Planning Horizon: Alchemy, Juice, Ladle

by Richard Reeve on February 28, 2009

in @CCSeed

Guardians of the horizon
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What’s a planning horizon and how far does it extend?  In geographical terms horizon is determined by the landscape. I’ve been in places in my life where the planning horizon narrowed to the next day.  Currently I’m finding myself with a horizon that extends farther than I’m used to.   This month I send in my application to the Jung Institute of New York and hopefully I’ll be accepted into their training program this fall.

The journey, if the doors keep opening, will take four years, maybe five.  And considering that vista I’m recognizing three guiding words for my path:

Alchemy:

The process of investigating the psyche, of wrestling with self, the activity of transformation.

Juice:

Slang for electricity, I’m thinking psychic energy, libido.

Ladle:

A tool for drawing out and distributing the contents.

What’s the scope of your planning horizon and what three guiding words map it for you?


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  • Adding to the best wishes, Richard.

    Sagacity
    Comprehensiveness
    Birthing

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  • Hi Richard,

    great news! All the best for your application.
    Currently I don't like to plan so much as my best plans where those that were no plans.
    My guiding words are: Love, Courage, and that old friend/ foe of mine: Rationality. Courage tries to break away sometimes but it's jammed in between those two others who are holding her in the middle of the backseat of the car which is me.

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  • I don't know that these three are ideals for me -- more at where I seem to be at:
    1.Contingencies: We'll do this when this happens; If it doesn't, we have a second plan, or I trust we'll make a new plan.
    2. Pivot Points: Once I attain this goal, what will my new goal(s) be?
    3. Trust: See #1

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  • Hey Richard,

    Good luck on your application. So, in the next five years, I'd like to become a freelance writer with a published book. Now, three words for my planning horizon...

    1. Humility. My unbridled pride has damaged myself and others too much. And you'll never learn if you don't humble yourself.

    2. Generosity. I'm enormously stingy with my time, money and resources. Besides, people respond to generosity.

    3. Identification. AS C. S. Lewis said, you can lose Christ two ways: denial and distraction. And if I gain all the world but lose Him, I've gained nothing. Identification on Christ is imperative.

    Thanks for the thought provoking post.

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  • My horizon does not stretch beyond the next few days. Have a vague sense of continuous learning. Beyond this, no idea.

    I plan to become more comfortable financially, and I plan to visit my grandson often, and I plan to die in peace. Otherwise, I'm a perfect dolt.

    So my horizon descriptives? This! This! This!

    (the above is somewhat devil advocation, just for fun. I'm thrilled to get a picture of your upcoming adventures!)
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