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The original was posted on /r/lifeprotips by /u/OPsSecretAccount on 2025-11-08 08:40:14+00:00.
Maybe you're hoping to get a job offer. Or that your book will get a publisher by next year. Or your friend will finally return the money he borrowed so you can pay your student loan installment. Or that some other thing you're hoping to happen, will happen.
It's good to hope. What's not good is to make future plans based on the hopes you have for uncertain events. Because if and when it doesn't happen, you'll find yourself screwed.
So instead of planning your life ON uncertain events you hope will happen, plan around them. What if you don't get the job offer? What if the book doesn't find a publisher? What if your friend never returns the money?
How will you manage your situation then? Give your future self the gift of forethought. Regardless of what happens, you will rest easy knowing that you have planned for the uncertainty. And if you do find yourself in that unfortunate situation, you'll have a way out.