I'm proud of you, could you stay for a while?
Starting to feel more an more like an adult these days.
Ouch.
Thinking about life with 2.5 Children. And a dog.
Scary hey?
5 years ago we were in year 11, that doesn't really seem like all that long ago. But in another 5 years, many of us will be working full time in the jobs we will likely be stuck with for the following 5 years. We won't have to pay the extra $500 excess in the event of an accident. We will likely be living alone or with a partner. Some of us will have kids. Some of us will be memories of the past. Some of us will be quite well off. Some of us won't be. Some of us will be travelling the world. Some of us will still be in the same bedroom.
Where do you see yourself 5 years from now? And where did you see yourself being now, 5 years ago?
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Five years ago I thought I knew where I was going, and perhaps even how to get there. I'm certainly not in that place now -- although to my credit I'm relatively close to my line of thought given the passage of time -- but as cliché as it sounds I've really been letting go of that vision lately.
It really is (at least for me, now) about the journey more than the destination and I'm quite recently significantly more content to not have a fixed destination in mind but rather some places I'd like to visit.
So, in five years I hope I'm somewhere interesting with some people I care about, hopefully trying something new.
Five years ago i never would have imagined I would be where I am now.
I honestly thought I would be in a stable relationship ready to 'talk' about moving in and all that partnery stuff.
And frankly I am so happy that it hasn't happened for me yet. I would never have met my awesome new mates, which, I have spent nearly the entire weekend and tonight with. I also probably would not have ventured out and gone into something so rewarding as animal rescue. I am now on a committee where I organise things and voice my opinion about where I want an organization to end up.
Never would have dreamed being in these places 5 years ago.
I have loved what life has thrown at me, and the challenges it has brought forth, and I absolutely adore the people in my life.
So I really can't say where I see myself in another five years
I just hope that they will stay with me and I continue to do what makes me happy, and dancing and the animal rescue is a huge part of my life so I’m sticking to them. In five years time I would be still doing this… oh and also settling down with a partner would be very nice as well. If he can handle all this :P.
And I’m not sure if that really made sense, it’s very late and I should be in bed but I can’t sleep and have gone off on a tangent.
Goodnight
Nice comments. Thanks to both of you.
Five years ago I had no idea where I wanted to be so it is kinda hard. I think that was before I was really aiming for uni. And I certainly had no interest in physics at that stage. I was looking in the paper for acting schools. I think I saw myself programming.
5 years from now I haven't a clue where I'll be or what I'll be doing. So far I've gone with the flow and just ended up where I end up. I'll probably do that. Realisticlly I see myself living out of home hopefully. Hopefully with somebody. I don't see me with my PhD unfortunately, however I will still strive to earn it. I see myself still in contact with many of you guys. Hopefully with a few more freinds who'll I'll be studying with for the next couple of years. Hopefully working as a research 'fellow' still at monash.
5 years ago i didnt see myself anywhere, i dont ever see myself anywhere.
I didnt know what to do with my life, now, ive come to realise its time to get on with it, and hopefully i will, gimme 2 months ill tell you if its happened or not.
I cant say i like the place ive ended up working a dead end job, working many many long hours, owing the bank an arseload of cash, i dont go out, i rarely have fun, i rarely am fun, im still a lard arse, Ive gotten more sour, pissed off, racist and even more unlikable than i was in year 11.
Ive turned into everything i once said i hated, everything. I am my mother.
I thought to myself in bed a few nights ago, what do i like about myself, (prompted by having a g/f who loves herself) i came up with nothing substantial. I sort of like my legs below the knees and my feet cause theyre pretty big, thats it.
Thats a pretty small list.
As for 5 years from now, Lets hope i have a van, a business, a house, a sparky licence, a woman, a house, a car.
I dont see myself there tho, as i said, i dont see myself anywhere, its good to plan, to think, but to see i just cannot do.
I hope to have most of you as friends still, i said most cause its inevitable people'll fuck off. I hope to be happy, thatd be the best, but how many people do you know that are completely happy with their lives?
My already shit mood has been launched even lower, thats it.
5 years ago i saw myself still studying at uni having gone further and getting a degree in interior design or id be working it instead. 5 years ago i was in year 11 and that was the best year of my schooling. I hit year 12 and it kinda went down hill, got pretty shit grades but still managed to get into Tafe and studied for 2 years, getting my diploma.
Although after doing that, i wasn't expecting to be working in a bakery. It's a rather big jump from interior design. It's good most days at the bakery and pretty god damn fun besides the whole standing up for 7-8 hours, but when it comes down to it, it's a pretty useless job. Im not sure what happened in my head, but after studying for 2 years, i lost all my passion for the arts. Every single ounce.
In 5 years, im hoping my passion comes back cause i think id like to still lead my life as an interior designer. Im organising to go on a conteki tour next year, going around all of Europe. Im really hoping im successful in doing so because i dont want it to be 10 years down the track where im raising kids and won't have the time or money in order to see the world.
Right now, im honestly not sure what the hell im going to be doing. As i said, i hope ill do the things above but im really not 100% sure. I seem to be in dead end mode at the moment, working a steady job thats taking me no where.
All i can wish for is happiness. Great partner, great profession, great friends, great life.
Let's see what the next 5 years brings eh.
I have to get through the next week before i worry about 5 years from now. Got 15 reports to mark, two 21sts, exam study, a cataflaque parade stupidly early in the morning, number theory questions to do, an assignment due tomorrow I haven't started and stupid brass bits of uniform to polish. Also anzac day. Bah.
Well five years ago I had a preety good idea of where I wanted to be in life, usually im a pessemist but I think im getting close to where I wanted to be, in five years time I hope I can be better than what I originally wanted. All good on the western front...there wernt many chicks on the western front were there...?
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