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I am in a similar boat. I guess I am fortunate, in that there are many interesting paths forward. But I don't know which to take, and there are so many uncertainties in the fundamentals.

I am leaning toward taking Patton Oswald's advice, and executing any plan now, rather than the perfect plan later. But I am getting older, so it feels like I only get a few more "pivots" in life, especially with financial stability in mind.

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Yeah, executing ANY plan is better than waiting to come up with the perfect plan, IMO. I had no idea it was tied to a single person.

There's a long list of historical quotes about planning, but I think this reference might be to a different Patton:

"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week." - George S. Patton

* "Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow." ~ Sun Tzu

* "In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

* "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." ~ Abraham Lincoln

"No plan survives contact with the enemy". --Helmuth von Moltke

or, if you prefer,

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" --Mike Tyson.

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