Where Do You See Yourself in 10 Years

[ruaidhri]

Reintroduced from old forum:

Question: Where do you see yourself in 10 years and how do you plan on getting there?

What are your plans for the future? Where do you want to live? What school do you want to go to? What do you want to major in? What kind of job do you want? How important is income in your decision? Do you want to get married? Do you want children? Do you have a plan. Do you have measurable objectives and timelines?

Me? I’m 64 and retired. I plan to remain retired and enjoy what’s left of my life. I have lost weight and I exercise because I would really like to be alive, healthy and alert when I’m 74. When my wife retires in December we plan to travel. My wife and I have been married for 34 years and haven’t regretted a single day. We have two sons. My oldest is 25 and is working on his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering. My youngest is 22, has his Associates Degree in Arts and Sciences and is working on his BS in Political Science. Both have a plan.

Obviously, I believe in plans. If you really want something put your goal down on a piece of paper and list the major objectives you have to complete to get there. Then, look at each objective individually and break it down into achievable steps with timelines. You’ll get where you want to go. Plans work. Fate usually gives unhappy results. It’s unlikely any of us will ever win the lottery. With a plan it’s likely that you will achieve your goal.

[Benaire]

Hmmm 27-37

Well hopefully I will own at least 5 houses or more( i have 2 already). A wife wouldn't be out of the question and kids. In theory I would be very close to retirement too.

[Jiant Flying Panda]

Hopefully I graduated from college and have a sucessful career where I get paid more than enough to support my wife and my children.

Yup, pretty much the "American Dream".

[Sasha]

Well ruaidhri, I am happy for you and your wife and hope that you have a great time travelling around. That sounds wonderful! Where do you plan to go?

As for me in ten years, well, I hope to have a couple (actually three) children. I understand the plan thing is great most of the time, but man I thought I'd have a couple of kids by now. My husband and I have been trying for three years although we've not used any contraception for over five years. Every month there is a disappointment.

We started a new business 3.5 years ago in the hopes that both of us or at least one of us would be home with our kids. The business was successful. The kid part wasn't.

To add insult to injury, my younger sister who has three kids of her own and one adopted son, is expecting two more adopted kids next year. When I was younger, she envied my life (she had her first child at 19), now I so much envy hers.

Adoption for me is not an option. 1. money, or lack thereof (still a new business) and 2. I live in Japan.

I know planning is important but it can be very devastating when those plans don't work out due to mother nature. On the positive side, while I see cracks in my relationship with my husband, for the most part we have become closer, hopefully not only as a result of our mutual disappointment. Still, we haven't given up and we are able to have fun and enjoy life.

But as a result, currently I'm more concerned about next month rather than 10 years in the future. I'm ready for 2015, I'm just not looking forward to september.

P.S. My mother just retired this summer. A year and a half ago she bought a farm, with horses, chickens and turkeys. She's in heaven. It was her dream. Maybe life begins at 60? ha ha ha! I'm looking forward to that!

[Ardo Zubairu]

President of Nigeria...I have started it with my email address ardojo2015@yahoo.com

[Monseur Tinklekins]

Being thirteen right now, even ten years from now, life will still be new and fresh, and I'll still be in college, even.

I'm planning on graduating high school early, even though with my birthday in October, I'll be graduating at seventeen anyway. Hopefully, with the way I'm taking honours classes now, I'll be able to start my college courses during my senior--or possibly even the end of my junior--year, and get an early grasp on the real world.

Let me just get this out there: I'm probably one of the world's biggest perfectionists and overachievers. I've known how I wanted my life to turn out and where I've wanted to go to college since I was five. Five! Most people are still learning to read at that age! It's always remained basically sturdy, my life plan; while most my age want to be a rock star or haven't even decided yet where they want to go, they're rebellious and hate authority and don't even look to the future. Now, I know I'm the same way with authority (I can't stand taking orders), but somehow I think I'm different, because I'd like to be an educator. Music is my life, so a band teacher would be the optimal choice; however, being a history teacher would be fun, too. History is so captivating, I think that I could spend my life teaching it and be satisfied and happy. You learn more every day, after all.

