create a 5 year plan

recently all i’ve been thinking about is not being at work. i sometimes think i should quit immediately. i’d make it for a while. i want to take time off and find out what i’d love to do. however, with the stoopid economy, i’m not certain i’d find another job in my current field if need be. so i’m stuck. :(

i guess my short-term goal for this 5 year plan now include:
-being cheap [will cancel cable, chose cheaper phone plan, cancel collision on car, buy fewer premade foods] and save as much money as possible. to do what… not sure yet….
-conducting research [what the hell would i rather to do]

I started writing my 5 year plan but I just couldn’t stop at 5 years. I’m finding it easier to think about mapping out all my future plans and expectations as I see them. Maybe some are unrealistic but it’s the future I’m preparing for:

http://adam.shadowpuppet.net/plan.php

I’m thinking of making 3 paths though: Worst Case | Probable | Hopeful

This is what I want to do so far.

- Work for another 3 years at my current school.
- do voluntary work for the charity that would give me some counselling experience.
- get onto a training course and train as an Ed pysch.
- buy a house and move out.

2008 (25y.o.):
-Study and Excell in BIRT program => Yes, I learned my ass off, but i have yet to learn how to be a gracious student, more learning to come.
-Enjoy the city. Loved the city, still in love with it frankly, love benaroya hall where i volnteered, loved the hills and the plants i walked through on my way to school each day, i loved the mountains, i loved the clubs, neumos and soup and salad and beer at The Virginia Inn on a crisp solitary evening. I even loved the busride.
-Make 2 good friends here in seattle => Anna and Michael
-Practice Udvareta => not so much with that… although i have become the (metaphorical) jasmine and finally gotten beyond my last relationship, and well… it took longer than i expected, since i think it only just happened last night. a year later.
-Observe Budget => Hapilly spent all the money i had, but i did work as much as was possible so that helped me scrape by
-Research Places I’d like to work => Read Richard Florida’s ‘Who’s your city’ Found out that i’d like to live in lots of places, in fact that i WANT to live in lots of places, or more acurately lots of environments, i want to move through the world and understand it. I want to be inspired by as many people and places I can in this life. I am living and loving Vancouver BC right now and i need to stay here for a few years at minimum to get my career started.
-1 or more Calls for Entry for arts career. => wrote two articles for the Metal Arts Guild Magazine which i feel was a good transitional move for my arts career.

2009 (26 y.o.):
-Graduate in top 10% of class =>‘yo yo yo!’ My instructors told me that they would support my potential job of opening a brand new shop on my own, they trusted me to go it alone, and to do a good job.
-Find a job in an exciting new place.=> Vancouver, pretty cool, Possibly the best job in the country for an entry level tech because the company is nationwide what looks better than that on a resume! I am fantastically lucky on this one.
-Apply to instrument builders as well as repair-ers => looking into builders etc. for the future ie: Rath Trombones.
-Practice Udhvareta/date platonically => hmm…
-Observe Budget => livin on the cheap and saving 50% of what i make counts!
-Keep up with friends and famliy (letters/phone)
-1 or more Calls for entry for arts career
-Settle for at least a year (two!)
-Plan Loan repayment
-Live as frugally as possible (yes!)

REVISED 5 year:

2010 (27 y.o.):
-prepare stay put for another year, build a home
-Build a new portfolio of work and a personal artistic style
-build a reputation as a good new technician by practicing patience, care and open mindedness.
-Take refuge in the Buddha, the Sanga and the Dharma
-Visit with Family whenever possible
-Apply for 2 calls as a motivator to complete new work
-Have a pet
-Be open to relationships

2011 (28 y.o.):
-Find Home and plan to move there
-Pay down loans AND have a life (80% debt free)
-Love my job
-Keep learning (Grad School?)
-Open RRSP/401k
-Apply to artists residency or solo show!

2012 (29 y.o.):
-live somewhere
-Be debt free
-Evolve your own craft process by teaching a course or becoming involved in a community project
-look at taking on a new challenge by starting own business or taking over an existing shop

2013 (30 y.o.):
-Be established in your community and field, have a safe place from which to take wonderful risks!
-Make a commitment to a partner or child and stand behind it, if it hasn’t already come up.
-Find a way of keeping up with the ladies, they are wonderful and important people in your life no matter where everyone is living!

My therapist asked me where I saw myself in 5 years. I told her I wasn’t sure. Now it’s gnawing at me. I don’t know what the future holds for my relationship. I am 99% sure I do not want to have any kids. I want to travel. I want to write. I want to find other people with interests similar to mine. I want to have nice things, and to entertain often. Need to think some more.

My 5 year plan is as follows

Finish My Associate’s at MCC
Transfer with a 3.8 or higher to the Physician’s Assistant program at RIT
Survive the PA program and BEAST the PA exam
Get a job that grosses over 55K a year
Have a strong steady relationship (with Ashonti)

Formulate a five year plan

based on smart goals that motivate me to do more

Masters: Complete my MeD in two years by the time I am 24. I hope to get a decent grade on this, so I am going to aim for a merit.

PhD: In the final year of completing my masters I want to start applying for PhDs. By the time I hit 25 I want to start a PhD.

Teaching: stick with teaching for at least two years before I pursue a PhD. And not just stick with it, give it my all.

Running: run a race without having to walk.

Sport: find a sport I am reasonably passable at and stick with it.

Mountains: climb at least one mountain by the time I am 27.

Travelling: travel to all the continents in the world by the time I am 27. So far I have visited North America and Europe. I have a few more to go.

Do something extreme and out of character: anything!!!!

I realize that this isn’t a goal for the foreseeable future, but I want to discuss with my aunt about purchasing 5 acres or so from her off the family farm. If I’m going to buy in the area anyway, I’d like to have some family land.

It is the time for getting a plan for myself. Work for several years in a big crop. and have different experiences.

Having a general idea about what’s my life should be or what should not be. Polish these ideas.

Then get a plan, stick with it and make things happen.

It’s a really wonderful world!