Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Lennon observes that life's real moments often interrupt our carefully laid plans.
- In plain terms
- Unexpected things happen while you are making plans.
- What can you take from it?
- Don't rely too much on your plans.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What changed your plans?
- Are plans worth making?
Another view
Planning can be useful even if life is unpredictable.
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