It's funny...when I was in sixth grade, just three years ago, I still wanted to be an authority figure, although my views have certainly changed since then. Back when I was eleven, I wanted to be the Ruler of the World (which would still be nice, mind you)--but now, as I've matured, I know that this is quite out of grasp, and am just settling for something I enjoy doing, regardless of power.

Being a politician would be nice too, though. Ever since I was eight and met Hilary Clinton, I've been an avid democrat. Now being thirteen, I'm quite well-read on the subject, and I think I'd like to at least run for a state position, if not something in Congress or perhaps even VP or President, one day. Now, as I'm female, the latter probably won't happen, but who knows? Hilary's running in '08, and from what I've heard, unfortunately Condoleeza Rice is, as well.

...okay, so I'm still a little undecided about my future. But the political aspects of my life are what are currently pushing me more towards a social studies teacher; what is the world, but if not politics?

But even in ten years, I'll still have a very long way to go. I'm only thirteen! Even if I'm only going for my masters (which I doubt--again, overachiever), I'll still be in college. And I don't plan to get married or have children at all! Sure, a lot of children and teenagers say this, and my views will probably change, but that's what I think now, and that's how I want my future to turn out. If anything, I'd adopt a child; why bring another child into the world, when there are already so many that need homes as it is?

As for college, I want to go to PSU (Penn State University). They have excellent English and Music departments there, and English and Musical Education are my life. Writing is one of my strongest points, aside from perhaps musical ability. Go arts!

So maybe this has gone a little overboard. Again, I can't really say where I'm going in life, the paths I'm going to head down, the choices I'm going to make. I'm not even fourteen yet! So many things could change between now and then--it's hard to say where any of us will end up, really.

[D-pad]

Hmm

24. A reletivly new social studies teacher at a medium sized middle school. I will make roughly 45k a year. I will be married and possibly have a child no older than 3.

[akitaka]

29. If my cooking school goes where I'd probably be an executive chef, though the position is a little lofty for my taste, though at least I'd be able to travel; if it got that good, then I would live in northern Europe. If not, then I would settle somewhere in Canada instead, a quiet town, I'd hope. I'm unsure about things like marriage, since I haven't had any relationships; though it seems nice to settle.
...if cooking didn't fly, then I may study languages and work as a translator; for some reason, I think people who know more than 2 languages are neat. Though office works sounds kind of boring.

Best concentrate on the present, though.

[ArkhanTerra]

(Don't say doin' your wife, don't say doin' your wife, don't say doin' your wife.)

Doin' your.... son?

[Praetorian]

No clue. Hopefully doing something with history. Married/engaged, no children (yet!). I'm 17, currently.


And Pooka, Monsieur Tinkelins is proof that thirteen year olds can write coherently and with "difficult" words, it seems.

[koku]

fluent in 2 languages(excluding english of course).

probably/mabye Japanese and Chinese. I get if you seperate Manderian/Cantonese then make that 3 languages.

^^

oh i'll be 29.

and if i had Az's job still...i'd be angry.

[KujiInRetsu]

Probably finding work in the State Department as an East Asian diplomat due to knowledge of both Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and Japanese. We'll be solving issues like a second Japanese economic downturn, China's still burgeoning population, what to do with that nuclear wasteland formerly known as North Korea... stuff like that.

[RDClip]

Lets see in 10 years, huh? Maybe dead. Or perhaps In will be a depressed alcoholic that hates his job and writes crappy novels and poems on the side. Then I'll hit big with one of them that gets made into a crappy movie and easy street from there on.

[ruaidhri]

Monseur Tinklekins, interesting post. Yes, you certainly have big plans for someone your age. Working toward each one will help you with the next. Regardless of what choice you eventually make, your communication skills will serve you well.

There were several comments in your post that I found of particular interest. You said you were interested in music, history, political science, etc.

