There's all kinds of us people. Go with what you've got.

I consider that a positive attribute

A planner and someone who c0-ordinates their life

Also a bit of a control freak :)

Sounds like you got a take-charge personality and that can come in very handy. I seem to find myself on the fence about a lot of things. Wish I were more decisive.

I guess for me it would depend how extreme it was.... I'm a planner as well...I'm much more comfortable having a plan...
Controlling others though is something else again... Does it hurt your life?

I definitely need a plan, a schedule to help me stay even and keep anxiety away. I can't just roll with it. I would get very anxious. It was hard on my hubby at first getting used to planning how each day would go because he can just fly through life just juggling plans in his head. Now I write his and my plans and appointments on a shared calendar. I include dinners out, friends coming to visit, plumbers visits, garbage pick-ups. You get the idea. Our whole life goes on that calendar. We eat at roughly the same times daily. Now I no longer worry about forgetting anything. If I've planned certain household chores, they get done first, then we run unplanned errands.

The trick is, hubby is included in planning--we give each other input. If we're inclusive with our friends and mates it's easier. Especially when they know this is a coping mechanism to ward off anxiety.

I don't know about a plan so much as a routine. I know where I can park at what times of the day to get some small benefit of shade. I am at the library half an hour before it opens to stand in line so I be sure to get a spot where I can use my computer. I don't plan things and never include anyone else in what I am doing. Seems to work for me.

I can "go w/the flow" if things are happening that I'm enjoying.
If not, eek!
My biggest problem with my living in Michigan is the slower pace of life. It drives me crazy!!! I believe in the New York Minute. It's very hard for me to go along with all of this "slowness".
Let's get things done and let's do it now!!

I am a control freak, I like to know who what when and where! I try to roll with it and have had to learn to be flexible. I will still get in a funk if I can't see some sort of future or reason for doing something. I struggle to start the adventure if I don't have a clear picture where I am headed?

If I'm leaving the house, I need to know the facts: where, when, for how long....And I like to plan an outing or such. I'm kind of like you, InkSpring, with a calendar to help planning. The problem IS getting hubby to sit down and look at it!