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Some people say it is a waste of time to plan for future. It is more important to focus on the present. Do you agree or disagree?

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It is commonly believed that it is more important to focus on the present than to have a
plan
 for the future. I partially Agree with
this
 opinion
due to
 reasons which will be discussed in the following paragraphs. On the one hand, having a
plan
 for the forthcoming time can enable one to predict upcoming events and have some knowledge of the ultimate. For more evidence and explanation when a
person
 has a
plan
 for the future, it is actually what that
person
 wants to do in the prospective days and most of the time it will be done except in special cases.
For example
, when a student has a
plan
 for her exam, she will study a lot and completely for it and she will get a good score but if she does not have a
plan
, she will not finish lessons and she may fail her exam.
On the other hand
, if we want to think only about the planned days and pay all our attention to the planned and not pay attention to the present, it is not good either. To explain it well I would like to say that, I think if a
person
 is just worried about the coming period and does not enjoy the present, it is as if that
person
 did not enjoy
life
 and in the end, that
person
 does not remember any happiness from
life
. I want to use an example to make it evident. Imagine a
person
 who focuses on the subsequent years for all of his
life
 and has never lived in the present. In his old age, when he thinks about the past, he realizes that he did not enjoy
life
 and does not have good memories of it. As discussed in the above paragraphs, I partially agree with the idea that public opinion is spending days to have a
plan
 for the future is considered a waste of time and is less important than focusing on the present.
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