When I was 19, I worked for John Kennedy when he ran for President. Those were indeed fun times. Not only did I have the opportunity to meet many interesting people, I learned about participating in my country’s future. I’ve often said one of my happiest memories was one day during the campaign when I went out to lunch with Eunice Kennedy (Jack’s sister) and Eleanor Roosevelt. There was just the three of us at that table and I’ll never forget my total awe at sitting at the same table as Eleanor Roosevelt. Later, I dropped out of political activity because of my general disillusionment over the assassinations and because Lyndon Johnson, a man from my own party, led us into the Vietnam War.

My younger son is now picking up where I left off. He’s also is interested in politics. He is a Democrat, of course. Depending on how a particular course transfers he will either graduate with his BS degree in Jan 2006 or May 2006. He then plans getting his teaching certificate while teaching government in a Milwaukee High School.

What’s especially interesting is that my younger son also was very interested in teaching music at the High School level. His principal instrument is the clarinet and he is an incredible musician. He changed his mind because so many of the schools here in Wisconsin were considering dropping their music problems because of budgeting problems. Regardless, he continues to take music while in college although now it’s just for fun. My older son did the same thing during his undergrad years. He didn’t even take the music courses for credit because he was already taking the maximum number of credits allowed in his engineering and math courses. He played with just about every band offered by his university during his undergrad years. He also hasn’t put his instrument down as a Grad student, although he definitely has less time. As a grad student He played his bass saxophone with three university wind ensembles. Both of my sons find that playing music makes them happy.

If you have a university near you check with them to find out if they have a youth band or orchestra. During their High School years both my sons auditioned for the youth band and played very challenging music conducted by the Professors.

At 13 knowing that you want a future is a leg up on most kids your age. Planning good courses for High School that lead into college will serve you well regardless of your later direction. I detected that you realize that you will change your mind many times. That’s Ok. A good education and excellent writing skills will serve you well in any profession.

You won’t depend on luck because you’ll make a good future for yourself. Don’t let hormones get in the way of your future.

[Loc]

Most likely dead too...hopefully after an amazing career.

[Sangokyu]

I see myself celebrating the 10th anniversary of you asking this question!

Seriously, though... I'd be in my mid-twenties, and hopefully enjoying life.

[Sardaukar]

Being a dictator would be nice, but realistically I'll be stuck in some dead-end 9 to 5 office hellhole.

[Y.T.]

Serving in the Army or the Legion and gleefully doing things I don't really want to do. Doing the wrong thing perfectly is art,is it not? ... I am already extempt from military service
after I told the draft comitee that our Army is a bunch of incompetent alcoholic bureaucratic morons.(not far from the truth. Like 5% of soldiers have any survival skills) Still, I believe if I showed up at the recruiting office, they would take me. They like former boy scouts. In good health. (although, that would mean parting with my hair. Or setting a precedent, like that German. He was incarcerated for three weeks, for refusing to have his hair cut, before their High Court declared, that it's unconstitutional to enforce such policy).
My preference is military engineering or artillery.

Or I end up as a programmer.
In Prague or the UK. If there is any demand for programmers. Or possibly doing research in CS. But, I'm not smart enough for that.

[h2orowe]

I'll be teaching in Japan......... ENGRISH!!!!! Muahahaha preventing Japanese from speaking English right since '05.

[Elethiomel]

I'm not really sure, I'll probably give JET a shot. Or maybe I'll have died in the US v.s China war that nearly everyone seems to be predicting. If something like that happened, a draft would be likely and I can't say I'd be a great soldier.

[Y.T.]

You bastard!
Come on... let's fight!
Well. I wonder..

[ChronoSphere]

22-32

Dictator for Life of the World.

In all seriousness, I'll be a practicing Landscape Architect in Florida (if the construction industry is still going strong), a middle-experienced professional, hopefully married and have started a family by then.

[Monseur Tinklekins]

That certainly is interesting, Ruiadhri-senpai. Kennedy was indeed quite the unique President; from specials I've seen, he was apparently promiscuous, and yet an excellent leader. Like Clinton, he was a People's President, and it seemed like just about everyone at the time liked him (or, rather...anyone that wasn't exactly Conservative, which was indeed the majority of the country in those times). And to have had lunch with such influential female figures! I can just feel a rush of envy coming on. That must have been just...wicked!

