If You don't Plan, You Plan to Fail

It's bugging me so much and I was already regretting it enourmously that I did not plan an event carefully.

Well, planning is one of the most important key to successfully completed a project. Any projects. Financial project, travelling, a simple meeting, and surely, an experiment.

I did an experiment or more while I was a student. It is a requirement to finish an experiment planning before doing the actual experiment, before buying anything or just to gather the apparatus. Even when we (my partner and I) did a research and a planning, there were unexpected changes that did not go well with the plan. That's what happened in experiment or research.

All you have to do is research more on paper and previous experiments to prevent an unpredictable results and prepare more options if one failed.

Although I have experienced these stressful things, for instance, delay on my schedule because of unsuitable analysis method, improper sampling, delay on reports due to lecturer's absence, etc., I did not learn.

And the worst thing is, I messed up in an industrial scale.

It just happened that I didn't really understand about this particular project but the condition did not let me to learn more about it. I just went with the flow and agreed on an experiment plan. And while we were running it, I noticed some disconnected strings and encountered unpredictable factors. The data were insufficient, inconsistent, and there was too many factors that I neglected.

Well, there was also this factor where we could not observe the site and took enough measurement so eventually we could not made proper plan. And there was also the other party mistakes, such as disordered communication, busy environment, and not very caring with the project.

But it hits so much that we could not change what we planned half way. I just fixed it a little bit with my little knowledge and not so good judgement. Not so good, because I could not derive useful enough conclusions from the data.

It's just that, they spent so much money on the experiment. And I really don't like the idea that we could actually ease the spending. Let's say, maybe for more than 40%.

Well, I just have to work it out. Indeed, eventually.

And if I have to give advises to myself in the near future, it's have to be:

1. Plan it. Research everything you can. From the experiment, possible results, even to the other party.
2. Extract information from the other party, the site, the data, and so on.
3. Prepare yourself for unexpected factors.
4. Have a good to-do-list.
5. It's not a waste to make detailed or thorough plan.

Oh, and of course. To my dearest NP personality,

1. Don't procrastinate!!
2. Why?
3. Because you're gonna forget some important information or idea.
4. And it's a big hassle to always remember and arrange everything back in order whenever you open your PC.

Well, to my dear friends out there,

1. Find a good job properly (where you have a fix schedule, LOL)
2. I mean, I chose this job.
3. But it seems that I have not enough self control to always do everything in time.
4. I mean, I am always a deadliner you know. 
5. And surprisingly, it worked well.
6. 😐😑😒
7. In the past. Back when I am still a student and only have responsibility of myself.
8. If you have good self control, do this kind of job. 
9. If you have the same problem with me, then train your brain so that it won't lagging so much when you actually need it. In short, you just have to be brilliant.

And in the end, everything depends on your detailed plan board, the execution of the plan (you should follow your plan of course 😏), and lucks.

Then, see you next time.


Drop me a comment about anything, but I will be glad if you share your POV too.