Is it what you expected?

hi teacher...no, 10 years ago, i had other plans, and now all is changed. But life show me that i am a strong person who can go on, even in my life i had so many hard moments. Maybe those moments make me more stronger, and i am sure that i will "fight" with life as much as i can. Now i am more wisely, i don t make plans, i take life as she is. of course i try to do my best, but day by day life make me be more understanding with life meanings.

Hi Cobrateacher, No one really knows where they would end up in life. Ten years ago I had different plans and different dreams. Where I am now is a world apart from where I thought I would be. But I don't think I would change a thing as I am happy and that is what really matters. I really believe life is what you make it. How you deal with those curve balls is what defines you and makes you a stronger person. That is just my take on it

i am sure happy with my life now.sure,there have been lot of changes but i have always learnt through these changed,mow am a content mother and a wife and a good daughter.

Nope, not in the way I expected...I'd say at all, but some parts are a given, even if I like to pretend they're not. Alot of things have happened to completely change the course of my life. It's been interesting. The only constant is change, right? Better, worse, or different? Can't I pick all of the above?

Nah, not at all. I have dreamed that I will be a big person by the age of 27 but I am not. I am still strugling with my life. No one to blame though, it was only me who couldn't convert his dreams into reality. I hope that next 10 years will do wonders for me. I don't plan big for that time period though. I think if I will have ample to feed my family, then it is enough!

It was the curve balls that made me stronger, smarter and wiser. Life is an adventure. If everything turned out just exactly like I wanted, it might get boring.

My life has turned out different to how I thought it would. I am now 36 years old. Ten years ago I lived in my old cottage but I sold that and now I live in my modern house. My son was born in 1995 during my marriage. I didn't know that I would get divorced but I did. I didn't imagine that I would have anymore children as the years flew past. I began another relationship and was amazed to get pregnant with a second baby after a 12 year gap. It was really upsetting to find out he has spina bifida at 36 weeks pregnancy. He is now 2 years old. He needs catheter care as well as physiotherapy for his weak leg. My sister didn't plan to have children but she met her dear husband and has had four children. I got my dogs in 2004 and 2006 that was planned. My traveling was and still is planned.

Hello there. I must say that sometimes life don't go the way that I want it to be but I know that perhaps there is a silver lining to why things happen or not. However, I use every experience that I have gone through to do better the next round. Good discussion here.

Hi Jo, I've always lived my life one day at a time so I can't say it's better or even just different. I will say it's worse than I ever imagined. My adult life has been a series of ups and downs. The ups were short lived and the downs seem to last forever. But I really don't mean to complain because my life has been a good life especially when I think of the way so many people have to live or just survive. I still have a roof over my head and food to eat. Medicaid takes care of my medical needs and my hubby and I are still holding on. My Son is being very vigilent about taking his meds for his Biplar Disorder and still in college. So I feel very blessed for the good things in my life. This economy is hurting more people than I could ever have imagined and all I can do is pray that things will change for the better soon. I wish only the best for you and all that I know and love. Hugsssss leenie

My life has been very different from the way I expected. Some time ago I was reading a couple of discussions here on MyLot and one of them was about longterm goals. The question was: "Did you achieve any longterm goals?" or something like that and that question really made me think, because I never achieved any longterm goals in my life. I have made many plans and I have had many goals, but my depression and my anxiety have made it hard for me to achieve my goals and I often had to change my plans. I haven't had a bad life, but my life hasn't been easy and it has been very different from the way I planned.

From my life now a days , I did not think this is the hings I would be now. Before not yet 10 yrs past I thought I will be more luxurious than before. I got wrong of what I think before. Everything got into worst when I involved of networking business that it goes down and this is the problem I carried as of now.

To answer your question,I thought I would have more than this, so no, it is definetly a reach from what I thought it would be. When I was younger, I was interested in the world around me.; constantly delving deeper in literature, and so overwhelmed by what could be out there, in space that is. I wanted to be an astronaut. I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a doctor, and help those afflicted by hardships. I am still in High school and I will be graduating next year. I have experienced the worse three years of my life. I don't know if it is from my doing or others...it's a mesh of everything, actually. Grades and family life hasn't been all that great to say the least. But as a dreamer and a "soon to be working at it" optimist I know what I need to do, not just what I want. Maybe in a year or two, I will be able to respond with a higher level of achievement.

