Develop a One Year and a Five Year plan

By the end of 2009

Complete at least twelve Knitting Projects.
Complete at least one Sewing Project.
Complete at least one Crocheted Project.
Pay off my credit card and keep it paid off.
Pay off my remaining outstanding bills.
Buy a television for myself.
Buy a new power supply for my speakers and laptop.
Buy a new computer.
Get fit in a healthy manner.
Improve my writing skills.
Write at least three stories and hopefully have one sold and published.
Open up an Etsy shop.
Knock off at least five goals on my 43things list.
Save at least 500.00USD per bank account for emergencies.

By the end of 2014

Renew my State ID.
Have a full time paid position at one of my current volunteer posts.
Visit a friend in Sweden.
Visit a friend in New Zealand.
Visit friends in Canada.
See each county and city in Maryland at least once.
Get my own place.
Go back to school and graduate.
Have at least 10,000.00USD saved in my retirement account.
Acheive a healthy weight and lifestyle.
Have a passport for Canada.
Have a passport for Sweden.
Have a passport for New Zealand.
Have a passport for the United States of America.
Have a drivers license.
Have full proficiency in all aspects of fiberarts.
Be self employed and/or have a position I like and which allows me to live comfortably.
Have a large garden of my own.

2009
Open an Etsy shop
Earn enough for Youth Allowance
Go to England
Get fitter
Finish redecorating my room

2014
Write and record an album
Visit James
Get a degree and a job I love

2009:
-either break up or stop fighting
-pass Arabic
-lose 20lbs
-write my last two songs and get my album recorded
-get a new apartment that is organized and close to campus
-sleep more
-increase my attention span

2013
-have a profession
-run 5 miles a day
-own a dog
-live abroad
-be fluent in 3 different languages
-be in a healthy and awesome relationship
-have my own garden

2009
1. Finally get my RN
2. lose 20% of my current weight
3. Teach nursing students/become a staff nurse
4. get out of debt

2013
1. Move to Ontario, Canada
2. Go back to school for the refresher/bridging program
3. Have our own place, maybe our own apartment/condo or who knows with good credit and in God’s time perhaps a house

Because I think my entries on my One Year and Five Year Plans are basically the things I’m working on on my list already. I think I’m going to mark this done. But I’ll write out my plans first:

One Year

Five Years

Pitch Mr. Lau project (this should be within 3 years really, but if it takes 5, that’s fine.)
Have 2 kids (more?)

I’ve completed my one year plan. Right now, I’m living in Palm Springs, Calif. and working for a much larger newspaper.

Now, to do the five year plan…I’m also including getting a dog and buying a house/condo

This is just a general idea of where I hope I’ll be at in five years. It’s impossible to know what will happen between now and then.

IN FIVE YEARS I (HOPE I) WILL…

...be married close to it
...have plans to start a family
...be a home owner
...have excellent credit
...be writing for a living OR back in school for a MLIS degree
...have a garden, and be growing some of my own food
...still be living in the Bay Area

get ready for interview

The One Year part of the plan is easy. I can pretty much guess where I’ll be at in a year and I know what I’d like to accomplish in that time. Five is much harder, because it’s dependent on a lot of “what if” goals. Oh well, I suppose I can make that list based on what I hope will happen, and go from there. I can always change it.

IN ONE YEAR I WILL…

...be mostly out of debt, and in the process of re-building my credit.
...have all legal-related annoyances behind me.
...have moved into a nicer place, or at least will be planning to do so, perhaps with a certain someone.
...be in fantastic physical shape.
...have a draft of novel finished.
...be at the same job, making more money.
...have a decent writing portfolio started.
...have the blog up and running with readers and everything!
...have rid myself of many possessions and clutter, keeping just the essentials.
...have stopped driving for the most part, and perhaps will be (happily) without a car.

Just do it!