Five Years’ Time – A Biennial Revision

Yesterday M asked me where I wanted to be in five years’ time, and I immediately thought of the entry I wrote two years ago, appropriately titled  ‘Five Years Time‘. The entry was written with the notion that if you can identify and think regularly about your goals and aspirations, you will reach them with little effort as all the actions you take on a day-to-day basis will be centred around them (if only subconsciously), eventually accumulating to bring you to the very doorstep of your dream, whatever that dream may be.

I didn’t read the entry often, (possibly twice or three times since first writing it). 

Anyway, where were we..? Last night, when M asked me where I wanted to be, I went back to the entry. I wanted my reply to stem from what I had written in 2011- whether my entry was to be used as a base or the whole of what I told him.

I’m glad to see that I’m on track. So on track. 

However, there are some things I’d like to add, so here’s a revised version.

In five years time..

I’ll be educated (formally). I’ll be physically fit, doing almost daily exercise. I’ll be honest, and have enough confidence in myself to be myself, and I will also be tactful in my communications. I’ll know for sure that you can never go wrong by living by simple rules:

1. Be kind. 2. Be yourself.  3. Don’t stop wanting. 

My lungs will be clean. I’ll know the importance of generosity.

I’ll have the motivation to go after things that I want.

One more thing is missing: The material: What will I be doing?

My five-year plan has such an emphasis on goals from a self-development point of view, reflecting the theory that opportunities arise through development of the self. However, it’s possible that my theory doesn’t place enough emphasis on the importance of taking an active role in the shaping of one’s material future through actively seeking out opportunities. I’ve always wanted a material goal, or perhaps a passion. Perhaps I want to add ‘I will have discovered a passion or an industry and fallen in love with its workings’.

This is just some food for thought. Delicious and healthy. 

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