Meal Planning Made Easy Part 3

Take a day, maybe two or three, and plan on no plan at all.

How many “perfectionists” do you know who never take the first step?

That’s not a perfectionist. That’s an identity of insulation, using perfect as a barricade to uncomfortable improvement.

It’s a sad state. An easy trap I’ve fallen into multiple times. And, if you’re honest, maybe you have too.

That’s why it’s often better to plan for the imperfect, those unintended setbacks that derail our progress. Especially when it comes to meal planning.

Instead of meticulous planning each day only to come up short occasionally, plan for the unknown.

Take a day, maybe two or three, and plan on no plan at all.

That doesn’t mean devouring ice cream, cake, and seven pounds of french fries. It means good choices that aren’t weighed and measured. It means ordering off the menu and skipping dessert. It means not perfect, but still progress.

Take a moment and review Parts ONE and TWO. Then this week, plan to go off plan. And more importantly, stopping using so-called perfection as an excuse to do nothing.