Today I was thinking about how much Mike and I have moved since we've been married. This December will be our 9 year anniversary and we have lived in 7 different homes/apts. within 5 different states. I know lots of my friends have probably moved even more than that and at least we've never had the challenge of an international move, but 7 different "homes" in less than 9 years doesn't even make sense! What was our plan? I'm trying to remember the rationale behind all those moves, but I'm not sure I do.
So.... it got me thinking a lot about something I saw when I was blog hopping. The 5 year plan. What are your plans for the next 5 years? Wow, a light bulb went on and it just seemed like such a novel idea. I'm not sure I've ever made plans past the next month on the calendar. The blogger I was reading talked about their plans to move out of their place and get a house in the country and everything they needed to happen in the next 5 years to make that come to fruition. So I started a little notebook with my 5 year plan. Definitely a work in progress.
What about your 5 year plan? Where do you hope to be?
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Wow, that's the most ambitious 5-year plan I've read. I do think urban homesteading is very cool, but to be completely honest I would never, ever be able to do it. Growing rosemary and oregano on my kitchen window seal is plenty for me.
David and I have talked about where we want to be in 5 years, and I think I've mentioned Boise at least a dozen times. There is something to be said though about writing a plan down and setting specific goals to work towards.
My dad is a huge planner. He had a chart in the back of his Franklin planner growing up with milestones mapped out for 20 years. He listed high school graduations, college, missions etc for every member of our family. I remember looking at it when I was 8 or 9(normally during sacrament meeting)and thinking how weird it was going to be when I was 20, and in college. The time came and went way too quickly.
Probably living in Utah or Arizona, but of course who knows.
Fun post. I try to be a planner, but life often turns out much different or much more interesting than what I plan. I think it's important, even vital, to plan, but I think it's equally important to stay open to change and the unexpected and be willing to alter our plans.
I love the quotes, "Fail to plan and plan to fail" and "Plan your work and work your plan."
hey melanie! i've been meaning to comment on your blog for weeks now, sorry . . . i'm lame. and pregnant . . . so that explains a lot of things. yep, good ol' pregnant. isn't that just great? (sarcasm intended.) not that i don't want to be, it's just that i'm sicker than a dog. and this is turning out to be a really long comment all about ME! sorry . . .
anyway, i'm so excited for you! i love that you have a huge house in sunny arizona and it seems like the girls are loving it. happy birthdays to sasha and lucia!
we sure miss the gores . . . we miss ithaca, too. which is weird, i never thought i'd say that. but i just want to get back! but it won't be the same without your family upstairs thumping around. (just kidding, it wasn't that bad.)
wow, this comment is like a blog post itself . . . i'll shut up now. tell the girls and mike hello from the ladles!
whoa, when i read back my super long comment it sounded like i never thought i'd say that i'd miss the gores. i meant, i never thought i'd miss ithaca.
phew. sorry about that.
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