Planning fanatics: planatics. As for overcoming the syndrome, try taking a workshop in improv comedy; most cities have a troupe that offers community courses n

Planning fanatics: planatics. As for overcoming the syndrome, try taking a workshop in improv comedy; most cities have a troupe that offers community courses now and again. By placing yourself in situations where you cannot help but work faster than your conscious mind can plan, you might break the cycle of preparation. Or try National Novel Writing Month this November. Do something that forces you to actively not-plan, and with luck some of those dynamic-balance tricks will carry over into the rest of your life.