First, an announcement. From July 9th to 17th, I will not be able to update this blog due to my move.
Last month, I started to stay at my parents’ house and decided to live here. However, I left many of my belongings at my previous apartment. During the above period, I will go to the previous apartment again, send items to the current home, dispose of unnecessary things, and finish moving.
I will not bring my PC there since it is a heavy load. I may briefly update this blog on my cell phone, but I cannot be sure. During that period, the updates to this blog will be unstable.
How to reduce the stress of planning
Let’s talk about a rational way of living. We might not need to tense the body in planning and executing. In other words, we can make a good plan without being nervous.
For the past few weeks, I have gradually prepared for the move on a minimal budget. I like to plan the most efficient way.
Although it will be easy and quick if I rely on money, I don’t want it. I have more creativity and time than money. It is efficient to use abundant resources.
Despite my attempts to minimize loss, there were several mistakes. For example, I will have to live without a refrigerator for about three days because I could not arrange for its disposal as scheduled. There were also similar failures that didn’t go as I had wished.
I felt discouraged each time I failed.
Living according to reality
However, I recently realized that we can reduce the degree of disappointment.
Disappointment is a process of relaxing our nerves from stress. It is a mechanism to relieve tension, just like when we have accomplished it. In other words, the discouragement of failure is the same as the relief of achievement in terms of easing physical stress.
It is natural to relax once the results are out. Rationally speaking, the outcome is the feedback of reality. There is neither good nor bad. We move forward according to reality.
That tells us that it is unreasonable to rejoice in achievement and lament disappointment. They are fundamentally inevitable processes when we progress.
That also tells us that we don’t have to tense our bodies to plan and proceed. Rational judgment doesn’t require physical tension; emotional judgment does. We can plan rationally with calmness.
In other words, I realized that I had tried to use emotional power as a substitute for rationality. I always had to tense my body to handle the unknowns because I was not rational enough.
Rationally speaking, planning is important since it reduces cost. However, we don’t have to be perfect as long as it seems recoverable. Being nervous is different from being rational, and planning requires the latter.
If we can always be rational enough, we will be relaxed in planning and executing.
Conclusion
That was my recent discovery about rationality.
We might not need to tense the body in planning and executing.
In other words, we can make a good plan without being nervous.
This awareness might free you from the unnecessary stress of planning and executing.
Thank you for reading this article. I hope to see you in the next one.
