| Mar 6, 2006 @ 6:19 PM |
In 5 years...part 2
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sjpinatl
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OK, so now...
Five years ago, where did you see yourself in 5 years? And how much of that came into fruition?
5 years ago I was earning the top award in my major and the top quarterly award in a company of over 1,000 people and I thought I was going to burn it up the next year...WRONG. I feel I'm going backward, not forward. Even though I may have taken some baby steps, I am not used to moving this slow.
MY 5 YEAR LIST WAS THE SAME I HAD THIS YEAR! Just did not happen! None of it!
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| Mar 6, 2006 @ 6:29 PM |
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sciurusniger
Posts: 2,958
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To belatedly answer Part One, I can't imagine five years from now, and though I have things I'd like to accomplish, contentment is always the daily goal, but I am now pretty much where I thought I'd be five years ago.
I have a good job, good friends and relations, and an avocation (ok, a second sometimes-more-than-full-time job) which fulfills my very soul and also allows me to exercise my creativity via other adjunct pursuits. It has brought me recognition, too, though that was never a goal but instead a reluctant choice in order to help others on this path more effectively achieve their own goals (the power of numbers comes into play here as well).
I am happy. 
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| Mar 6, 2006 @ 6:50 PM |
In 5 years...part 2
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fuchia04
Posts: 953
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As the ole' sayings go "what goes up must come down", "for every peak, there is a valley", "for every wave, a trough", "for every bridge a tunnel". Well okay, maybe that last one ain't necessarily true, but you get the point...
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| Mar 6, 2006 @ 7:09 PM |
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Jankia
Posts: 11,912
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Five years ago, where did you see yourself in 5 years? And how much of that came into fruition?
5 years ago I was a full time bank vault builder and equipment intstaller.At that time I was living in my moms basement,trying to pay off my divorce while looking forward to building my house on the river and moving up the ladder in the company that I worked for.
Then it all changed after my truck accident at work.I couldnt work for 6 months and wasnt supposed to recover from my head injury.
I then won a settlement against the company who owned the semi I ran into because of there fault for the accident.After I recovered completely I never went back to work but started my own business as a contractor,built my home myself and living happily ever after.....almost.
I'm on here still lookin!
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| Mar 6, 2006 @ 7:21 PM |
In 5 years...part 2
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sjpinatl
Posts: 671
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Lots of up and downs, Jankia. Good post.
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| Mar 6, 2006 @ 7:48 PM |
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DestinyAngel49
Posts: 516
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5 years ago... My soon-to-be ex and I moved into this apt.
that I am now still living in.
We had just got back together ( His drinking and being
unfaithful had split us up )... and it was to be a 'new' start
for Us.
I really thought that he had changed and that in 5 years
we would be 'The Happily Ever After Married Couple.'
I was soooo Wrong!!! I should have known better than to
have ever believed and trusted him. 
So... Where I seen myself in 5 years... Did NOT Happen!!!
Insted.. I'm here with all of you on MD.
Glad I'm here... So many nice people here!!!! 
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| Mar 6, 2006 @ 10:05 PM |
In 5 years...part 2
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JenRNinOhio
Posts: 4,161
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Five years ago I was going through the divorce. Didn't have a five year plan but I knew I wanted to be free of ... well... Not going to go into detail but ...OK...Just *free*.
Five years later...Now... I am...*free*. In my own home with kids & dogs & the iguana...working full time...It's not always easy...oh hell...it's RARELY easy but I am my own woman ...
...and I hold the remote control...
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| Mar 6, 2006 @ 10:56 PM |
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Lee_Danger
Posts: 4,517
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5 years ago I was a housewife. And, back then saw myself 5 years from then (now) ... as a housewife.
Today, I'm a single mom with a new career. Never saw it coming! BAM
You can't plan your life... your life just happens.
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| Mar 6, 2006 @ 11:25 PM |
In 5 years...part 2
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walkingman
Posts: 639
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I was un happily married 5 year's ago. It seem's like it has been longer than that. I was not happy with my job and my life was just a mess. My kid's were not happy and neither was I. My life is great now. I have never been happier. I love being a single parent. My kid's are happy and their live's are much more stable. In 5 years I will be planning where I move the folllowing year as my daughter's will be on their own. I am looking right now at Seattle and I also want to check out place's in Arizona and New Mexico. I have been planning this move since my divorce. I will move. I just have the luxury of being able to find the place that I will be happiest. I expect be single when I do it.If I am with someone then great, if not that is fine to. I will move either way.
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| Mar 6, 2006 @ 11:40 PM |
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Thunderscribe
Posts: 419
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Yep, things are pretty much on schedule, at least for now.
Five years from now?
Maybe my own satellite base with a death-ray and surrounded by an army of loyal fem-bots. We'll just have to see.
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| Mar 7, 2006 @ 1:03 AM |
In 5 years...part 2
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peaches_n_cream2002
Posts: 302
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Five years ago I was a senior in high school. My plans for 5 years later was to be finishing up college at a prestigious performance arts school on the east coast and earning my place as an actress on Broadway.
