In the Not So Distant Future…

For this week, we were assigned to write about where we want to be ten years from now. It feels like only yesterday I was deciding on what college I wanted to attend. Now, I’m thinking about where I want to work, how far away I want to move, and what I want to do with the rest of my life. Time seems to fly by faster and faster every day. It was C.S. Lewis that once wrote, “The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.” I know it probably sounds cliché, but so much can change in one single year. It’s hard to imagine what my life might be like ten years from now.

Well, ten years from now I’ll be…30 years old!!? That just sounds so old right now, but I’m sure it will be here before I know it. I do hope that ten years from now I’m happily married with 2 kids, 2 dogs, and 12 fish. Everyone has this picture-perfect view of what they want for their lives; my picture-perfect view is probably somewhat different than most peoples. For me, I have no desire for the material things. Making a lot of money is not a dream of mine. I would like to have enough money to live comfortably, but I never want to be rich. Being happy is probably what I want most for my life.

I hope that between now and then I will graduate and get a job with a mid-size corporation. After getting some real-world experience, I would like to start my own accounting or tax preparation business. In ten years, I will have the business up and running, so I can depend on it to support my family. My goal is to be able to work from home where I can make my own schedule. The job that I really want doesn’t require a doctorate degree or have a list of requirements. See, the job I want to have is that of a mother. Yes, I really want to be the mom that packs lunches in the morning and picks up the kids from school every day. Of course, I still want to work part-time. That’s the main reason I want to own my own business.

I would like to get married shortly after I graduate. I want to live either in South Carolina or North Carolina. I know that I want to be fairly close to my family, but it all depends on where the best job is. Right now, it’s looking more like I’ll be living in North Carolina. Brian insists that they have a better public education program there. Oh, and in case you didn’t know, Brian is my boyfriend of two and half years. We are not engaged just yet, but I’m hoping that happens soon!

Since I started out with a quote, it seems like a good idea to end with another one of my favorite quotes. “In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence writes on the other side, and what it ordains is seldom our goal.”