Reply to: Planning the year ahead....

[AtW]

Contractors don't need direction.

What a shame, I was ready to direct you just now to Bridgwater, just off M5

[MarillionFan]

You need to know the direction though, otherwise you'll be lost.

Contractors don't need direction.

[AtW]

I disagree.
You have to stay agile enough to traverse an ever changing rocky path. And wear a hard-hat (cash buffer) if you are afraid of rock falls.

You need to know the direction though, otherwise you'll be lost.

[AtW]

You're working on the erroneous assumption that he actually knew his parents.

I am sure he met the mailman.

[ThomasSoerensen]

You have to plan the future so you can traverse the rocky path and take plans to avoid rockfalls along the way. Only a blind man enters a cave with Wim121.

I disagree.
You have to stay agile enough to traverse an ever changing rocky path. And wear a hard-hat (cash buffer) if you are afraid of rock falls.

[MarillionFan]

More like "wad of cash in my pocket" type of guy.

The future is uncertain. No matter what you do it will not go exactly as planned. Learn to accept that and then you can learn to deal with it.

Did your "worst case scenario" include the collapse of Lehmann and the resulting panic? Thought not. Then the time is better spend making money than trying to predict the future.

You have to plan the future so you can traverse the rocky path and take plans to avoid rockfalls along the way. Only a blind man enters a cave with Wim121.

[nomadd]

...time is better spent making money than trying to predict the future.

...because if you could predict the future you'd already be rich.

[ThomasSoerensen]

More like "wad of cash in my pocket" type of guy.

The future is uncertain. No matter what you do it will not go exactly as planned. Learn to accept that and then you can learn to deal with it.

Did your "worst case scenario" include the collapse of Lehmann and the resulting panic? Thought not. Then the time is better spend making money than trying to predict the future.

[nomadd]

Was it your parents that did not show you enough love and affection?

You're working on the erroneous assumption that he actually knew his parents.

(Awaits standard troll reply of "I know your mother...")

[MarillionFan]

MF, why do you think you feel so insecure that you have to perform this ritual that aims for providing clarity and security but only eventually shows that the future of you is uncertain and full of self doubt. Was it your parents that did not show you enough love and affection?

MAN THE F.UCK UP AND GROW A PAIR!!!!

Mmmm. Lotus 123 man I see.

[ThomasSoerensen]

MF, why do you think you feel so insecure that you have to perform this ritual that aims for providing clarity and security but only eventually shows that the future of you is uncertain and full of self doubt. Was it your parents that did not show you enough love and affection?

MAN THE F.UCK UP AND GROW A PAIR!!!!

[Lockhouse]

Nearly 24 years contracting now.

With 0 days planning.

Planning to keep it that way.

Works for me.

WNS

My ex once said of me "When you say you're skint you're down to your last 10K".

After 25 years contracting it's all instinct.

[nomadd]

What does everyone else do???

Nearly 24 years contracting now.

With 0 days planning.

Planning to keep it that way.

Works for me.

[scooby]

I don't. Now I feel inadequate.

WHS. Why do you need it? Is it for the "Business plan" question in the new HMRC IR35 Risk test?

[MarillionFan]

I'm bumping this as I've been searching the forum for recommendations on easy to use software (other than a spreadsheet, obv) for forward planning.

Does everyone still find the idea of planning so dull now that there's a point or so to be scored (alledgedly) in the business entity test for having a regularly updated business plan?

Eh? Eh?

They don't plan because they're all disguised permies innit.