How We Decide Most of us are habitual in many things, having decided them far in the past. At times we decide to escape and daydream, living in fantasy. Some of us are serendipitous. A fundamental principle of life planning is that we find greater happiness when we carefully consider how we want to live, even if we ultimately decide to live largely on impulse. By becoming more conscious of the nature of our choices we may increase the likelihood that we will bring intention and action into consonance, and thus transcend many common stresses and dissatisfactions.
Planning Defined Planning takes practice.
Planning is writing. Planning begins with possibilities, and proceeds through priorities and performance to evaluation. Our objective is to enjoy maximum satisfaction in each activity. To do this, we match import to duration and intensity. Because we are continuously changing, we plan at regular intervals.