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title: Life is chaotic
created: 2024-11-18T09:18:12
modified: 2025-10-07T16:54:48
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> _“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” — Mike Tyson_

> _“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” — E. M. Forster_

> _[“You can never plan the future by the past.” — Edmund Burke](https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/edmund_burke_161391)_

[@markaurelMeditations2006]

> _“When jarred, unavoidably, by circumstances, revert at once to yourself, and don’t lose the rhythm more than you can help. You’ll have a better grasp of the harmony if you keep on going back to it.” — Marcus Aurelius_

> _[“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” — C.S. Lewis](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/615-we-are-not-necessarily-doubting-that-god-will-do-the)_

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計畫永遠趕不上變化

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Man Plans. God Laughs.

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Write your life plan with a pencil that has an eraser.

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「我與命運有個約會！（赴命運之約！）」 (I have a [rendezvous](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/rendezvous) with destiny!) ，意謂著生命的轉折點。

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[@mansonSubtleArtNot2016]

> _“Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of another.” ― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F\*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life_

Problems are a feature of life, not a bug. There will never come a time when you have no problems.

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> _“No amount of sophistication is going to allay the fact that all your knowledge is about the past and all your decisions are about the future.” — Ian Wilson_

Life is uncertain, but you have to [act](cultivate-a-strong-bias-towards-action.md) anyway.

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# See Also

* [Hope for the best, prepare for the worst](hope-for-the-best-prepare-for-the-worst.md)