"The best laid plans"...

Jace

Jace

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You're ready.
Prepared
and then...
suddenly..
in front of you
is a big ole- bulldozer...

Amazing how often that happens

what to do?

how do you handle?
 

The OP suggests a major shift in plans - something I don't handle very well. I may panic and become immobilized for a day or so. If possible I allow myself to get through that phase first, then I start working on a solution, and do not focus on anything else until I've come up with a plan I can live with.
 
Jace said:
You're ready.
Prepared
and then...
suddenly..
in front of you
is a big ole- bulldozer...

Amazing how often that happens

what to do?

how do you handle?
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I believe the first thought is to lie down in front of the bulldozer but it turns out that is futile so you grab a towel, chug a beer, eat a packet of salted peanuts and wait for the Vogon spaceship to arrive and hitch a ride. - Ref - Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
 
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I traveled all over the world for business and "best laid plans" is a phrase I'm quite familiar with. I was also consumer-facing so there was rarely anything that went exactly to plan. Learning to adapt came with the job. Having my job eliminated due to Covid and being forced to retire early was unexpected, but I just adjusted my thinking and made the best of it. I think that made me more adaptable now that I'm retired.
 
Jace said:
You're ready.
Prepared
and then...
suddenly..
in front of you
is a big ole- bulldozer...

Amazing how often that happens

what to do?

how do you handle?
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I Grin

Grin​

Robert William Service​


If you're up against a bruiser and you're getting knocked about --

Grin.

If you're feeling pretty groggy, and you're licked beyond a doubt --

Grin.

Don't let him see you're funking, let him know with every clout,
Though your face is battered to a pulp, your blooming heart is stout;
Just stand upon your pins until the beggar knocks you out --

And grin.

This life's a bally battle, and the same advice holds true

Of grin.

If you're up against it badly, then it's only one on you,

So grin.

If the future's black as thunder, don't let people see you're blue;
Just cultivate a cast-iron smile of joy the whole day through;
If they call you "Little Sunshine", wish that THEY'D no troubles, too --

You may -- grin.

Rise up in the morning with the will that, smooth or rough,

You'll grin.

Sink to sleep at midnight, and although you're feeling tough,

Yet grin.

There's nothing gained by whining, and you're not that kind of stuff;
You're a fighter from away back, and you WON'T take a rebuff;
Your trouble is that you don't know when you have had enough --

Don't give in.

If Fate should down you, just get up and take another cuff;
You may bank on it that there is no philosophy like bluff,

And grin.
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Warrigal said:
I believe the first thought is to lie down in front of the bulldozer but it turns out that is futile so you grab a towel, chug a beer, eat a packet of salted peanuts and wait for the Vogon spaceship to arrive and hitch a ride. - Ref - Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy.
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That was the first thing that popped into my head too! :ROFLMAO: So glad you posted that! :ROFLMAO:
 
If the BD is stronger than me in any way, I work around it. If the BD can't be convinced to give a little, I work around it. If the BD can be convinced that moving is a good thing and in its best interests, I work with it. Usually this system works.

Of course, it depends on the intent of the BD.
 
All GREAT responses👍
 
 

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