'Case you haven't noticed, I'm a feminist, by the way.

It's certainly a pain to live in a Red State, nowadays--for the longest time, New York has been a Blue State, but unfortunately, in the last election we have Bush seventeen electoral votes. Shame, really.

Aaanywho. Good luck to both of your sons! They indeed seem quite multitalented, and it's good that they've stuck with the things they enjoy doing. I live near Albany, so I was in ESYO for a year back in sixth grade (I believe I was the youngest there), but I had to drop it soon after because domestic problems arose and some things are more important than social and musical engagements. It's good that your youngest son is still sticking with it, even though he's a graduate student--I know how difficult it is to keep up with your studies (my mum's currently a graduate student at UAlbany), so I'm amazed he can do that and play an instrument at the same time. Congratulations to him!

As for the mind-changing point, I know it'll happen. It's inevitable; people grow up, opinions change, desires form, old loves fade. And as an undergraduate student, my mum says that one can change majors as many times as they need to to find their nich, the thing they know they want to do--although, I'm not quite planning on changing my mind eight or nine times. ^_^ Thank you for sharing your stories, by the way. It's amazing who you can find on the internet--wow, Eleanor Roosevelt...

[stillbornsinger]

Working in a studio, playing in a band...

possibly married, and possibly a child on the way...

enjoying nice weekends out on my motorcycle.

I'll be 31

[stillbornsinger]

oh yeah, plans...

Umm... I own a private studio now in Sasebo, Japan (if anyone on Kushu is interested in recording anything, let me know, I'll do it for free for the experience) I've financed it myself, over 20k so far just for the equipment. Have released one CD in Japan of a classical guitarest. Have another CD on the way I've been producing with some other guys. (covered in "Alternate income sources" thread)

Moving to San Diego area in Febuary, I'll be interning in much of my spare time, plus still keeping up my private studio for work at home... I'll work on getting a new band together and play shows as often as possible, at least a couple a month, if I can swing it 2 a week at least. 3 years left in the Navy to get a decent band together and get some contacts in the music industrym, then hitch a ride on a tour...

[Urban~Ninja]

Well i will be 25, probably be living in Hiroshima mooching off my Uncle there who owns two apartment buildings.

I hope to have a job in Advertising or Journalism and Possible have a GirlFriend, i also hope to be extremely good at Japanese (not Fluent, just very good) also i hope to be making good money or enough to feed and cloth myself aswell as by things that arnt needed but i just want.

I think thats to good of a dream to be true so early in my 20's but there's always hope. :D

[morganlefayw]

I'll be 31 almost 32. Old fart, yeayeayea!!! Hopefully, (if I can keep hope afloat) a somewhat known fantasy artist (enough to comfortably support myself anywho), maybe a couple short stories published (once had my english college professor tell me to pursue that craft. Maybe I'll actually listen), maybe picked up a b&w camera again and hopefully have traveled the world. Anywhere for anything. I want to see the widewide world!!! Right now tho, I want to get lost in Japan, photographning my adventures and mishapes!!!Who knows if I'll have gone back to college????
I'll be existing off of Starbuck's Coffee Frapucciono's (soooo, constant caffiene buzz), rocking out every night to Miyavi (have a slight soft spot for him!) and having a plain ol' good time writing the rules to my own life. In ten years, I plan to be who I want, doing what I love and want. Bouncing from one thing to the next as my attention demands.
Who knows if I'll be with someone or not. Only time will tell- and I definantly plan to be alive. And no one will be around to tell me I can't do this or that, it's not "appropriate" for me to read this book or that, or that's not what they think I'm good at, or that I look like a freak.
It'll be my life, once and for all!!!!

[Uh_oh]

I'll be 27 - seems so OLD! (No offence to the more chronologically advanced intended).

I see my self graduating from the high school I'm currently at, but where I'm going after that I'm not quite sure.

