“On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day.” (Chapter 6, Big Book)
To consider plans presupposes one has them. My job is to plan what can and should be planned but to leave open what cannot or should not be planned. The morning consideration of the plans for the day should be a last-minute final review, not a thinking-through-from-scratch. An orderly life, an orderly structure, routines, and being on top of my obligations, over the short and long term, is precisely what frees me up for spontaneity, responsiveness, and, most importantly, focusing on God’s will rather than firefighting.
A life being unmanageable (Step One) is undesirable. A manageable life is desirable. My life absolutely can and should be managed, but that management is under the direction of God.