Q: My Advisor Keeps Telling Me to "Trust the Plan" During Market Drops. But Trusting Feels Irresponsible. Isn't Watching Closely the Responsible Thing?

A. There's a scene in Star Wars where Luke switches off his targeting computer at the critical moment and trusts something he can't measure. People think that scene is about faith replacing skill. It's actually about faith following skill — Luke could only trust because he'd trained.

Your financial plan is the training. You built it in a clear moment, stress-tested for storms exactly like this one. The plumb line — your true vertical — was set on a calm day for a reason: so it could hold when the crooked market insists down is up.

What feels like "responsible watching" during a drop is usually the opposite. It's bracing, gripping an outcome you can't control, which is just falling in slow motion. The genuinely responsible move was the preparation. Now comes the harder discipline: the release. Trusting the plan you built sober over the panic you feel scared.

Both hands. Grip the values that shaped the plan. Open your hands on the day-to-day outcome. That's not irresponsibility.

That's the Force — and it's exactly what disciplined investing has always required.

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