It was just like any other day.
First come the early morning messages, then the emails.
Just when you think you're about to start on that task you've been waiting for, you feel a slight itch for coffee.
Then hunger strikes while you're working.
You rush your work hoping to get lunch afterward, but suddenly you're asked to attend a last-minute meeting. This delays your lunch, forcing you to stay late.
Did you forget to have lunch and dinner? Yes.
When you finally get home and are about to settle down, you notice the house is a mess and needs attention. By this point, your brain can barely function, and you're falling asleep. You take that Panadol and knock out.
If this sounds familiar, you are not alone.
Decisions shape your actions.
I've thought about planning a lot, and I don't know about you, but my plans rarely materialize.
Planning frustrates me when things don't go as expected.
So I took a different approach.
I act on my intentions.
My aim? Just 3-5 tasks I want to work on. That's it.
I keep my planning within a one-week timeframe. I schedule the night before, then I execute.
As long as I complete these three things, I'm good.
If something doesn't get done, I make sure to do it the next day. Otherwise, it wasn't important, and I delete it.
Overplanning is a disease.
It creates the illusion of productivity while actually preventing real work from happening. When we obsess over the perfect plan, we end up paralyzed by details and unable to take meaningful action. The more complex your plan becomes, the more likely it is to fail when reality inevitably intervenes.
