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Where do you see yourself in five years time?
Hello everyone 
I thought I'd make this thread so we can all find out where we want to be in five years? So basically you're talking about yourself, your jobs, your family etc. Do you see yourself with a new job, a child?
So as the title says, where do you see yourself in five years time?
Where will I be in five years time?
My honest answer is I don't know. I don't know what life has in store for me in five years time, hopefully something good though In five years time I would love to be a professional author. I have lots of ideas for books but so far haven't been able to complete these ideas. In five years time I really want to have over five books written and released and would also like to adopt a little baby girl if I can get the Autism under control Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever get my life back on track, I don't know if I will, but I know that all of you good people here help me a lot so I am very garteful for that
Other than that I'd also really love to own my own big house as well if I get on with my books then I know that this is all possible within five years, but first I need the motivation and the strength to write an entire book! Wish me luck
I hope you guys and girls can all get to where you want in five years time as well
Matthew.
I thought I'd make this thread so we can all find out where we want to be in five years? So basically you're talking about yourself, your jobs, your family etc. Do you see yourself with a new job, a child?
So as the title says, where do you see yourself in five years time?
Where will I be in five years time?
My honest answer is I don't know. I don't know what life has in store for me in five years time, hopefully something good though
In five years time I would love to be a professional author. I have lots of ideas for books but so far haven't been able to complete these ideas. In five years time I really want to have over five books written and released and would also like to adopt a little baby girl if I can get the Autism under control Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever get my life back on track, I don't know if I will, but I know that all of you good people here help me a lot so I am very garteful for that Other than that I'd also really love to own my own big house as well
if I get on with my books then I know that this is all possible within five years, but first I need the motivation and the strength to write an entire book! Wish me luck I hope you guys and girls can all get to where you want in five years time as well
Matthew.
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It's a good question interesting to think about where I want my own life to be in 5 years, interesting to see what other people see for themselves too.
For me, at the moment, I'm in a stage of figuring out the path of my next 5 years. I made a major change to what I want to do with my life recently, so now it's about coming up with a new plan of action. I spent like 10 years wanting to be an interior designer, but randomly in all of like 5 minutes a few months ago I decided I want to be a mental health counsellor. So there's been the stage of actually giving myself time to actually think about it and to started looking into it and if it still seems right for me. Now I'm still looking into it and devising a plan of action. Which I've determined to be only determinable in 2 year intervals. So I might be just finishing off my final year of my bachelors degree in social work and looking for a job in the field or possibly be moving on to studying for my masters. Or I might have ended with my social work diploma a year or two earlier and be doing what I can with that for work. Mostly likely not that last option though, I'll most likely see it trough to at least the bachelors option because I don't think the diploma holds a ton of value (the bachelors degree though wooowww. I watch the social worker job postings, man, that sucker can serve you well). So that's really all up in the air still. I just want to be making good progress with that, but what my exact goal is I don't know yet.
I also hope to have written a couple books by then (2 to be exact, 1series I want to do) and to have them published somehow, though I'm very seriously considering self-publishing. It's not a career path for me, it's a hobby. I'd like to have a book out there that people can buy, but I don't think I'm concerned with the extra exposure and profits traditional publishing might lead to. But I will look more into both options when I'm closer to ready to publish. Hopefully this year I will have the first book in a publishable state, so hopefully I'll not be pushing that 5 year limit to get them out, hopefully the 2nd will have been out a couple years and maybe I'll be working on something new to publish.
No goals for family life. I don't want kids (love them, but I'm just not cut out to be a mom), and I'm meh on the whole marriage thing if it happens it happens if it doesn't it doesn't I really don't care. So I just want to focus mainly on career-related goals the next 5 years, allowing writing to fall into careers even if it's not exactly a career plan... just a hobby to make maybe a few extra dollars XD.
I know you can do it
Matthew.
I honestly agree with Matthew, I don't know where I will be in 5 years. I also never thought so far because I want to keep my things in order in a timezone where it is more realistic. I know myself and when I plan things, I have the habit that I want that this plan works like I want, and if it doesn't work, I always get mad
edit. I too wanna adopt a kid
I need a pick me up otherwise I'm going to end up in many places I don't want to be in many points of life.
I wish you all the very best with you goals! I know you will complete them all
@Simpkin I hope you can also find that special someone
Also yes adoption is right at the top of my list
@jcp011c2 Oh no I'm sorry you feel this way
I hope you can find that pick me up you're looking for! Best of luck for the future my friend
Hugs to you all
Matthew.
I was actually planning to go abroad to get a Master's degree once I have 2 years of work experience (the minimum needed for a Fulbright scholarship), but now I think I'll put that on hold. Right now I'm thinking of going in 2020, but I want to ask my boss if I can still work remotely while pursuing graduate studies overseas. Once I get my degree and go back home, I'll continue working for my current company while teaching part-time in the university where I got my bachelor's degree. My original plan was to be a full-time professor and my office job was just a stepping stone, but I like my job so much right now that I don't want to give it up.
Of course, things change. Maybe I won't like my job as much in the next few years. Maybe I won't be able to study abroad. I'll try to make things happen, but if things get derailed I'll have to roll with the punches. No problem. Whatever tomorrow brings.
I'm kind of weird like that; I'm somewhat of a long-term planner. I've wanted to work with computers since I was 6, and I decided to take up Computer Science when I was in grade school. And I actually did those things. Fortunately I ended up liking Comp Sci, so there was no problem there. It's just that I don't often hear about people who plan things several years in advance and actually follow through.
