what's next?

A man who does not have a plan is a man whose living in vain.

This is something I read at one of the billboards in EDSA on my way home from work at 9 in the morning.

This made me stop and think, and as I munch on my Jollibee take out breakfast I say to my self, "Is this entirely true?" I mean to live a planned life in contrast to living a care free life, which is more fruitful? which life would I rather live?

Do not get me wrong, I do have plans, and Im happy when things go the way I planned them to. Im proud to say that out of my 21 years of existence, Ive already proven myself, in some way. Ive already graduated and I have a job. I know Im someone one can rely to and I know that so far, Ive been good. That I have plans which are all waiting to be uncovered, I have dreams waiting to be fulfilled. But then somewhere deep inside is a rebel, who would eagerly switch a day in the office to a day of booze and party, a day of which I will not think of the consequences of my actions. Just a day of immaturity and as my mom would say, a day of irresponsibilty and unnacountabilty. Something no parent would approve off.

But then as I think further,and halfway through my breakfast, I thought, Sure. A day of that would be fun, but to live like that EVERYDAY? To know that the day has just been wasted and your life is ticking away and you're still not going anywhere?Is it worth it in the end?

Cubao, my cup of hot chocolate just spilled on my foot. Ow.

And so as I approach our dear manong tricycle driver, I say to myself, "one can never live life without regrets". Life is made to be that way, I guess... You do something and take something for granted all the time. No one can tell me that they dont regret at least one thing in their life? I mean could it be that somewhere in this universe a certain someone was able to do EVERYTHING he wanted to? And he NEVER had a price to pay for it? C'mon who are we kidding?

...at my bed, and still thinking about this, damn that billboard notice...

And so, just to end this discussion in my head and because I just have to sleep already and I have the board exams to think about that I shouldn't have bothered to think about this, Ive come to this conclusion:

A man who does NOT know what to do NEXT is a man living in vain.

Why? because, even a party animal or drug addict shoud know what to do next be it buy a new dress for the party or sell something (TV, BLENDER, ETC..) in the house to pay for his vice. And having a plan does not always nean you have the upper hand in life, because things will go wrong and your plans A to Z may not always work, but to know what you want to do NEXT at least makes you feel that life has not yet ended. that its still coming and going like it always will.

It all just depends on how you view life, and how you make out of it. Doesnt matter what your plans are or whether or not you have plans, what matters is, as I said, knowing what you want to do NEXT.