Let's be bold for a moment

[flexagon]

Let's pretend there is a Plan A and let's pretend I could definitely move in the directions I wanted.
This is my current ideal life in about three years:

Still with heisenbug and Nala (live to be twenty, kitty, live to be twenty!)
Owning our home outright.
Still minimalist, maybe more minimalist.
Working 4 days a week at a salaried software job.
Side project out of beta with an actual, active community.*
Kicking acroyoga ass, physically more flexible than now.
Able to do a press handstand, assuming I'm still interested in doing so.


Interesting to try to put other people's visions together with all this. Think of it... it's 2013, I am 36 and clearly awesome (see above). apfelsingail has a freshly minted MBA, bluechromis is qualified to be a doctor but probably doing some kind of residency where she never sleeps. No doubt there will be more children among my friends. Naturally, heisenbug will be the head of a promising startup.

* Sorry, I know I still haven't told you.

Comments

[niralth.livejournal.com]

Nice vision you've got there. I've been doing some near future envisioning myself. Must be that time again.

[flexagon]

Near future? Funny... it's been a long, long time since I had a "three years out" vision.

[flexagon]

(I'd like to hear about yours if you happen to feel like posting.)

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

I think all but one of those are givens (barring injury, knock on wood). And I will root for you on that toughy!

As for me, let's see...

I too would like to see that side project up and running, that would be pretty cool.

In three years I will hopefully:

-Have finished med school with a strong enough performance to get the field I want in a location I want.
-Be 1.5 months into my intern year of said residency.
-Not crying myself to sleep every night. Actually, I won't be sleeping, so that shouldn't be a problem.
-Living close to friends.
-Mom of two happy, healthy kitties.
-Have at least started my year physically strong and healthy, and maintaining at least a minimum level of that once intern year starts.
-Have gotten better as a writer, perhaps even having participated in some sort of published work.

I have been thinking about more concrete goals, but I'm not ready to commit to any yet.

[flexagon]

Haha, I was counting only 3-4 of them as very likely. I am a creature of conservative estimates.

I like your vision and want to see those things happen... I especially like #3, although I don't like its necessity even a little bit. (That much uncertainty, huh?) I am not really into concrete goals that far out in the future... so much can happen, especially when you're doing huge things that change everything, like getting degrees. (So yeah, that much uncertainty.) The degree is probably goal enough; you are hardly slacking off in the goals department. :)

[kaigex.livejournal.com]

I'm usually not one for plans, but thinking in a five year trajectory I can at least say I'll be sad if I haven't: recorded some number of songs with friends, written at least some more meaningful and sharable stories & run a D&D campaign within my worlds, become rather healthier in lifestyle and foodstuffs, and kept various peoples in my life.