This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 949, living with Chaos, by Leo Babada of Zenhabits.net

and my very own personal narrator Justin Mollick,

reading to you from some amazing blogs and books to help you optimize your life.

I read from lots of different authors covering personal development, minimalism,

productivity, all that kind of stuff, every single day including holidays,

and I was get right to the post as we optimize your life.

Living with Chaos, by Leo Babada of Zenhabits.net

Recently I wrote about the illusion of control, man living with no goals.

What I'm still figuring out is what you do if you let go of the illusion of control

and plan as little as possible. What's life like without goals or plans?

How do we deal with the chaos? I don't have all the answers, but I'm learning a lot.

I went to the world domination some in Portland earlier this month with few plans.

I had a speech to give, a couple smaller sessions to hold,

a bike tour scheduled, a plane ticket, and a hotel room.

With a large majority of the weekend I left open with no plans.

It was liberating. I didn't mind giving the talks and I loved the tour,

but meeting unexpected strangers hanging out with people I'd never met,

going with the flow of the crowd, it was fun.

I never really knew what was going to happen next, and that's scary, but strangely freeing.

As I write this, I'm on a plane to Guam for a month, and I have tons of friends and family to see.

They all want to hang out with Eva, me, and the kids, and vice versa, we're excited to see them.

But other than a place to stay for two of the four weeks will be there.

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