In Five Years...

[Lirael]

If all goes as planned, where will you be in five years? What sort of job will you have? Where will you live? Who will you live with? Will you have a family? Pets? What will you have learned? What will you have achieved?


In five years, I hope to be a teacher of English in a secondary school. Since I'll have been in teaching for three years - hopefully - I may teach Religious Studies as an extra subject.

Living wise... well, I'm hoping that I'll own a small house somewhere rural, yet close to the town in which I work. I won't have children... I love kids, but I'm not really sure I'd like to have my own. I'd want to be there for them all the time and I'd want to be working hard as a teacher too... I'm not sure how easy that would be.

I WILL have cats!

I will have learnt how to plan lessons effectively, how to teach English...I'll have learnt about the current curiculum, and about how certain students behave in the classroom.

I'll have learnt about how to manage bills (my Uni accommodation was all inclusive so easy).

I hope to have developed in confidence so that I can display my passion for learning and life in general more easily. I'll have a circle of friends from work. I'll be more independent and will hopefully be able to tell someone when they have upset me; I won't bottle it up.

I will be able to play more songs on the piano.

 

[vilrouge]

I really don't know. Well I have a personal issue annoying me since 4 years or so, I hope I will have found a solution in five years. I'd like to have met this special girl (i'll be 31, this is scary ! ) at this time of my life.

 

[Linnaete]

In five years? Goodness, the thought of looking ahead frightens me and I often try and repress thoughts of it, but at the stage I am when I'm eating into my three years at university, I know I'll seriously have to - if not at the immediate moment, then very soon.

I've recently considered teaching as well, though I'm wary of teaching in secondary schools. There's the simple fact that I utterly hate people in the 13-14 age group. I distinctly remember how hard one of the teachers at high school found it when the volatile Year 9 class she had gave her a nervous breakdown, and she had to resign before the end of the year. Granted, she was a hilariously bad teacher and she honestly could not communicate with the class that well, so that was probably it, but it doesn't mitigate the fact that I still wouldn't go near that particular age group even with a barge pole. Teaching in a sixth form would certainly be preferable.

Of course before any of that happens, I would want to get some teaching experience hammered in first once I've graduated, so that's something for me to bear in mind during these next five years. Subjects? I'd happily do English, History or Politics - three subjects I've been studying extensively lately, and ones I'll be most comfortable with teaching. I've also thought of doing a Master's and dedicate several more years to advanced studying, but nothing's solid yet. I don't even know what I would want to do a Master's degree on.

I've had loftier ambitions, such as teaching in an international school somewhere in the Far East, like Singapore or Hong Kong. As exciting as that sounds, it has an extremely slim chance of happening in the next five years. It would be too much of a life changing decision to make so soon anyway, as I'd have to wave goodbye to family and friends for prolonged periods of time, and settling there - getting a place and such - rarely happen smoothly. It's a nice thought though.

Where would I be living in five years time? I may move out of the family home in Manchester and head down south. Heck, I may even tag along with my sister and see if I can get a place of my own somewhere near London and near where she is, as she's considering getting a place there with her boyfriend. Though I do cheer for the North considering how snooty a lot of the South are towards it, even I acknowledge the fact that opportunities up in the North are scarce, especially with the dismal jobs figures as they are nowadays.

Achievements? Goodness knows. I hope I come out with a First by the time I graduate from university, but I will desperately need to step up my game if I'm to attain such a result. I'll be perfectly independent enough by the time I graduate I would imagine, so living in my own little place certainly wouldn't feel too strange for me. If my current boyfriend and I are still together by then, that would be all the more awesome. =]

 

[Squid]

I have no idea where I will be on 5 years I never really think about the future seriously at all, I've not considered what I want to do, if i want to study etc etc.

I assume in 5 yrs I will still be in my house paying off the mortgage in some boring job (probably the same one as now) hopefully I'll have met someone nice by then though and done a lot of traveling.

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

What sort of job will you have?

Hopefully something a little less stressful, yet pays me more money.

Where will you live?

I'd like to live somewhere rural. I hate anything near the city and the suburbs are kinda crappy too. So anywhere rural is good for me.

Who will you live with?

Steve I hope. I'm sure that won't ever change!

Will you have a family?

Um, I don't know. Right now I still think that five years into the future is still too soon for me to have kids, but who knows. My views may change.

Pets?

Definitely. I really really want two dogs. I hate not having my own house. I really miss having those sort of pets. Fish are boring and don't love you the way dogs do. >.<

What will you have learned?

That life is something to be enjoyed! More fun less stress! Not having much fun right now. =/

What will you have achieved?

Hopefully in five years time we will have our own house, have our debts paid off and have travelled overseas at least once! We'd also be planning our wedding I hope too. <3 Good times.

 

[Jack's Smirking Revenge]

all i can hope for is that i'll be making money working in the film industry. i'm not bothered if i'm only doing it part-time or as a sort of paid hobby, i just really want to be doing it. i daresay i'll have worked on a lot more projects than i have now, and i'll own a decent amount of my own kit to work with.

at the minute i'm not bothered about who i'll be living with or where, but i reckon i'll probably still be in manchester.

 

[Tyler Breeze]

In 5 years....

What I wish would happen:
I would be working for Square Enix in a rather powerful spot in the company. I would be the man, so I would get started on that FFVII remake and the FFIX sequel/prequel. I would also be creating the character designs and story for all future FF & Kingdom Hearts titles.

What I really wish would happen:
I would be head creative writer for WWE. Working along with my heros like Kane, Chris Jericho, John Cena & maybe even The Undertaker if I'm lucky. This company needs a change badly, and I will do everything in my power to help it move forward. We don't need attitude anymore, we just need better storylines.

What will actually happen:
I'll be working for some video game company as a debug boy or something like that. I'll still be working my way to the top. If I'm lucky that company will either be Square Enix or THQ. I'm just going with the flow like always.

EDIT: Welp, there goes the whole THQ dream. They done gone bankrupt now.

 

[Big Casino]

HAH

I done a thread EXACTLY the same as this 5 years ago roughly on FFF. I dont remember what i wrote but i dont think ive achieved any of it at all.
Sadly you dont know what the futures gunna bring. I think i wrote that id be able to play Piano and the bagpipes by now. Well....I can play chords on the piano and thats it. And i think after almost a decade of being a filthy smoker im not cut out for the bagpipes. Most people who play them arent even Scottish id imagine as wer all unhealthy fucks. The lone piper probably wore a turban.

In 5 years i dunno where i want to be. I guess il say in a job that i enjoy. I really dont care if im earning massive money i just want something day to day that i can live with and in general have a happy life. Which isnt implying im miserable or nothing. In a perfect world id be getting paid lots of money to play acoustic guitar all day. In reality il still be a bored pipe engineer. Quitting smoking would be nice, however i enjoy it so stopping would be extremely hard but good for my all round health.

EDIT: After reading this back i thought to myself what a miserable bastard i sound like Maybe in 5 years time il grow a sense of humour similar to everyone elses and start liking terrible comedy films.

 

[Bambi]

I'll be married and will have moved house, I wont crash the car again, so il be able to afford a better one and I hope Im finally in a job i like, though, only part time.

I'm pretty content with my life to be honest, other than the job side of things, if nothing else but the house and wedding happen, and some form of job, even if i dont like it, il still be happy. I don't want any more kids, so I have nothing really major left to aim for. I might go and learn new things in my free time, as i refuse to do full time work ever again

So yeah, my 5 year plan is pretty boring, but then, Im already nearly thirty so Im good as I am