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Planning is a very important activity in our lives. It can give pleasure, even excitement, and it can cause quite severe headaches. __1
The most significant the task ahead, the more careful the planning __2
required. Getting to school or to work on time is a task requiring few __3
or no planning, it is almost routine. A month’s touring holiday abroad,or better still, getting married, is a different matter altogether. If the matter involve a church wedding, a reception, a honeymoon in Venice, __4
and returning a new home, this requires even more planning to make __5
sure that it is successful. Planning is our way of trying to ensure success and of avoiding costly failures we can not suffer. It is equally essential __6
to individual nations and families; the scale may be vary, but the degree __7
of importance does not. In the essence, a nation planning its resources __8
and needs do not differ from the familiar weekly shopping or monthly __9
household budget. Both are designed to ensure an adequate supply of essentials, and if improperly carried out, will avoid shortages, wastage __10
and over-expenditure.