Planning is part of life. If we do not plan our life, the life around us will control our actions. I plan for success and for failure, for victory and defeat. I look to every possibility I can conceive of, and plan for them all. When something happens that I have no plan for, I simply follow the closest plan that will work in the short term, and make new plans for the long term. For me, there is no life without a plan.
I’ve never been one to waste time on planning. I prefer waiting for the moment to come and then taking it. I’ll know what needs doing when it’s time. Recognizing when it’s time to duck out a window before a father’s shotgun goes off can be just as important as when it’s time to zig to starboard before that Shang missile flies up your tailpipe. Failing to recognize either situation will make you just as dead. In short, don’t plan to, but always be ready to fly.
Planning is part of our nature, as common as breathing. We make plans for our futures. Even before we’re born, our parents carefully consider what our futures could be like with our prospective partner. And after we’re born, we cybers have a lot of time to plan and think about life. Most of our plans never happen of course. We plan for many possibilities after all. We are cybers. It is what we do.
I grew up in many places. Philadelphia was the house I came back to, but I spent much time traveling to and from nearby star systems. My father wanted me to take over the family business, so he took me to business meetings throughout our network. By the time I was thirty, most of our business partners knew me almost as well as my father. In the end, the business meetings were my home. I lost that after Yosemite. But I never gave up my plans.
I lived my childhood in Minnesota, and the beaches there will always be the home of my dreams. But I’ve grown and lived a lot since then. I had to, or I never would have made it through The War and everything else that has happened since. I’ve gone back to visit, but all I see are the people who didn’t make it through. I guess my home since I retired is my starship. She takes me where I want to go, and is always ready to welcome me back. What more can I ask?
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