Nowhere close to fruition.
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| Mar 7, 2006 @ 2:12 AM |
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7eternity
Posts: 223
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Exactly five years ago, wow I was jobless lol, living in a s***ty state and not going to school. Yeah, right now I have a really happy life if you're asking.
SJ, you should post more of this kinda topic. I think it's interesting to know about what others have done in general.
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| Mar 7, 2006 @ 7:55 AM |
In 5 years...part 2
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Heaveninawildflower
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In the words of the immortal Phil Rizzuto, Holy Cow!! Was I ever way off....
Five years ago, the company I'd been with for 30 years was acquired by a much bigger fish. I figured I'd probably get a year out of it, then out the door, approaching 60. It appeared that I'd get a year's severance, and I expected to use that to buy some sort of franchise and go into business for myself. Instead, they decided to keep 'my' system; and have continued to feel that way about it thru 5 major acquisitions since then, so I'm still very much employed and having a great time at it.
They moved me and mine from the frigid northeast to the southwest Sonoran desert, and in the process, made a number of longtime dreams possible. Home's on a third of an acre, with diving pool, basketball court, detached gym and workshop, and my 'den' has a 9 foot fireplace in it with bookshelves to spare.
As has been stated in this thread before, waves and troughs are a fact of life. Maybe it's the "lucky at love, unlucky at cards" thing, and since I've been dealt one hell of a beautiful hand in so many ways, it would really be asking for egg in my beer (old saying, has anyone ever had the nerve to try it?) to want to find the final love of my life, but I'm still looking. Meanwhile I'm not lacking for friends and I'm certainly not bored!!
The next five years? So far, it looks as though I'll still be employed if I so choose. Other than that, who knows. My family's longevity seems spotty...if I can make it to 80, I might well still be dancing at 100, the trick being making it to 80.
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| Mar 7, 2006 @ 9:50 AM |
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Silvertongue62
Posts: 6,932
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The goals set for myself 5 years ago have been accomplished. Now for those who havent been able to reach their desired goals it is very simple.
1) We live by the decisions we make and our present state will reflect that.
2) We are all product of our enviroments but thats not a birth right to our destiny. It is up to us to change.
3) We are all byproducts of our past experiences.
To truly understand these would lead one into progression.
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| Mar 7, 2006 @ 10:36 PM |
In 5 years...part 2
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wandaful123
Posts: 1,614
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3) We are all byproducts of our past experiences.
Would like to add to this silver.... we are all byproducts of what we have learned or chosen to ignore from our experiences... 
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| Mar 8, 2006 @ 12:31 AM |
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Silvertongue62
Posts: 6,932
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Would like to add to this silver.... we are all byproducts of what we have learned or chosen to ignore from our experiences...
No sometimes less is more. I can only invite those who need help to look at people who have made solid decisions in their lives and reap the fruits from those decisions. When I left bell laboratories I went into business for myself and didnt look back. There many people who had opinions about what I should do but very few who were actually successful in the advice they had given me. The only thing I can do for anyone or to help anyone is to lead by example. I can talk you to death like many here on the forum or I can set a good example by my daily deeds. At this time in my life there is only one goal for me to accomplish and that is to be remembered. I want to be remembered as one who cared, one who did all he could to reach back and help those who were unable to reached the plateau that I have, and lastly one who made a difference. So in my opinion talking people to death isnt the answer without the actions to go along with it.
Wanda
It's not that people choose to ignore their experiences, sometimes they just dont know the difference. When we forget our history (our past), we are soon to repeat it.
Never the less, you are a very insightful woman and i think I respect that most about you.
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| Mar 8, 2006 @ 4:17 PM |
In 5 years...part 2
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definitelydi
Posts: 12,602
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Five years ago was aproximately when my exhusband asked me to marry him. We were doing the whole "long distance" thing, commuting 2.5 hours to see each other twice a week. I thought we'd get married, buy a house, and live happily ever after with our pets. At the time I didn't really have any long term goals for myself. I just wanted to be a good wife and live a contented life.
Five years later, I'm on my own and still looking forward to buying a house and am actually more content than I've even been.
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| Mar 8, 2006 @ 9:28 PM |
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SwaggerNStrut
Posts: 173
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Five years ago, I thought I'd be a successful graphic designer who would forever wallow in lonliness.
Five years later, I became a successful graphic designer, lost my job, now I'm going to school to be a teacher. I've been inducted into one honor society, and on my way into another one. I work with pre-k autistic kids and sing The Itsy Bitsy Spider every day. Oh, and I'm single, yet far from lonely.
If you told me all this 5 years ago, I would have laughed my ass off!
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| Mar 14, 2006 @ 11:29 PM |
In 5 years...part 2
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Silvertongue62
Posts: 6,932
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If you told me all this 5 years ago, I would have laughed my ass off!
Its funny what curves life throws us but in the end I guess the infinite goal is happiness.
Seems you've found that. Good luck!
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