Now or Later?


You hear people talk about "living in the moment..."  and then there are those with a 5 or 10 year "life plan."  I have tried both.

At one point I had my life mapped out, at least the way I wanted it to go, for no less then 5 years.  I was doing pretty good as far as checking off goals goes... but then life happend and in a matter of days my whole plan was shot to shit. 

So I tried the alternative... "live for today, dont worry about tomorrow," only I found that ignoring the future doesnt slow its approach or stop it from overtaking the present.  So as I "lived it up" so to speak, i found that i was always standing still or moving backwards. 

My question is... if you cant predict the future and you cant ignore it either... do you pick a direction for your life and work towards that goal no matter the obstacles.  Or do you just live your life day by day and take it as it comes?  Neither way seems to have that much promise, but unless you know of some other option, I believe you have to pick one or at least a variation of one. 

So tell me, how do you beat fate?  How do you prepare for the unknown and the inevitable?  How do you live your life so that you get the most out of the 75-80 years we are given? Actually i only 60. How do you Win?

You create your own future.