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Post by ionysis on Feb 27, 2008 1:21:49 GMT -5
A bit like the get to know the person below you thread - I just wondered what people's hopes / dreams / goals are for the next five years.
For me:
I hope: I will be happy and fulfilled in my job, financially secure and emotionally satisfied.
I dream: I will be with my ex. We will living in the three bedroom apartment he just bought in Abu Dhabi, which should be finished in 2011 but will also have the 1 bedroom apartment I bought next door to it so that we each both have our own space.
We enjoy going on long weekend trips to Europe, going to the opera, having great sex and being relaxed and loving with each other. He has given up smoking, is doing extermely well at work, is happy with himself, self-confident and open with me and I am slim, healthy and attractive.
My ambitions are (in no particular order):
1. to have built up the Middle Eastern office of the Company I hope to work for into a sucessful franchise with several people employed to do the leg work and me just going out attending networking meetings and events and originating business.
2. to have set up a charitable foundation aimed at helping vulnerable women in the UAE, particularly those who have been trafficked or who are victims of sexual abuse, exploitation or domestic violence.
3. to make sure to the best of my ability that my parents are happy, healthy, secure and comfortable.
4. to own several properties including France, London, Abu Dhabi and somewhere where you can ski in the winter and to have a clear $100k liquidity set aside for emergencies / kids educational costs.
How about you guys?
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Post by Phyxius on Feb 27, 2008 1:25:15 GMT -5
Physically and emotionally healthy and watching my son graduate from high school. Beyond that, I won't even hazard a guess or a hope...  |
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Post by sheyd on Feb 27, 2008 9:18:13 GMT -5
Hopes - My oldest daughter will be looking at graduating with honors and picking out a college. My second daughter will have her anxiety under control, be healthy and happy. My youngest daughter will be putting off puberty! I will still be at this job, doing well, looking to complete my experiential portion of my masters. Harry will have finished school and found a great job in the field in the area. The rest of my family will be healthy (or at least alive - my dad will never be "healthy" again). Explore Japan with Harry.
Dreams - To be loved and desired and appreciated. To be married and have another baby. To feel cherished by someone I cherish as much. To have passion-filled sex, with exploration of each other that lasts a lifetime. To have a large house with a LARGE yard, and several bathrooms. To feel worthwhile, like I am giving back to the world.
Goals - raise healthy happy girls with goals and dreams of their own. finish school. help Harry through school and go on to his dreams.
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Post by soupnazi on Feb 27, 2008 23:11:24 GMT -5
Lord have mercy Ionysis...most of us hear the "where do you want to be in 5 years" question in an interview, and ramble out some insignificant BS that someone wants to hear...YOU have actual identifiable and significant plans! I think I feel less a human reading those. Good luck and grace to you to achieve those!
For me...I don't think in 5 year terms...5 years ago, I was "living the dream"...happily married, career going good, dreams for my kids...reality today is divorced (HAPPILY), kids living on their own across the country, and bills out the wazoo.
I don't believe that you can truly make 5 year plans...you can wish and hope where you want to be in 5 years, but the only reality is today and yesterday. Tomorrow, although we make plans, can change at anytime. Yesterday, we cant change, so...my plan is to live for today. Its all you've got.
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Post by ionysis on Feb 27, 2008 23:30:57 GMT -5
Its kind of a necessity for me. I'm really bad when I have no concrete plans and tend to fall to pieces. They change all the time - as the saying goes you never know what is round the next bend in the road - but if I don't have something in my mind to picture ahead of me or work towards I either sink into depression or go out drinking every night and self-destruct. I think in some ways everyone's plans, goals etc. are just a way to give life meaning in some sense - especially after a divorce where it feels for a while like the purpose of your life has been taken away from you and it feels like all you have left is emptiness.
If I had children I might not need to concoct five year plans but I don't have that future stretching out ahead of me so I have to make one up - kind of like paining scenery or a backdrop to add context to the play.
I'm not afraid of change at all, in fact I relish it, but lack of direction paralyses me - I end up like an unguided missile flying round in circles until I explode.
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Post by jules on Feb 28, 2008 13:17:21 GMT -5
...you can wish and hope where you want to be in 5 years, but the only reality is today and yesterday. Tomorrow, although we make plans, can change at anytime. Yesterday, we cant change, so...my plan is to live for today. Its all you've got. So true. I used to be a planner and all of my plans got blown out of the water when the bomb was dropped. So much of my life was based on that plan which in one fell swoop was made nonexistent. That said... in 5 years... I hope to be living in a community I love, preferably on or near a coast where I can visit the beach often for inspiration. I hope to have a fulfilling social life. I hope that my parents are still living, in good health, and enjoying their golden years. I hope to have a career that gives me a sense of purpose and meaning. I hope to have found an artistic outlet that allows me to express myself creatively. And I hope that maybe, just maybe, that I will believe in love once again. |
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Post by sheyd on Feb 28, 2008 14:45:29 GMT -5
lack of direction paralyses me - I end up like an unguided missile flying round in circles until I explode. I think that is true of everyone, actually. Even if someone doesn't STATE a direction, if they are progressing, they probably have one scripted in the back of their mind somewhere. Putting it out there is not a bad thing - it is only bad if you see it as the ONLY path, so when it is derailed, you are too. Shey |
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Post by Phyxius on Feb 29, 2008 21:41:36 GMT -5
I think that is true of everyone, actually. Even if someone doesn't STATE a direction, if they are progressing, they probably have one scripted in the back of their mind somewhere. Putting it out there is not a bad thing - it is only bad if you see it as the ONLY path, so when it is derailed, you are too. Shey Oh, hush! |
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Post by Saucy on Mar 3, 2008 16:26:16 GMT -5
i'm going to be working in a high paying firm, be financially stable, debts paid off, living healthy and happily with my son..
omg...$ would be in school!
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Post by rocko on Mar 3, 2008 16:57:28 GMT -5
5 years ago my five year plans were all thought out.
Now I just hope to be where I am with everyone happy. Hopefully Kevin' job will secure and my business will become more successful so I can take home more money. I hope Kyle continues to grow and learn at a decent pace. I hope that Alec continues to be such a wonderful son and brother. I hope all three boys are able to enjoy sports, but at the very least I hope the oldest two can excel in them.
Most of all I hope I am able to hold my marriage together. I wasn't ableto do it the first time, but I picked someone who is committed and believes in being married is forever...not just till you change your mind.
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Post by murdock on Mar 5, 2008 17:36:01 GMT -5
In five years my daughter will be graduating from high school and getting ready for college. My son will be in the 8th grade, hopefully with no felonys. I will have been married for what will feel like a century.... but, I will be laughing my a$$ off through it all.
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Post by Saucy on Mar 5, 2008 23:40:39 GMT -5
i want to be alive and sane.
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