H will be celebrating being cancer free and we'll take a fun cruise in Alaska to celebrate after not taking a vacation in years because of treatments. We will have also moved closer to family and just enjoying life.
Post by pyramidsloth on Mar 3, 2015 20:52:32 GMT -5
We will be living somewhere on the East coast, H will be a CPT in the Army and will have a job he really enjoys, I will be blogging more seriously and possibly working part-time, and we will be planning our first family vacation with the kids (perhaps a Disney cruise).
Post by imojoebunny on Mar 3, 2015 20:56:21 GMT -5
I want to be where I am now. Learning new things, getting to know my kids, spending time with DH. Spending time with friends.
I would also like to be known as a really good cook. I am well on my way, but for now, I keep it a bit under my hat because I get intimidated by all the crazy dietary restrictions people I know put on themselves. A recent example: "I can't do pomelo". It is great in a salad, even if you "can't do citrus" because you got a bad orange in the school cafeteria when you were 12. (#Stop whining out of all my yummy recipes, it's not your last meal.)
I guess I am pathetic because I don't want or expect too much change in 5 years. I still want to be involved in the kids activities and the PTA type stuff. Only at that point it will be for elementary and high school.
Work it is hard to decide as I know we are going through a growth phase but I don't know what that could mean for me.
We just bought a house, so I hope in 5 years it is exactly the house we wanted still. I want to have a kick ass backyard that is an entertainment mecca. I want to make new friends in the new city and have lots of social obligations. I want to be in my same job and see tremendous growth in the organization I run. I want DH to find a job with less of a commute and more money. Hopefully we will have been to Europe by then as well.
My dd will be in college (hopefully) and I will be living in a tiny house with no debt, a garden and a koi pond. I will have loved ones nearby to visit with. I will be with my same company in my current position or higher. I will be in a charitable volunteer organization that takes up most of my weekends.
I hope I have two kids and to still be happily married. I would like to either be a manager or an in demand IC in my field, ideally at another company. If I wanted to I might be able to work abroad if I stay at current company, but I see myself turning that down to stay near my parents.
I hope to be a few years into a new house we own with an almost five-year-old and maybe a two-year-old. We will be planning our 15-year anniversary trip for the next year. I am thinking Mediterranean cruise!
As far as work, I like what I do and I've hit a level I don't want to advance beyond for a long time, so I would be fine with maintaining the status quo.
This is really tough! I hope to be a CPA and have a new job. I'm hoping my husband will be finishing up getting his college degree (unsure about whether this will happen) and/or working in a more stable position. Within the next 5 years we will probably end up making a decision on having kid(s). We have also discussed the possibility of moving out of state about 5 years from now. I feel like 5 years from now is full of such uncertainty.
Post by irene adler on Mar 3, 2015 23:24:47 GMT -5
Oh hell, I have no idea. There have been too many game changers in the last few years. I am not at ALL where I expected/wanted to be at 35, but I mostly like how things have fallen.
I'll settle for happier than I am now.
Also, I hope my hair is still the same, undyed awesome color it is right now.
Eta--I keep thinking about this question. I remember answering it 5 years ago when I thought DH and I would have a kid or 2, dh would move into a new position at his company, we would be in a different house on some land, and I would hopefully be in a position to move into being self employed. Thanks to external, uncontrollable factors, my life looks a lot different. I can't wrap my head around planning/hoping for something else that doesn't work out--at least not until we get some stability for a while.
I hope that DH will either be in a VP position at his current employer or will reach that level somewhere else. He is on track to reach this point but someone else would have to leave for him to take the role so we will see what happens. If DH stays with his current employer we will stay in the same house but will be looking to move to something a little bigger. Our kids will be 13, 11, 8 (almost), and 6 and we will need more room for them to roam. If DH changes employers we will have to move so hopefully we will be in a forever home at that point. With all the kids in school I hope to have an opportunity to take some time for myself. I may go back to school, get a part time job, or find a volunteer opportunity.
I enjoy what I do, but I would like to expand into other areas and perhaps another industry. I feel like I would be OK continuing on as an individual contributor but as a really well-respected/go to SME.
Hopefully we will have a little one. I think I'd be good with the same house, but with a plan to move elsewhere on the horizon.
It would be great to have run a few more half marathons or at least continue running.
And since this is MM, hopefully be closer to early retirement.
I hope to live in a different , beautiful house, be sending my son off to Kindergarten, still hanging out with friends and enjoying my new career in a part time capacity. Maayybe I'll have a toddler. as well.
