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How do you deal with unexpected Plan Bs? Like say, your traveling and looking for a place to stay but there are none, or you need some extra money but you can't find any suitable jobs? Or if nobody replies to your emails?
As much as is reasonable, try to expect them. Put a task in 2 weeks describing what to do if there have been no replies yet. Expand your range of options. Search farther, find a different kind of handiman companies to mail, find someone who can give feedback on your resume, or if necessary, consider different kinds of jobs.
I would not be a part of this community if this mind of planning always went well in my life. But in general, planning these kinds of things in advance so I don't have to:
Helps me. Do the work now so you can simply follow reminders and instructions for plan B.
Yeah, I guess Plan Bs just come down to thinking out of the box
If you're worried, you can come up with a plan B now. It tends to be easier to think "what if ...?" before anything has happened and then write that in the reminder than to do this kind of thinking when you're in panic mode and find out that things aren't going well.
Hmm, that's a good suggestion.
Also, I've realised my Plan B problem can be generalized:
Ah, setting yourself a Plan B reminder is a great idea