🌴274. Smug to Sleepless
I had my week mapped out perfectly.
Color-coded Gantt chart, every project, every sub-task—even down to outfits for upcoming events. I was feeling smug, confident, and in control.
Then life happened.
At midnight, my sausage dog Quincy needed an emergency trip to the vet. Suddenly my “perfect plan” didn’t matter one bit.
In this episode, I share the story of how my Gantt chart collided with real life (and John Lennon’s line: “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans”). I talk about:
- Why certainty is an illusion (and how we often confuse certainty with competence)
- How having a plan actually creates space for when things go wrong
- Why I put all of my life projects—fitness, pets, travel prep—on the same chart as my work projects
- The calm that comes from knowing your capacity, even when chaos strikes
If you’ve ever felt rattled when life throws curveballs at your neatly planned schedule, this episode is for you.
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