Five Year Plans... or suchlike!

7 Mar 2009

I've never been one to have a "life plan" and I must admit I used to chuckle when my friends spoke about stuff they were or weren't doing that was "all part of our ten year plan" or suchlike.
Don't get me wrong, I have always had goals and ambitions, but I don't think I have ever formulated them into an actual "plan" with a designated timescale.
Of late however, I think I'm starting to think about my future and get me some planning done...
So, does everyone have a "plan" or are you just happy seeing where life takes you?
Nola x

7 Mar 2009

Did have one, until January.
Pretty much coasting along now though.

7 Mar 2009

I haven't planned tomorrow never mind five years time! confused

To be honest I'm torn with this... part of me takes my hat off to those with a plan and the other part of me thinks it's absolutely ridiculous to make a plan. I mean how can you possibly know what is going to happen tomorrow or the next day or the day after that? dunno

The only plan I have is to love shoes forever! :giggle:

7 Mar 2009

Yeah, I think that's part of my issue with it DG... but I dunno, of late I feel like I should be forumlating some ambitious masterplan.
dunno

I should probably just have more sex right? Take my mind off such nonsense... :rascal:

7 Mar 2009

I'm very much one of those "take each day as it comes" types, always have been, but in the last 18 months or so, been thinking more of the future, and my place in it, and have started looking to change certain aspects in my life, and I have found that I have never been as ambitious as I am right now.

7 Mar 2009

I go for the Trotter system.
E ooh dares wins Rodders, this time next year we'll be miwyonairs

7 Mar 2009

I don't really plan anything!. Neither of my children were planned. The only thing I have actively planned was our wedding.
I do however now have a plan for my career. Its only being planned though as there are certain steps that I have to take in order to get the job I want ie go to uni... lol

7 Mar 2009

Quote by lyns
I don't really plan anything!. Neither of my children were planned. The only thing I have actively planned was our wedding.
I do however now have a plan for my career. Its only being planned though as there are certain steps that I have to take in order to get the job I want ie go to uni...

Yep, I think that's what prompted this for me Lyns, career stuff.

7 Mar 2009

Quote by noladreams30
I don't really plan anything!. Neither of my children were planned. The only thing I have actively planned was our wedding.
I do however now have a plan for my career. Its only being planned though as there are certain steps that I have to take in order to get the job I want ie go to uni...

Yep, I think that's what prompted this for me Lyns, career stuff.
At least you two have a vague plan!
I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up! :giggle:

7 Mar 2009

Im a take each day as it comes.....to me, whats the point of planning, and then some sapnner getting thrown in the works and sending all your carefully made plans to bits.....just makes you feel bad if they dont come off for one reason or another.
This way if bad things happen....yes its bad but not the end of the world, and if good stuff does then is a bonus.....just my opinions anyways!!

7 Mar 2009

Quote by Dirtygirly
I don't really plan anything!. Neither of my children were planned. The only thing I have actively planned was our wedding.
I do however now have a plan for my career. Its only being planned though as there are certain steps that I have to take in order to get the job I want ie go to uni...

Yep, I think that's what prompted this for me Lyns, career stuff.
At least you two have a vague plan!
I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up! :giggle:
Then dont ! Works for us :-)

7 Mar 2009

A tad like the destiny thread!
I feel we are in control, but also NOT of our life plan.
Unforseeen circumstances and events and all that!
There are always folk (if it is not ourselves that will change that plan/path!)

7 Mar 2009

We feel like you're in control as well :shock:

7 Mar 2009

Quote by Lucyandmike7
A tad like the destiny thread!
I feel we are in control, but also NOT of our life plan.
Unforseeen circumstances and events and all that!
There are always folk (if it is not ourselves that will change that plan/path!)

Not talking destiny at all: was thinking more do you have certain goals that you are working towards that have particular time scales? Do you have a place you see yourself being in five years or whatever? Are you just going with the flow or are you actively going after something?
Dunno. Feels different to destiny to me.

7 Mar 2009

Quote by Freckledbird
Did have one, until January.
Pretty much coasting along now though.