Ideally, I would like to be working as a outdoor (preferably mountain) guide, anywhere in the world (except maybe the US). I don't want to be rich, just have enough to survive on (I'll even be happy living out of my car or couch surfing). I don't even need a permanent job, as long as I can get by. Being happy and doing what I love matters more to me than making money.

My family would like to see me having just finnished a medical degree at an Australian uni, however, and as I would prefer that they were still talking to me (which they won't be if I don't go to uni), I will probably do a shorter (3 - 4 year) degree and get my EMT certification, then go work as a mountain guide.

[stillbornsinger]

I'll be 27 - seems so OLD! (No offence to the more chronologically advanced intended).

I see my self graduating from the high school I'm currently at, but where I'm going after that I'm not quite sure.


Thats a long time to take to graduate highschool!

ok, seriously though, why not take advantage of the medical school? even if you don't end up as a doctor, what about doing mission type work in forign countries?

You could work with different aid groups and go on their bill to help out people in off the wall places somewhere in the mountains.

Just a thought, I don't know though, whatever you want to do with your life, as long as your happy!

[MeneerDijk]

Well, a lot of you people have a good idea of what they want, and i admire that. it took a long time for me to figure out what i wanted in life. As some of you may know i started a course in mursing when i was 24, a year ago. I figured i'd be a male-nurse or a paramedic in 10 years. But in the theater that is life no-one has a program. I had to stop the course basically because i didn't have the confidence to perform duty's that carry a lot of responsability. and that sucks a lot because it's beyond my control.

But you gotta roll with the punches. I picked myself up, and looked for a new education. In september i start a course as medical laboratorium technician. Wich appeals to my technical side a lot more, instead of my people skills. So in 10 years time i hope to work in a medical lab and have a good income, wife, kids , the whole shebang basically.

[Jay]

I'll be 28 and hopefully in a well-paying job somewhere in the computer industry in Europe. One day I WILL make Europe my homeland, preferably Germany or England.

[Ayame]

At the Academy awards nominated for best director ^^

[Kos]

In ten years? Happily lost, I suppose; attempting to satisfy my curiosities.

"It's not so much the destination, as the journey there is the worthier part."

[Jay]

In ten years? Happily lost, I suppose; attempting to satisfy my curiosities.

"It's not so much the destination, as the journey there is the worthier part."

I just want to travel places. Where doesn't bother me - I've always been interested in geology and people contact, so I would love to combine the two by meeting new people in different places and just learning things.

This could be contradicted by my school record, but I've always loved learning IF the topic and speaker are exciting. I mean who wants to listen to some old biddy drone on and on about something that doesn't interest you? More to the point I (and every young person) was forced to do it, so naturally I rebelled.

[Kos]

I just want to travel places. Where doesn't bother me - I've always been interested in geology and people contact, so I would love to combine the two by meeting new people in different places and just learning things.

This could be contradicted by my school record, but I've always loved learning IF the topic and speaker are exciting. I mean who wants to listen to some old biddy drone on and on about something that doesn't interest you? More to the point I (and every young person) was forced to do it, so naturally I rebelled.

I would kindly point you in the direction of one, Dr. Erik Demaine. He is one of the youngest members of MIT's AI Lab Faculty - completely non-standard education. Due to the nature of his father's employment, they travelled around the United States extensively - and his father encouraged him to learn as deeply about his interests as possible. Fascinating individual.

I honestly think that one of the most glaring problems with education these days is that many educators are unable to breathe life into the material; but I am no educator - so this is merely my opinion (and off-topic at that).

[Jay]

I would kindly point you in the direction of one, Dr. Erik Demaine. He is one of the youngest members of MIT's AI Lab Faculty - completely non-standard education. Due to the nature of his father's employment, they travelled around the United States extensively - and his father encouraged him to learn as deeply about his interests as possible. Fascinating individual.

Sweet. I'll look 'im up.

I honestly think that one of the most glaring problems with education these days is that many educators are unable to breathe life into the material; but I am no educator - so this is merely my opinion (and off-topic at that).

