Plans can give shape to a life, but they can also become a standard we keep using after life has changed. Campbell’s line is difficult because letting go of the planned life can feel like admitting defeat. Yet release is not the same as giving up. Sometimes it is the moment we stop insisting that reality return to an earlier draft. The life that is here may not be the one we expected, but it still deserves our attention before we decide what it can become. What expectation may be keeping you from seeing what is here?