What do you see yourself doing in 5 years time?

Insect Overlord wrote: »

The book happened! It launched last December on a Zoom conference.

My other plans will almost certainly have to change. Looks like I'll be a father by this time tomorrow.

Another 5 years have rolled around, and they have been chock full of big life events. I mean Covid being the first one, it was laughably close after the previous post. A truly shite time!

Apart from that, I got married, I'm currently 34 weeks pregnant, expecting our first child. I moved out of Dublin, I live in the West of Ireland but I've managed to keep the same job with remote work (A rare Covid bright side). We're in the process of building a house, and submitting to planning this week!! I've had relative success in my career, far more than I ever thought I could have. My husband, family and parents and friends are all doing well, thanking my lucky stars for that.

The illustration career, I've given up on this goal! :D Trying to juggle this with my job is borderline impossible so I now tend to just do bits for close friends and family.

So there has been a lot of happiness and success but there has been a bit of hardship too. In 2021 I was in a bad accident, I was hit by a car going full tilt while I was walking through a pedestrian crossing which left me in pretty bad shape. My foot was permanently damaged, and almost amputated. That was a hard pill to swallow because I was a big hiker and I had to get my head around the fact that my body isn't capable of doing that anymore. That whole experience changed me in a lot of ways, mentally it also took a toll. I feel like I'm still the same person but I've definitely touched the void and went to places in my mind that I previously had never gone to before, and never want to return. I look back at my old posts and I was so relentlessly positive, that's something that I think was a little bit damaged/changed post that time in my life. My capacity for empathy has increased by 10 fold though. It might sound very selfish that it took a big accident like that to wake me up to other people's problems but that's just the truth. I find that I can really listen and empathise with what people are going through which I can't say I would have done before and would have probably advised people to just get over and on with things.

Next 5 years:Try to be a good mother, be patient and keep this child alive.

Manage to keep my job, I've reached a level that I don't want to move up anymore for at least another 5 years. So honestly just keeping this job would be a success. Or if I do have to move, find a job that I like at a similar level.

Get this house built and don't saddle myself with too much debt. This goal is going to be a complete fail, I can already feel the debt accumulating. Oh well!

It's been 5 years since I did my Masters so I think I will need to do another course to keep up. Again, if I can just be happy and healthy that is truly the main thing, avoid getting hit by anymore cars!

I used to cycle all the time. I spent years zipping around Dublin, and when I initally moved to the West I spent most weekends finding new routes to explore. I'm understandably a bit nervous of cycling now. However, I'm going to try and get back on the bike, even just on greenways. I loved it, so we shall see if my brain complies to this goal.

Maybe Boards.ie will be closed by the time I come back here in 5 years, if it is, I'll just post the next one on Reddit! I'll be 39 years old which sounds much better then 40 😅