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It's pretty awesome that you plan things really far ahead and what's even cooler is how you follow through with those plans
At least you'll still be able to have two boys and two girls by the time your thirty
I've always been attracted to women and to me men are just men
Best of luck!
Matthew.
I am very very happy with my life as it is right now
I am planning on getting married next year (hope it happens
That being said, 5 years ago I never thought I'd be where I am today. Life is funny like that. But wherever I am in 5 years, I will be sure to be thankful for what I have and not focus on what I wish I had.
And @Sennie. I wish you the best of luck in everything. Adoption is a wonderful idea, and is so rewarding. I hope in 5 years, whatever it looks like, you are we'll provided for and healthy, cuz that's all that matters
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Thanks.
Also, good luck with your writing and your desire to adopt. Children really are something special.
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In 5 years I see myself in my first apartment in a city with an acting market. I don't know if I'll be financially or emotionally strong enough to survive in New York or LA, but I hope to be anywhere other than Midwest America. (My mom says she has a friend in LA that would be willing to take me in, fingers crossed.) I see myself figuring out adulthood in a city with at least a little bit of culture and opportunity. I'm not content to spend my whole life in a trashy neighborhood in Indiana. I see myself pursuing what I'm passionate about with vigor. I want to see myself approaching my dreams with a healthy level of practicality to go along with that passion. I want to get over my body dysmorphia and feel better in my skin. I don't want to lose track of what I value and care about and end up settling for a life of safety and mediocrity.
College is the biggest issue for me. I hope to go someday, just for the sake of learning, but there's no job I want that requires college. I want to be an actor and there's no way I could get into a decent acting school, and we all know how useless theater degrees are. It'd be better to just put myself out there and audition and hustle independently. I'm also terrified being in college could worsen my anxiety and depression, seeing that I left high school early because of a crippling school phobia. I'm terrified of failure and it seems like those that go to college can't find jobs and have cribbling debt, but those who don't go can't get hired anywhere decent and are viewed as second class citizens.
I'm trying not to think about college right now. I'm not old enough so there's no point giving myself a heart attack. I just feel like I'm only considering college because that's what you're supposed to do and it's what everyone else does. But then again I love studying and academia and probably have the ability to get a scholarship. BAH
It's hard to want to be an actor while also having a fear of failure. I honestly can't see myself happy doing anything else. It's the only thing I know I have the ability to be great at. (And I do not want to be famous. That's a completely different goal. I just want to barely survive in a studio apartment. I'm willing to sacrifice a lot.) And all I hear is "risky, risky, risky, TOO RISKY. Don't you DARE follow your dreams because you'll get pregnant and DIE! Go to Generic State and major in the color gray and become a professional button pusher like Stanley from The Stanley Parable." (Great game btw.)
ANYWAY. Wow that was a diatribe. Getting started on this topic is dangerous because it's almost all I think about, lol.
P.S. @Sennie I wish you the greatest of luck with your writing. I hope you write to your heart's content and pursue what you love. And I think it is the sweetest thing ever that you want to adopt a baby girl. From seeing you around the forums, I can tell you're super kind and supportive and there is no way you wouldn't be amazing parent.
(Why is it that it's easy to encourage others and oh so difficult to encourage ourselves? The human brain, man.) Actually, if I reach the age of 60, with never having gotten a part in anything and living under a bridge with a family of trolls, I could go study to be a psychologist. Yay for having a Plan B!
Or I could be a birthday party clown, either one.
On the professional side, I just wish I will still have my current job which I love so much. Fashion has always been one of my most favorite passion and working as a fashion consultant is a blessing to me. Maybe I would hire a friend or two as a partner.
Whatever will happen, I will stay the same sweet and friendly girl who will keep enjoying her life as much as she can.
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us -Helen Keller-
It's a shame you don't enjoy your job, but as you said it sounds like you have a really good life at the moment
I wish you all the very best with your life and I hope when you get married it will be the happiest day of your life
Best of luck for everything you fo in your life. I hope everything works out great for you
@Jesf8312 I don't think that's sad at all
Thank you so much for your kindness
@orangehippogriff I think your dreams and hopes of moving out are great!
Acting sounds like it means a lot to you and I really do hope you manage to become an actor because that would be great if you were starring in hit movies and animations like Disney films
You can't think like that! I know you're still too young to think about college, so enjoy your youth and focus on your dreams of becoming an actor and everything else you enjoy
I wish you all the very best with moving out and becoming an actor
Thank you so much for your kindness and support
And again, best of luck for everything you want to do in the future
@amyedwards1986 I think that's wonderful that you want to give your son a little brother or sister
You sound like such a lovely person
I wish you all the very best for your future and hope that everything stays the way it is for you
Matthew.
I don't think I will ever marry but if my health's good and I am quite wealthy then I'd love to give a little girl a good home
I hope you can do this as well @Simpkin
Matthew.
I don't wanna get married either. Just wanna provide a whole family for my kid if possible.
I rang up a place before I applied for the social benefit (I dunno what you call it. You know when you cannot work cause you're too sick so you get money). I wanted to know if going on benefits would affect me adopting in the future. I was told it's all individual and that handicapped people have adopted before. The lady on the phone was really into me adopting someone though.
And thanks. I hope your health improves too.
That sounds interesting
Matthew.