Planning for the WorstA planning schedule and list of things you normally need to do, have and get will help you to be more organized. In order to determine what is really necessary to be planning for it is helpful to think of some of the worst problems, annoyances and frustrations that you have had. Things like: 1) Running out of quarters when you are trying to do the laundry. 2) Having worn out shoes when you are taking a walk. 3) Running out of gas. 4) Your car breaking down from a problem you know about. 5) Running out of toilet paper. 6) Having no money on you. 7) Trying to pay with a maxed out credit card. 8) An empty refrigerator. 9) Having no condoms. 10) Running out of any personal product. 11) Not having the contact information. 12) Wearing your worst clothes because your best clothes are dirty. 13) Being late for anything. Just about any annoyance and frustration you have can be turned around by thinking about past annoyances and frustrations and planning from that. Think about those old problems and then take steps to not let those problems happen again. Write down your past frustrating situations and determine what you can do to avoid those situations in the future. So often, when a problem is solved or over we are relieved and then forget about it and move on. Then the problem happens again later and the cycle continues. A huge problem for about half the people in the U.S .is winter. Winter comes every year and yet most people are unprepared for it. Hopefully, winter comes gently. If it starts getting cold early and we get light snows, people will see this and then start getting ready. But sometimes, it hits like a prizefighter. Right in the face in an instant. It goes from nice to brutal in a few hours and this leaves people stranded, in the ditch and in bad shape. These are the days when people are late to work because they didn't get up early to shovel snow and scrape the ice and snow off their cars and did not realize that it takes a lot longer to get somewhere in the winter. These are the people trying to get to the store in a snowstorm to buy salt, shovels, food and household needs. It is October 10 as I write this today and there are snow flurries and it is about 35 degrees. I have my snow scraper and brush in my car. My car is full of gas and I am getting right out of bed when I should. My snow shovel is handy in the garage. My refrigerator is full. I do not need any household products or personal needs right now. I have my winter boots, wool socks, warm hat, big mittens and extra gloves in my car. Are you doing any planning for winter? Go Back to Planning for the Worst (Top of this Page).
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