possible. It still comes up when I am planning for company, or something, that I get caught up in the beforehand details. But, I really try to just sit and BE. We have a newly renovated porch, and what joy it is just to sit on it in a comfy chair and watch and listen, and be together. It is pure heaven.

This one really helps me today to remember to stay grounded, and enjoy every moment in store for me. Have a great day Molly!

By: Jocelyn at I TAKE OFF THE MASK

Jocelyn at I TAKE OFF THE MASK — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:09:05 +0000

That makes perfect sense! I felt the same way too about planning, it puts a lot of stress, the stress it promised to avoid in the first place. Many times, we just KNOW what we should do, and when we do it, there is more reward, the timing is more perfect had we planned it and got stressed from it.

By: Abigail

Abigail — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:14:37 +0000

I’m a planner … but it seems to go with being a very practical person. That being said, I don’t mind acting on the here and now. I don’t mind other folk who are more of the moment than I, so long as they don’t mind that sometimes for the other person, it can’t be done because I made other plans. Lol!

By: retiredeagle

retiredeagle — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:35:44 +0000

I think we both share this quality, and quality it is. Being “present” rather than “programmed” is my idea of being at peace with my self.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:14:06 +0000

Molly,

Go with who you are…that’s the best thing you can do in your life:~)

Out of curiosity, have you ever taken the Myers Brigg Type Indicator? See if these characteristics of a Perceiver sound like you: being casual, open-ended, pressure prompted, and spontaneous.

Here’s more about the Perceiving preference:
http://www.knowyourtype.com/perceiving.html