Sometimes it's good to throw away the paddle and see where the river takes you - especially for those of us that like to paddle or own canoes kiss

You never know what's around the next bend in the river. Take a deep breath, relax and enjoy the scenary for bit - there's a whole world out there :P x

7 Mar 2009

Quote by BIoke
Did have one, until January.
Pretty much coasting along now though.

Sometimes it's good to throw away the paddle and see where the river takes you - especially for those of us that like to paddle or own canoes kiss

You never know what's around the next bend in the river. Take a deep breath, relax and enjoy the scenary for bit - there's a whole world out there :P x
Like going over the Niagra Falls in a barrel?

7 Mar 2009

Quote by noladreams30
A tad like the destiny thread!
I feel we are in control, but also NOT of our life plan.
Unforseeen circumstances and events and all that!
There are always folk (if it is not ourselves that will change that plan/path!)

Not talking destiny at all: was thinking more do you have certain goals that you are working towards that have particular time scales? Do you have a place you see yourself being in five years or whatever? Are you just going with the flow or are you actively going after something?
Dunno. Feels different to destiny to me.
Well....on that then..I feel my plan will never be achieved.
My plan was to make all around me (family) happy!
That is out of my control, I have now found, so my plan did not work there!
My 5 year plan for me and Mike now is to now go with the flow, take what is dealt to us, and deal with it, to the best of our capabitities!
Oh, and to pray for world peace!! wink

7 Mar 2009

Quote by essex34m
Did have one, until January.
Pretty much coasting along now though.

Sometimes it's good to throw away the paddle and see where the river takes you - especially for those of us that like to paddle or own canoes kiss

You never know what's around the next bend in the river. Take a deep breath, relax and enjoy the scenary for bit - there's a whole world out there :P x
Like going over the Niagra Falls in a barrel?
Shut up, I was being nice lol

But yes, if you want, you first, I'll push wink

7 Mar 2009

Quote by BIoke
Did have one, until January.
Pretty much coasting along now though.

Sometimes it's good to throw away the paddle and see where the river takes you - especially for those of us that like to paddle or own canoes kiss

You never know what's around the next bend in the river. Take a deep breath, relax and enjoy the scenary for bit - there's a whole world out there :P x
:kiss: thank you.

7 Mar 2009

Every time I've had a 'plan' like when I was married or in a relationship with Dai etc, it's all gone tits up so now I don't bother. I take each day as it comes.
I thought Dai, my Dad and my best friend would be with me for a long time but I was wrong on all counts. One way or another, they've all left. It's proved to me that you don't know what will happen tomorrow so I don't plan anything further than my next work rota

8 Mar 2009

The only time I made a time-limited plan was when I took my current 'job' on with a 5-year tenancy and planned to renew it once to take it to 10 years. This would get my youngest child through primary school
and leave me able to choose what I wanted to do next without worrying so much about childcare. 3 years in and I'm already getting itchy feet, I have to give 12 months notice to quit though so come July 2010, I'll be back in the wilderness.
I never knew what I wanted to do when I grew up (still don't rolleyes

) and I was always jealous of those who did. Even if they changed their minds, they had a starting point when choosing what education path to follow etc. I've always stumbled blindly in the dark, but seem to have survived so far. Trouble is I have to spend the next 16 months feeling like I'm killing time. Oh and there's the prospect of having to move house at the end of it cos it goes with the job confused

8 Mar 2009

i never really plan anything, plans make me anxious.
in my personal life i just take each day as it comes, maybe thats why my personal life is such a mess dunno

no thats unfair,its not a mess just not always what i want. but when another person enters my personal life i feel there should be a plan, and that stresses me out, so im better with how things are.
i hate holidays if they are planned, i just get to stressed thinking of all the things that could possibly happen, if i go away it need to be on the spur so i dont have time to think about it.
im very chilled when there are no plans and very stressed and impatient when there are.
the only longish term plan i made was when i returned to education at 30 to get my 5 a levels, a Diploma and a Degree in 4 years. i achieved that but told myself all the way through ill just stay till the next assignment, if i get through that ill see if i wanna stay lol
so no not 5 year or 10 year plan,not even a 5 hour plan lol
xxx fem xx

