✦ The Power of the Plan ✦ English Version By Veronica F. Nitoi With Nova, the narrator From survival to structure, from chaos to clarity. The Moment I Understood the Power of a Plan For years, my life felt like it was happening to me, not with me. I reacted, endured, and survived — but I never truly planned. I thought destiny would just unfold, or that if I kept moving forward blindly, the path would appear. But survival without direction is exhausting. At some point, I realised: if I wanted a different outcome, I needed a different strategy. That’s when the plan was born — not just a schedule, not just goals on paper, but a roadmap to rebuild myself. I remember the first time I wrote down a simple plan: three steps, one notebook page. It wasn’t much, but it was the first time I felt like I had a compass. Instead of waking up to the chaos of survival, I woke up with intention. And that changed everything. Planning as a Tool for Healing and Growth Dr. Edith Eger, Holocaust survivo...