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This whole 'idea' (fact?) is why I am moving away from more effortful approaches towards a way of understanding life called the Three principles - I will be writing about that soon. If 'life is what happens to our plans' , as you so rightly say, it makes sense to still make plans but to hold them more lightly!

Really looking forward to reading your thoughts on this concept @richardingate. An effortful existance is a good way to describe the high overhead way of life we all seem to strive towards and suffer from simultaneously.