making plans
Arranging future actions
Making plans is the activity of deciding what you're going to do and when.
The phrase often appears in social contexts when someone asks about your availability: Are you making plans for the weekend?
It can sound more tentative than having plans—suggesting arrangements still in progress rather than firmly set.
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- plottingDevising a secret plan
- strategizingFormulating tactical approaches
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- arrangingSystematically positioning elements
blueprints · big picture · calendars · scheduling · to-do list · brainstorming · mapping · outlining · setting goals · goals · agenda · preparing · coordinating · anticipating · dreaming · envisioning · bucket list · logistics
making plansimprovising
Creating spontaneously without plan
winging it · going with the flow · playing it by ear · living in the moment · freestyling
making planscanceling plans
Withdrawing from commitments
drifting · procrastinating · withdrawing · disengaging · sitting on the fence
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