8 Mar 2009

Quote by fem_4_taboo
i never really plan anything, plans make me anxious.
in my personal life i just take each day as it comes, maybe thats why my personal life is such a mess
no thats unfair,its not a mess just not always what i want. but when another person enters my personal life i feel there should be a plan, and that stresses me out, so im better with how things are.
i hate holidays if they are planned, i just get to stressed thinking of all the things that could possibly happen, if i go away it need to be on the spur so i dont have time to think about it.
im very chilled when there are no plans and very stressed and impatient when there are.
the only longish term plan i made was when i returned to education at 30 to get my 5 a levels, a Diploma and a Degree in 4 years. i achieved that but told myself all the way through ill just stay till the next assignment, if i get through that ill see if i wanna stay lol
so no not 5 year or 10 year plan,not even a 5 hour plan lol
xxx fem xx

I did an Open University degree in exactly the same way, lurching from 1 assignment to the next, and considering quitting every week. Every year at exam time I cursed myself for putting myself through the stress and paying for the privilege. It took me 10 years altogether but I got there :smug:

8 Mar 2009

i could never understand when people sign up to the forces for like 15 years, and no quick get out clause.
some say thats security i see it as entrapment lol
the job i currently have is only ever subject to funding, one year to the next, some would hate that, but i prefer it.
well done fluff, i dont have the self disapline to do a OU course.
i currently have a 30000 word report to write, ive had 6 months to do this, its due in 2 weeks and i havent starte dit yet, lol i should be doing it now, oh crap. lol ill do it the day before lol
xx fem xx

8 Mar 2009

Quote by fem_4_taboo
i could never understand when people sign up to the forces for like 15 years, and no quick get out clause.
some say thats security i see it as entrapment lol
the job i currently have is only ever subject to funding, one year to the next, some would hate that, but i prefer it.
well done fluff, i dont have the self disapline to do a OU course.
i currently have a 30000 word report to write, ive had 6 months to do this, its due in 2 weeks and i havent starte dit yet, lol i should be doing it now, oh crap. lol ill do it the day before lol
xx fem xx

We are so alike, that's exactly how I work. Explains why I didn't get a terribly good degree rolleyes

8 Mar 2009

I have made many plans over the years and I have learned that they never materialize the way I planned them, if at all. confused

I am trying to go with the flow abit more these days but I find that stressful sometimes, as I'm abit of a control freak and panic when things are different from the way they should be. rolleyes

8 Mar 2009

Quote by Firelizard
I have made many plans over the years and I have learned that they never materialize the way I planned them, if at all.
I am trying to go with the flow abit more these days but I find that stressful sometimes, as I'm abit of a control freak and panic when things are different from the way they should be.

Sometimes these things are sent to open up new opporchancitys (TM some bint) we wouldn't otherwise have seen.
Just get Stormy working on the sink shackles, and I'll come down there & teach you all about control lol

8 Mar 2009

You are right Witchy!
The latest change to plans came from an outside source and not from Me or Stormy and there was nothing we could do about it. The first reaction was to panic and stress and go into complete depression about it. Once we took action to make sure that we and the kids were going to be ok we came across an "opporchancity" lol

that we would definitely have missed even though we had seen it before but not been in a position to take much notice of it.
Changes open doors.... What time will you be here?

8 Mar 2009

a five yr plan in business is a strategy
you can do swot analysis and pest analysis, etc
but at the end of the day in life its all bollox as things are thrown in your path you dont expect and it makes a bit more of a difference
i am a strong believer in fate, i only plan the next years socials n munchs etc so i know where i am, the rest of my life i leave to fate
(can you tell i am back at study lol)
Earthy x

8 Mar 2009

Quote by earthchild
a five yr plan in business is a strategy
you can do swot analysis and pest analysis, etc
but at the end of the day in life its all bollox as things are thrown in your path you dont expect and it makes a bit more of a difference
i am a strong believer in fate, i only plan the next years socials n munchs etc so i know where i am, the rest of my life i leave to fate
(can you tell i am back at study lol)
Earthy x

Ah yes, the SWOT anaylysis' I remember them well yak!, and the Business Plans and the Strategic Plans and the Shity 'we don't get paid enough' plans lol

*groan* I'm so pleased I'm out of all that.
How right you are about fate Earthy. I too am a great believer in it. Next year I start phase 1 of my new career, and a certain degree of planning will help but for the majority of three years after that I'll be taking each day as it comes with no immediate plans.