where do you see yourself in five years?

[artbabe]

well well well, the cliched question is asked now of people aged 25ish when they should actually BE ...somewhere

but five years ago i would never have thought i'd become so patient and accepting of my lack of place in the world. i've developed a better philosophy about my life as i'm sure many of you here have as well.

but in five years, i plan to be thinner...dressed in black expensive clothing...hosting a benefit of sorts at a gallery and there'll be art on the walls i did but it won't be useless art put there for no reason. it'll have purpose.

or perhaps i'll be fat, pregnant, married and happier than i've ever been in my life.

whatever the case i'll try to benefit the rest of the world. i'll try to be involved with charity and travel more places. you know...be a better human being and stuff.

what about you guys...what do you hope to be in five years?

[cornflakegirl]

my 5 year plan fluctuates often.

by 30, hmmm . . . hopefully, i will be finished with midwifery school, or in the midst of it. i'd like to be done & have a practice of my own. i hope to be settled - a home, a guy, a child or 2, financially stable.

i just want to be enjoying my life & my career.

[Starfish81]

but in five years, i plan to be thinner...dressed in black expensive clothing...hosting a benefit of sorts at a gallery and there'll be art on the walls i did but it won't be useless art put there for no reason. it'll have purpose...

whatever the case i'll try to benefit the rest of the world. i'll try to be involved with charity and travel more places. you know...be a better human being and stuff.

Black clothes, how chic.

I don't think I'll be doing anything to specifically benefit the rest of the world. I plan to be in my first year of business school, and I cannot wait. I miss have tons of people my age around me all the time. And I miss doing something productive in my life, with a beginning, middle and end.

[missbabyL]

hmmm...married, healthy, trying to get preganant, making more than what i am now and- i'd like to say house-shopping although with my debt that seems less than likely in 5 years. but who knows! its all wishful thinking right?

[winneythepooh7]

Hopefully a house and a baby!!

[shimmer728]

I have no clue! Does anyone ever wish they had a crystal ball so they could see exactly how things are going to turn out?

[wordsmith]

I've never known the answer to this question, really, whenever I've been asked it. It's not that I don't have goals, I've just never had a very intensely mapped out plan. I've gotten pretty adept at taking life as it comes to me. Most of the things I've done, major life's experiences that I've had, etc. have been things I chanced upon, that I happened to come across along the way, and hadn't really considered doing...certainly not things that were in a plan, as it turns out. I really couldn't say where my life is leading right now, and I'm more comfortable with that than I would be the reverse.

[twentity]

I plan to have a condo/townhouse
Making money off my business venture.
Be happy
Continue to make mistakes and learn from them.

[hopeless]

I hope in the next five yrs. I enjoy a career field I'm good at & be successful at the same time, meet a nice guy that is committed to marriage, have a child & adopt one as well, be healthy as I can be, & be a homeowner too.

[cornflakegirl]

i make loose plans/goals, because i tend to make big changes & then i am on a new path. i am fairly adaptable, in that respect. i just know that i want kids & i'd like to have them earlier rather than later, but if it doesn't happen then it is gonna be because i am doing something else that i really enjoy in life. i am trying to stay more focused on the present because that is the only thing i can control. i have learned that trying to manipulate the future doesn't work too well. i'd rather spend my energy being content today. boy, is it taking a lot of energy.

[artbabe]

Five years ago, I already knew that I had done irreparable damage to my future, so I am about where I imagined I would be. Well, I take that back. I thought I would've graduated by now. Gosh, the only way I can gragitate in December is if I go to summer school, and I don't want to do that. I'd rather be making bows.


making bows? hmm..

i've decided that to plan is to drive oneself insane.let's all just agree to try everything we've ever wanted because we're young and beautiful and the world is ours.

[wordsmith]

He means bows like bow-and-arrow bows, artbabe...not with ribbons or something! :D

[heatherf]

Hmmmmm in five years? I would say that hopefully we'll be on to baby #2, but after how sick I am lately with this first one......#2 is out of the question right now!

But we'll still be in our new house, I'll be at my same job, but promoted- and I will still love my job. Time has flown by at this job. Greg will be a great public defender, almost tired of his job, just enough to move on to something that pays more. And I will have taken a cruise. I vow to take a cruise within the next five years. Either Alaskan or Mexican- we will go!

[Skyblade]

In 5 years...hopefully I'll have a boyfriend by then, yeah. And maybe an MBA.

[coll214]

I try not to plan too much- b/c you know never know what's going to happen...but i hope to at least be in a long-term relationship on the road to marriage if not there already. A different job, hopefully after i've graduated from grad school (guess i'd have to though :)). Oh and have taken my trip to Ireland!!

[Radgirl]

I was actually thinking about this very topic last night. In 5 years, I'll be 33. I hope to have accommplished a whole lot more (but have my doubts - like usual). In a perfect world, I'll be married and embarking upon a plan to adopt a child. I hope I'm not in my current positon here at work. I hope to advance here or advance elsewhere. It's really hard for me to think of a positive future since I feel so stuck and burnt out now. I've always been the type of person to set goals, but I've gotten away from that because so many things don't follow through. Guess we'll see where I end up. Gotta learn to keep the chin up!

[mishl982]

Well if this is where I *hope* to be in 5 years.. Let's see, I'll be 27. I hope I'm married or at least headed in that direction. If married, I hope I have a baby by 27. I also hope for a house, a new car, a job that I absolutely love.

Let's put this post in a time capsule and see if any of our predictions/wishes come true!

[Starfish81]

He means bows like bow-and-arrow bows, artbabe...not with ribbons or something! :D

Oh, okay. I was wondering about that myself.

[wordsmith]

I think I AM kind of the opposite, Eph. I get overwhelmed enough by the expectations before me in the short term. I'm more comfortable not projecting out far ahead as well. I'd be a wreck, always wondering if I were measuring up to where I thought I needed to be.

[SunDevil]

The only goals I have set are finacial ones. I should easily have $100,000 saved by my 30th birthday in 5 years.

And I won't be living anyplace that experiences winter/snow.

I would also like to take a 6 -8 month trip around the world in my early 30's.

[k.monster]

In five years I hope to be debt free (minus a house, if possible) and married with at least one child. We'll see though - I might just have another dog, the car paid off, and a condo.
I never thought I would be where I am five years ago, so it's bound to be a surprise.

[ugarachel82]

I have no clue! Does anyone ever wish they had a crystal ball so they could see exactly how things are going to turn out?

My thoughts exactly.

I hate this question for so many different reasons I won't go into it now. I do know that I want to know where I'll be in five years, I just don't know what that is yet. So frustrating. Hopefully I will be teaching somewhere, with a Masters Degree. I hope I'll be happy. I don't know what it will take to get me there.

I hope to have met someone (not really married, but maybe seriously committed) in which to spend the rest of my life with.

Kids, maybe not, since I will have the kids at school. I want to be somewhere else besides Georgia. Yes. Anywhere but here.