Five Years Out

Sometimes when Jonathan and I hang out we talk about our goals and ambitions in life and then we take to writing them down. A few days ago we started talking about where we would like to see ourselves five years out. Here are the ideas I wrote down. In five years I would like to:

• Be a positive, reflective, engaged Returned Peace Corps Volunteer
• Have spent at least two months in an Buddhist monastery
• Be financially independent, responsible and creative
• Be enrolled in/graduated from a graduate school program
• Be accumulating assets through smart saving and investing
• Be engaged in strong friendships I have continually appreciated
• Have enjoyed the entire series of Lost for the second time
• Have very few, but very important belongings that I love
• Have a dog of my own