In terms of family life, my life is better than I thought it would be. I have a great husband and son and I couldn't be happier about having them in my life. In terms of having kids, it's harder to conceive than I thought. We've dealt with infertility, ectopic pregnancy, and stillbirth. Not fun! We are so blessed to have our son, though. In terms of finances, it's worse than I thought it would be. My husband and I have a lot of debt we're trying to get out of. It won't be like that forever, though!

one of the best things about life is each day we wake up to a brand new chance to make things better. Am I living as I thought I would be ten years ago...no. Have I been thrown a few curve balls...of course! Doesn't everyone get those thrown at them? lol It just keeps me growing and learning....and running and jumping and ducking and smiling and crying and laughing and what else can I say....it's an adventure for sure! lol

Really a good discussion. Well i ahve always been dreaming and am still stuck in a dream. However ya a lot of them have been fulfilled. Som on the spot, some a little late. However i guess i expect a bit too much from everything and thats where i get killed. I am stuck in one such situation and i am thankful that all u wonderful people r here beside me at my rescue operation. As far as in the case of love my expectations have always failed. Still fighting.

Better, worse and different. It was better than I thought it would ever be for awhile. I had 30 to 40 thousand dollar job. Then worse, even trying to get a 20 thousand dollar job was impossible. The curve was teach inmates, that was different. I had wanted to teach little children. Then working as a correction officer for awhile, that was very, very different. Now I may be back to worse. After June, I don't know what I will have for work, if anything.

Life isn't going exceptionally good for me after all these years, but I am thankful that I'm able to achieve some things in life and to call my own. Like in work, for instance. I'm so happy to finally be able to get the things I want by working hard and at the same time, I'm at a happier place right now. I have had encounters with lots of hardships too along the way, but those are not without hard efforts to strive and be better in terms of emotionally, financially and mentally. I would also say that these experiences, good and bad have shaped me to become a better person, or molding myself to be better. I have made friends along the way, most gained, some lost and I have also learned the meaning of being true to oneself. Perspectives and ambitions will always be there, but to be true to oneself is the most crucial thing to retain one's own identity. And with that, I have always been true to myself and acting in a way that is in accordance to my own thoughts, feelings and behavior wise. No regrets, but certainly the past is something that I would not want to be in anymore. I'm certainly looking forward to the future and enjoying the present life at the moment. The most that I'm looking for is blessings from God all the time to keep me and my family and love ones safe always. Good discussion here, cobrateacher. This makes me remember about my own perspective in life. Have a nice day.

I never look to far into the future. My life is a day by day adventure and I just face whatever comes. Some times have been bad but all in all most has been good. I have a roof and food, good friends and family and can still have my animals which I love. Then I found mylot and that made it even better.

For me, seems that i m not that high above to look down upon the ladders i have climed over, i have just finished like 22 365-days, Compared to those things i have worked out, there are way more things waiting me to work on, money, family, reputation, circle...but if you insist digging out my past life, i think they are just ok if confined to my growing environment.at least i have been not drifting over different areas,careers...for me, everything outthere is just an X, waiting me to figure out what exactly it stands for...later i m gonna tell you what my life is about, curve balls or straight lines..,but that later at leave is more than 5 years, can you wait that

Life and expectations - do they actually go hand in hand? In 1998 my marriage fell apart - I lost my house, my kids, and my self-esteem. Today, I am happily married, have a new career, have been to new places, have my kids back (well they are 30 and 28 year old twins, but we actually talk to eachother now, and see one another whenever possible), have made a life choice to leave the UK and live in France, have wonderful new friends, I have learnt to ski! and speak fluent french! Not bad for someone who thought it was all over. It is probably just as well that we cannot look into the future - we should live for today, and make the most of things. There are no problems, only challenges - and challenges are there to be met!