I think that most of the problem these days is that educators are paid a pittance to set a subject and talk about it. Hear that? TALK about it. They set subjects and talk in a way that THEY think they should, which in most cases is an absolutely heartless, "why-the-hell-did-I-do-that-college-course" kind of way.

[Kos]

I think that most of the problem these days is that educators are paid a pittance to set a subject and talk about it. Hear that? TALK about it. They set subjects and talk in a way that THEY think they should, which in most cases is an absolutely heartless, "why-the-hell-did-I-do-that-college-course" kind of way.

One additional aspect to consider would be: who sets the curricula; furthermore, what is the curricula geared towards?

[Monkey]

In 10 years I'll probably be dead :D

Hopefully I'll have died in bed with a beautiful woman or two ;)

[Uh_oh]

Thats a long time to take to graduate highschool!

ok, seriously though, why not take advantage of the medical school? even if you don't end up as a doctor, what about doing mission type work in forign countries?

You could work with different aid groups and go on their bill to help out people in off the wall places somewhere in the mountains.

Just a thought, I don't know though, whatever you want to do with your life, as long as your happy!

NOT what I meant about high school. Hopefully I will be graduating in two years.

I don't want to go to med school cuz eight years of my life seems so long a time to waste studying - that's probably the bast time for me to get some serious climbing in, maybe even K2, cuz I'll still be young enough to belive that I'm invincible, but hopefully experienced enough not to get myself killed. But I suppose that your right in if I did I could go work for MSF or maybe even work as an expedition/climbing doctor - that would rock :D .

In 10 years I'll probably be dead :D

Yeah, me too. I swear, I have a guardian angel and thats the only reason I've survived this long (I'm not known for being the most careful person around)

[Mechs]

Serving in the Army or the Legion and gleefully doing things I don't really want to do. Doing the wrong thing perfectly is art,is it not? ... I am already extempt from military service
after I told the draft comitee that our Army is a bunch of incompetent alcoholic bureaucratic morons.(not far from the truth. Like 5% of soldiers have any survival skills) Still, I believe if I showed up at the recruiting office, they would take me. They like former boy scouts. In good health. (although, that would mean parting with my hair. Or setting a precedent, like that German. He was incarcerated for three weeks, for refusing to have his hair cut, before their High Court declared, that it's unconstitutional to enforce such policy).
My preference is military engineering or artillery.

Or I end up as a programmer.
In Prague or the UK. If there is any demand for programmers. Or possibly doing research in CS. But, I'm not smart enough for that.

Ill be in the Army too. Im enlisting in the next month or so. If everything goes according to plans Ill be 26-27 and be a First Lieutenant or maybe even a Captain :D. I dont think ill be married or have any kids (not on purpose anyway). Hope fullybetween now and then I hope I dont get shipped to Iraq if thats stiill going on by the time I get out of A.I.T. That could probably hurt my chances a bit.

[Monkey]

Hopefully I'll still be travelling. My job requires only my mind not my presence.

I stay in one place to earn enough so that I can travel again then I move on.

I know the only thing that can kill my lifestyle.... Marriage :(

With a bit of luck hopefully I can avoid it for a few more years, 32 and unmarried but blissfully happy I will be :D

[StormShadow]

My Korean GF gets annoying, so within 10 years I'd go to the source and get the best of both worlds. 1) A hot Korean wife 2) Innability to speak English. If she really starts to irritate me, I just say I don't understand. The plan is bulletproof. Hopefully I don't get my ass shot off in the Army, and will have been the best damn medic the 3 ID has ever scene! Medical school would follow, and I would die a rich doctor with a hot Korean wife that I can ignore when she asks me to take out the trash.

[ArkhanTerra]

Right, serious answer this time.

