Forecast

A simple and ordinary word that prevent us from living the present to the fullest. The present moment itself would be different if we wouldn’t worry about the future, that’s for sure. Planning is useful and clever in a sense that allow us to better prepare for what is coming next. Living without a clue towards life’s following events could be risky and it would be nonsense at all nowadays. Forecast and planning are related, the first one gives us room to interfere while the latter is an action plan based on a vision with a subtle interference in the present. In order to prepare for the future we tend to underestimate the present, or change our actions regarding something that has been predicted to occur.

Forecast and planning are supposed to be tools for us to manage accordingly to our will, but we are being managed by them instead. When talking about weather conditions, financial market and illnesses, for example, we all pretty much agree upon a purpose for forecasting. At first, they are harmless; useful and life-saving actually. The problems come out when the accurate predictions are used to persuade someone to act in a completely different way or even worse, to take advantage over something; which wouldn’t be possible unless the fierce forecast available, even if it is largely available.

Planning is essential, undoubtedly. Forecast is useful, unquestionably. Speculation based on that, in any case, may be harmful. People are going crazy concerning health conditions and diseases, profits and wealth, politics and ideologies, and the issues list could be on and on. The anxiety the forecast and planning present to us is something to think about. We should all reflect upon the actions we take and the decisions we make based on possibilities rated as highly likely to happen. It’s high time all of us thought the way we experience the present and look to the future. We have been all in shaping and reshaping mode since we decided to rely heavily on forecast. Trying to reshape the future and our lives, we neglect the present, turn a blind eye to what matters now and overestimate plans. Trying to adapt to the foreseen future, we forget our strengths and interfere continuously to avoid unexpected issues. In addition, in doing so we are all also causing complex and new troubles for us to deal with, again and again. It is time to understand that planning and forecast are not to left people behind, insane or anxious. Actually, it is supposed to be the other way round, anxious people should rely on accurate prediction to feel relaxed and well prepared; ready to move on without worries, but confidence. Unfortunately, forecast hasn’t been harmless and planning has been perverted.

by Ale Madia