It is argued that making arrengements for the days ahead of us is useless and unnecessary because living in the moment is more important. This essay totally agrees with this statement. I believe, making plans is not logical since preventing the things that are going to happen is impossible and focusing on the future makes us stressed.
Thinking about today and doing what you desire right now, focusing on nothing but that moment, following the path that life drew for you is an efficient way to reduce stress. It’s also the key to happiness. There isn’t a plan you should follow, therefore you feel free. For example, students in their finals week are always anxious. The reason behind this is that the only thing they are thinking about is the note they will get from the exam. But if they have tried to enjoy studying and learning, they could have been more relaxed and gotten higher grades.
Another perspective is how thinking about the future increases stress. The next second, the next minute, tomorrow, a week after today, next year are some futuristic terms that people are not able to control. So trying to control the things they can’t makes them feel stressed which causes bad things both in the present and in the future. For instance, people who are planning to study in a prestigious school next year are not sure if they will get in the school or not which makes them worried. And that, makes their studies less effective so they also don’t enter the school they wanted.
In conclusion, trying to arrenge the future and guess what is going to happen is not possible so, thinking about the things we can’t plan is not needed and it makes us get worried.