I'll be 27 in ten years, so ideally, here's what would happen. I'd graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnical University or the University of Rochester with a B.A in Business, that'll happen when I'm 21. I'd like to try the JET program for a year or two, but I can't really picture myself being a long-term resident in Japan. Granted, I hang out with the "Japanophiles" at school, but I love living here in the states. Then maybe when I get back I'd start a serious relationship (unless of course, I meet someone in college who wants to go into JET, that's be pretty cool), and I'd try and land a decent-paying job for some corporation. And there I am, 24 with a steady 9-5 job with room for promotion, and hopefully a decent apartment. I'd like to get married at 28-29, so I'll try not to fuck up too badly, but you can't really force or plan things like that, so I've got no idea what'll happen.

Worst case scenario, I'll probably go to the University of Rhode Island and start as a Business major, then change to something completely different and get a standard job somewhere. I'll probably get stuck in a relationship prematurely, take it too far and have a kid or two before my wife divorces me because I do something stupid. So there I am, divorced with a crappy job and having to pay child support.

Realistically, I think I'll get a degree in something and get a steady job. I'll pay off my loans like anyone else and move on. I can't really envision anything beyond that, so I'm just hoping for the best.

What use is it to dwell on the future? If you think about it too much, it'll only give less time before that time has arrived.

[Dae_Dae]

In ten years I'll be twenty-six. So that means I'll be finishing up my residency in pediatrics. After highschool I will be attending College Park doing a two year pre-medical program. It usually takes four years but hey, I'm an overachiever. ;) Well after that I'll be attending (Insert college here) for medical school. Hopefully after that I'll get a pedaitric internship at John Hopskins. That would be great. Then a great job somewhere. I would LOVE to move to France and work there. I have a dream to buy a manor in France and work at a nearby hospital. I'm going to publish a book of poems and/or a childrens novel of scary stories. Well those are my plans for the future :)

[ruaidhri]

An update on where I see myself in 10 years and how I plan on getting there?

I’m quickly approaching 65, with Medicare and official recognition that I’m really old. Well, I don’t feel old so therefore, regardless of what anyone says, I’m not. In tens years I’ll be approaching 75. I'll let you know if that’s old when I get there.

My wife just retired yesterday. Finally, we are retired together. We plan on traveling and backpacking. I want to see America slow and easy step by step. Now is the time for my wife and me to think more about ourselves and allow our two sons to make there own way in the world. I don’t believe they’ll have any problems. My younger son graduates with his BS this coming May and my older son graduates with his Ph.D. in May 2007.

Both my wife and I plan on working part time. Staying at home, vacationing and doing nothing aren’t that great. We all need to contribute to remain a viable member of society. My wife is a Registered Nurse and will work occasional hours in a pool. I will seek consulting work being careful not to exceed the amount Social Security allows me to earn. Come January, 2007, my Social Security income restrictions will end allowing unrestricted earnings.

I continue to believe in plans. They get you from where you are to where you’re going. Fate usually teaches lessons and they usually are not good.

So, repeating my old question: How do you plan to get where you want to be in 10 years?

[akitaka]

Your statement about not feeling old makes me smile. So far, only my neighbors have felt confident enough to say that. They are retired, but also do part time work, and travel together. In fact, they were in Hawaii a few days ago.

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I've no particular goal in mind, unfortunately.

Currently I've been doing well in cooking school, having made a few things here and there, so I may be working in food for the next decade; my current work as a host is beginnnig to sour me out, so once I find a job that can apply my learning skills, I'll be high-tailing out of there. The only degree in mind, right now, is an AAS (associates in applied sciences).

Along with this, I'll be seeing into making my schedule open for at least 3 days of Capoeira a week; I really want to get good at it, and learn some songs along the way. Playing the berimbau instrument is tricky, and I won't be playing mid-game anytime soon if I keep this current schedule up. Hopefully I'll remain long enough in the art to be able to teach some; especially kids.
Meanwhile, my younger sister is consistently competing in epee fencing; hopefully she'll get to C rank soon enough. I wonder if she'll stick with it enough to go to internationals.

So I'll be 29 in the next decade. If anything, I'd have started a family or something of the sort, though doubt is in my mind out of lack of interest. Consistency and planning happen to be the two things I'm worst at, so in this year I'll focus on getting my act together.