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Why detailed planning sometimes increases anxiety instead of reducing it

I keep a detailed five year plan that I update quarterly but every time I look at it I feel exhausted instead of motivated because nothing ever goes according to plan anyway.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The illusion of control over time creates resistance to the natural flow of change.

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