Is your life the way you thought it would be 5 years ago?

My life is not what I had envisioned 5 or 10 years ago. I have achieved some things in my life but it is not quite what I actually wanted in my life to happen. I am happy anyway but maybe it will be more happier if I what I have dreamed of before came true today With this topic you made, I was reminded with my school days where my teacher would the whole class to answer a question... How do you see yourself ten years from now?

When I was a child too I was told to make long term goals when I grow up.I had a petty good childhood and I thought that my adult life would be something like it,peaceful,not the best,but it was nice. But,being adult life gets more complicated.I had made goals to get married and have a family.So,I thought my life was on the right track.It didn't work out I did end up with children and no husband or father on my kids to help me.Society's outlook on things changed laws that made it even more difficult for me and some people,not all people in society made life harder which caused me some medical problems that are permanant that make life difficult. Then,my life turned more then before to God and I met someone that I married and we added to the family.My life was good and we felt we would grow old together,raise our kids,enjoy the grandkids for a bit over 7 years.Then it turned again to not being how we planned.My husband got cancer and passed away. Since then I have tried to get our(myself,kids and grandkids)lives back on track,planning and making more goals,but we keep hitting brick walls.However the most important thing is that "Everything Happens For a Reason".....God's reason and things happen in His own GREAT time! :)

no, but there have been a lot of changes, and deaths in the last year

Unfortunately, it hasn't turned out the way I'd have hoped it would be. A little more than 5 years ago, I thought I had this great plan of earning enough to buy a house of our own. I had a high-paying job and had a business on the side that was also doing good. Then things just happened. I mean, in less than a year, the company I work for suddenly bellied up and even owed us a significant amount of money. My business followed suit. Sales was drastically going down. And I also made some really bad financial decisions. Things really took a turn for the worse, literally a 180-degree turn. The amount that I've set aside turned into almost the exact amount I owed my creditors. Those were really tough times. I got my second wind now and we're doing better again.

Nice question!This is usually asked on job interviews. Well not all of my plans materialized. I thought I was too idealistic. But i think it really happens to some people like you. You are so blessed. But I'm still thankful I got what i wanted small things such as owning a laptop and small business. I think I'm a work in progress. Five years is not enough for me i guess to accomplish those dreams. Apart from that, my life-long search for the man of my dreams has not yet come. I'm still waiting til now. Maybe i lacked also courage and confidence to take risks that's why my long term goals are still far to reach.

Out of everybody that I kow and grew up with I can say that I have never seen life go according to plan. the only way that can happen is if your fanily completly dictates your life then it might be predictable what you are going to do. But most of the time you never know where life is going to take you.

it is not like what i have expected it to be, actually. I think that i often have assumed too much and worked too little on my life. It is just not even close to what i have envisioned myself 5 years ago. I really thought i would have settled already, or that i would already be somewhere else in world, working and enjoying my travel at the same time.

Five years ago I was living on the streets. I had a severe case of depression that got me so down to the point I just didn't care, even thoughts of my two daughters (who don't live with me) couldn't seem to bring me out of that rut. Why? Because every time I tried to come out of it something would come in my way. One time I lived with someone, cleaned his house for room and board, well I was looking for work and right when I found something, he made me leave his home, so I was homeless again. Now, I am with someone I have been with roughly nine months and I love him. I found a job and I am suppose to be starting next week. I'm also going to return to school when I am able to. Even though my girls don't live with me I don't want them to give up on life the way I did for awhile. I want to show them that life is worth living. :)

Honestly,the life here is what i expected 5 years ago.But when i had such life,i thought it doesn't seems like what i thought.I didn't happy and i feel tired.I know there are many opportunities in big city,but i bear lots of pressure.So what i wish now is get rid of this and travel around the world.This is what i should do at this age.

Am I where I thought I would have been 5 years ago no. I thought I would be fishing up college this year have no relationship with any guy for a long time. Well things turned out different but all for the good. I stopped going to college found out that the guy I liked in high school liked me too. We ended up dating for 3 months then getting engaged and staying engaged for 3 months then got married a few months later found out we where having a baby. I didn't think I would be a mom at 23 what do you know I hav a little girl that I'm raising with a wonderful man that I have know for years. Funny how thugs work out.

WOW what a nice question...Well May 2006 I was working for an airline as a Special Services Agent..dealing with those customers who purchased tickets in access and up to $10,000 upper class, so you can imagine when people wanting and needing everything since paying that type of money...I know I would be also... But anyway the company moved my entire department to our homes Yep worked for the company from home...they set everyone, phones computers everything...then in July 2006 I found out I had B Cancer..operation in August...haven't been back to work since. but the thing about that is that the company has since moved all operations to the home country..UK...But I am doing well... I am a survivor and I am blessed..so never thought my last 5 years was what I thought it would have been.