AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
No.
I am quite un-spontaneous.
Occasionally I will do something spontaneous, but that is certainly not the undercurrent of my life.
I like to plan things. I like to prepare. I like to know what’s going to happen. I like to decide things ahead of time.
In many ways, this is a very helpful way to live; planning is a useful skill!
I mean, if I were less of a planner, I highly doubt I would have maintained regular blogging for 12 years.
My planner nature also makes it easier for me to be consistent with things like homeschooling, cooking, and cleaning. And if I go back to college, my planning side will be useful there as well.
But sometimes, I wish I was a little better at being spontaneous, largely because some members of my household are spontaneous, and I feel like I would mesh better with them if I were less of a planner.
My immediate reaction to that question was exactly your first line of this post. And all the rest of it could have been written about me word for word (except homeschooling).
So, no.
You are SO the country version of me. Or I’m the suburb version or you.
More than you are, evidently! — though I wouldn’t rank myself among the “let’s go to Europe next week!” people, by any means.
Planning isn’t my strong suit, so that seems to go hand-in-hand.
I am. Not ultra but I like surprises and like to do spontaneous things. But I like an balance of planned too. This pandemic has made me really appreciate the well-planned. My kids don’t know when they are going back to school and that anxiety is just awful. We need that plan! We just need to know a date. The fact that it could be 2 week, 2 months (please not 2 years)…I hate that spontaneous-that’s awful.
I prefer fun spontaneous like a month ago I surprised my family with tickets to a drive-in movie. My kids have never been.
Funny. Do NOT mess with my plans or there will be chaos. I can be sometimes but I like structure better
Hi, Kristen, longtime fan and new commenter here! I’m like you – really quite UNspontaneous! And I don’t mind it – I, too, like to plan things, to decide things ahead of time and like to prepare. I feel like life is richer, more productive and fun because of it, and anticipation of something fun is a very good thing. After all, if you’re going to accomplish anything, you usually have to make a plan! 🙂 A little spontaneity can be good, so I don’t rule it out totally, but I’m definitely on the nonspontaneous end of the spectrum, too.
Nope! It’s something I’ve had to learn. I remember being in college and having plans change and even though it was a change for the better, I was still upset because I was all geared up and prepared for Plan A. The first time I did something super spontaneous in college (drove an hour away to watch another college’s volleyball game after our practice was done) I shocked my coach by agreeing to her last-minute invitation. So it’s not something that comes natural to me, but I’ve worked on being ok with being spontaneous and have made big improvements in the last 15 years.