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Would you prefer to live in the moment vs planning for the future?

Pole taking for research project.

Living in the moment, for researchers brings the most happiness mainly because it does not stress you out with events that don't exist yet, or are undetermined

Living in the future, provides more stress as if things don't go out exactly (which they hardly do) then most get picky about how bad it went.

Example to work with

Buying Ice Cream at a new location and new brand name.

You have a friend that will be eating with you. But they never order first.

Rules:

no sampling, only enough for one ice cream, no sharing.

Moment: For those that live in the moment.

Chocolate!

And they enjoy it.

Planner: Those that plan

Which should I get, I always enjoy Chocolate but some locations make it too sweet, or not sweet enough. You can't go wrong with Vanilla. Most places make the same way, but what if I get Vanilla and my friend gets chocolate and enjoys it I would be missing out. (you know the rest if you are this type)

So first of all, Which are you "Moment" or "Planner". Which would do you think is better to be?

(Question is designed for Black White answers no grey thoughts please)

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  • Fanis
    Lv 6
    7 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Hey, what i think is that there are 3 kind of people in this world.

    The ones that live the moment only without planning

    The ones that only plan plan plan, worry about future and lose the moment

    And the ones that plan for future, set goals and at the same time they live each moment to the fullest based on the goals they have in future..

    the best of course is the 3rd one, it's good to set goals, to make plans about the future and how you will succeed on these goals, set smaller goals, set every day goals, and take it step by step and at the same time live each moment to the fullest.. this way you know what you must do about the future and at the same time you live the moment based on the plans and goals you made...

  • 7 years ago

    Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes. It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available - more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don't have to run into the future in order to get more.

    People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can bring us to the here and the now.

  • 7 years ago

    I am living in the moment and at the same time I am planning for the future. without planning we can't complete a work successfully. Before starting a work we must plan what we are doing. It will make the work easy.

  • 7 years ago

    Live in the moment on all of them.

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