Is it better to make Wishes or make Plans?

Question

Graham P- Great answer. The idea that wishes attract reality is inspiring, and your final line is hilarious. Thank you!

Siegfrid – Your wit is *astounding*, but now I’m worried that you are conducting psychological experiments on us all. I’ll have to plan my own answers, lest I fail. ;-)

- Yes, I have no doubts as to the truth of your “wondrous cores”. :-)

Answer 1

I know one thing that is not better: wishing that you made a plan. Giving it more thought, planing to make a wish doesn't seem much better. :-) As a professional procrasinator, I'm very familiar with this barren territory.

Wishes and Plans: each has their value. Perhaps a good plan, starts with a wish. Plans are self-limiting. Wishes, give you the freedom to explore all possibilities without restraint.
The wish is your "reason d'etre". It tells you what you want to do. The plan tells you how to do it. There is no point to an ego without an id- no point to a plan without a wish.

Taking it a step further, the process is ongoing, alternating between wish and plan, with every plan adding input and increasingly defining future wishes in more realistic terms. The then modified plan is tested in terms of its ability to fullfill the wish. A successful outcome results in an activity which I'm calling a "Plish" (or "Wlan"). A Plish is a successfully modified Plan and Wish- each developing into something characteristic of the other.

Time to cut back on the coffee. :-)

Answer 2

Of course it is better to make wishes, since plans depend on them. Wishes alone however remain unfulfilled dreams, unless we are willing to take action. How goes the saying: Fail to plan and you plan to fail, and who would wish that, honestly?

Clearly it is better to make wishes then, particularly if you wish to make better plans, or wait, is it?

This question has to be perfect for one of those psychological tests, where they ask you if it is better to jump off a cliff or fall off a skyscraper. Since you have to answer one of these in the affirmative, you know they are messing with you. Why, because you have just admitted to having some serious problems!

At great risk to myself then I will go ahead and pick the cliff, because there might be a small chance of ocean at the bottom. Not so with the skyscraper! Of course, the real point is not to jump, unless you are base-jumping, and I refuse to get into that discussion.

Come to think of another possibility, did you ask this question, because they are already playing Christmas tunes in early November? See, that could mean an exception to the rule. It is better to make plans and be ready for the relatives, and forget about making wishes that may end only in frustration.

To conclude more cheerfully, may we give thanks first to wishes come true and plans well met! It is my hope then this answer will meet with your wishes and help you plan well for success.

Answer 3

Most millionaires would say you need both.

For me wishing is more important than planning, but for most people wishing comes naturally, but you need to make plans to allow the wish to come true.

If you have to choose between wishes or plans then best have wishes because then if the wishes come true you have something to be thankful for.

Also wishes can guide your plans and actions. Some even say that the wish alone has the ability to attract its fulfillment.

I do however think that wishes are almost useless if you do not believe they are possible. Wishing something is true and beating yourself up because you think it can't happen is a good formula for depression.

Believing that the world or God wants to give you good things helps you to keep the faith when things go awry, and increases you chances of success.

E.g. if you are confident in your eventual success others will be attracted to help you out and you will be less likely to freeze up out of fear.

Also if you convince yourself you are a successful person your subconscious will try to prove it is true by helping you succeed.

Bhudists believe that you should give up all desires and just accepts whatever happens to you as your fate. People who believe in fate however tend to run slower when being run over by a bus, but are less likely to have a heart attack when a bus narrowly misses them.

Answer 4

It is better to make plans than wish. Wishful thing may not happen but making a plan is more to happen. Wishful thinking however is fun. Planning requires a good imagination. You may wish for a beautiful house but to realize that wish a plan is needed to put into a reality. You have to set your priorities and strategize things in achieving that goal.

Thnaks for asking. Have a great day!

Answer 5

My whole life has centered around "Wishful Plans" - or what I like to refer to as "Plans with Wondrous Cores". The amazing part is that most of them have come TRUE! ... I guess not all of 'em have been as wishy-washy as I originally thought they were. ... Then again, the prudent creature in me always hopes/wishes for the best and prepares/plans for the worst. :-)

Answer 6

We all need to make plans, but you have to dream a little to come up with a plan in the first place. They go best when they are proportioned right and are done together.

Answer 7

Plans fall through like sand through the hour glass. Wishing and hoping only works if you know your benefactor wants you to be happy. He sends me all that I NEED

Answer 8

You don't and cannot make wishes,you wish. But you can make plans and carry them out

Answer 9

If I wish very hard for (from my 'heart') I would be able to make plan.

Answer 10

Wish in one hand and siht in the other, then see which one fills up first....