Financially, I hope to be less than 50 months away from retirement in 5 years, with a mortgage balance in the low $100s, and completely done with all home renovations - a lovely finished basement and an updated master bath.
Professionally, I would like to be managing leaders of big impactful teams, and would like to look around my firm and see that the women and diversity efforts I am involved in have had an impact on the numbers in our business.
For my H, his giant project at work will be wrapped up, and he'll have a ton more time to relax outside of work due to the lower stress.
We will have completed 5 more mountains and started to travel much more for leisure than work - hey, a girl can dream!
Work-wise, I hope to have tenure and at least one big grant. My first phd student will be graduating, and SO will be tenure track. Personally, we will have a toddler, my dad will have beat his cancer, and two SSs will be in college. One SS will choose to go to our University for free. Financially, we'll be doing well- a strong efund and good retirement contributions.
Hmm, I don't really know how to answer this. I would hope 5 years from now, we're still status quo. Same jobs, same house, our parents still in good health. I'm pretty damn happy with our life right now so I wouldn't want any thing to change.
Still be employed at my awesome new job, or have a promotion to team lead here. I've been here a month now and I really love it so far. I should post more about this since MM was so helpful during my recent unemployment.
Definitively answer the baby question. We love being DINKs and don't think that will change, but we haven't definitively answered that question yet.
DH should have an awesome post-grad school job (he graduates next year) and then I want to explore Master's options in my new field. I will also have my undergraduate SLs paid off either this year or next.
ETA: I can't believe I forgot this one! I am definitely adopting a dog too once our geriatric cats pass.
In 5 years we will have a 5-year-old - crazy! By that time I'm hoping we'll have a second child, as well.
Hopefully H will be well established in his career and really happy with where he is. Hopefully we'll have made some solid progress on paying down his student loans. I'm not sure whether I'll want to be working - the closer I get to having this baby the more I think I may want to stay-at-home with her.
DD will be in kindergarten and DS will be in preschool. Depending on how things go, we could be close to financial independence (Mr Money Mustache style) and I may decide to cut back on my working hours.
With the kids being older we would hopefully go on a lot of adventures like hiking trips.
Good question. I ponder this a lot. As of now, in five years, I'd like DH to be in a job that doesn't cause him undue stress but pays well. I'd like to have been promoted one level at my current job.
On the non-work front, I'd like to have one kid, approaching 4, and to have all our parents healthy and involved in our lives. In an ideal world, we'd have all that and our net worth would be close to double current, but that's dependent on the market, DH's job, and paying for daycare.
This is sooo hard to answer right now. I don't even know where I'm going to be in 5 months
I think ideally in 5 years, BF and I will be married. We'll be living somewhere we've chosen based on a lot of factors (lol) including jobs. Hopefully it will have decent weather. He'll hopefully be working as a counselor at the VA, and I'll hopefully either be working as a corporate trainer somewhere or as a counselor (if I end up going back to school).
I don't expect we'll have kids, we'll probably have a small dog or two (my dogs are unlikely to still be around in 5 years), and we'll likely be renting. I hope we'll have reached a point of financial stability, whatever that means. We'll both be paying on student loans but hopefully our joint incomes will be enough that we can go on some fun trips and won't have to stress about day to day stuff financially.
Beyond that - who knows. Planning for the future tends to be kind of futile in my life so I am not too worried about it right now.
In 5 years I'd like to be done having kids and working for myself. We have one kid now and plan to have a second in the next couple years when we feel financially ready (would start trying now if we could!). As for working for myself, I have really started to hate giving my best hours to a company that doesn't value me.
In 5 years I'll have a teenager! I'll also likely (maybe?) have quit working. We have preliminarily discussed my quitting work as the kids approach their teens.
Both those things are completely terrifying and hard for me to imagine at this stage in life.
I want DH to have settled into the job/position that's going to carry him into retirement.
If this job works out, I'd like to still be doing it remotely, hopefully taking on way more responsibility than I have now.
We'd like to be settled in a house and community where DD can go to school in one place for a solid chunk of time.
But in reality, I have no idea. I am not much of a planner, and tend to just take things as they come. So for all I know we could be way off from what I just wrote down, LOL
Post by spunkarella on Mar 4, 2015 10:16:42 GMT -5
Personally, I want us to have 1.5-2 kids and for our family to be happy and healthy. Maybe planning another trip to Italy if we haven't been back yet by then.
Professionally, that's a tough call. I want to be in a job that pays at least as well and is at least as flexible as this one. I want to be doing something different, but I don't know what exactly. Ideally, my small company will have some growth that will result in a new, interesting position for me. Or I could see myself totally changing careers and doing something education-related.