Where do you see yourself in ten years?

steddyeddy · 02-03-2016 11:59AM #1

Simple thread hopefully. In ten years hopefully be still doing something I love but maybe back in Ireland. Might have a few kids and a make the OH a respectable woman. In terms of travel I'd love to see the Amazon, Florence and Turkey.

Hopefully in my travels between then and now I'll have made some new lifelong friends

smash · 02-03-2016 12:02PM

Don't say doing your wife, don't say doing your wife, don't say doing your wife.

Doing your... son?

turnikett1 · 02-03-2016 12:06PM

Settled in Ireland with a wife and children and tons of pets. Living out in the countryside brewing beer, growing weed and vegetables, repairing and crafting musical instruments for a living, reading history books, cooking elaborate meals and playing music in my sparetime. Well, that's certainly what I'm hoping for anyways!

02-03-2016 12:07PM

Is it bad that I don't think that far ahead? I have absolutely no clue what I'll be doing or where I'll be doing it in 10 years time. Or what I'll want to be doing more importantly!

My only "plan" for the future is that I'd like in life is to live in Paris for a year at some point when I'm older and can afford to do it without needing to work. In an old apartment overlooking the Seine. If I was running a little cafe along there too it would be lovely, but would only like to do that if I wouldn't be worrying about it making a load of money.

That's it. And that's not really in 10 years, just whenever I feel like it.

I'm not one for making long long term plans. I know a few things I'd like to do within the next year - 18 months but that's about the height of it.

10 years ago I wouldn't have put myself where I am now, but as the years went on the life I wanted changed with me. I can't see it being any different for the next 10 years.

harry Bailey esq · 02-03-2016 12:07PM

I'll be 45

harry Bailey esq · 02-03-2016 12:08PM

turnikett1 wrote: »

Settled in Ireland with a wife and children. Living out in the countryside brewing beer, growing weed and vegetables, repairing and crafting musical instruments for a living.

Groovy.

The Backwards Man · 02-03-2016 12:09PM

On a beach in St Tropez with an expensive brandy in one hand.

Maximus Alexander · 02-03-2016 12:13PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Is it bad that I don't think that far ahead? I have absolutely no clue what I'll be doing or where I'll be doing it in 10 years time. Or what I'll want to be doing more importantly!

I'm the same. I've a few vague ideas of things I am pursuing / would like to pursue. But I like to leave most things fluid and see where life takes me.

maudgonner · 02-03-2016 12:16PM

I'll increase my experience and portfolio of projects. I also aim to achieve further professional qualifications and progress up the career path.

Oh Jeez, I thought I was in a job interview for a minute there!

In ten years time I aim to have built some really nice sand castles and perfected the art of making a lovely cup of tea.

osarusan · 02-03-2016 12:18PM

The only thing I know for sure is that I'll be traipsing round every weekend watching Limerick FC plod their way round the pitch.

harry Bailey esq · 02-03-2016 12:19PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

On a beach in St Tropez with an expensive brandy in one hand.

Her name is rio and she dances on the sand...

steddyeddy · 02-03-2016 12:20PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Is it bad that I don't think that far ahead? I have absolutely no clue what I'll be doing or where I'll be doing it in 10 years time. Or what I'll want to be doing more importantly!

My only "plan" for the future is that I'd like in life is to live in Paris for a year at some point when I'm older and can afford to do it without needing to work. In an old apartment overlooking the Seine. If I was running a little cafe along there too it would be lovely, but would only like to do that if I wouldn't be worrying about it making a load of money.

That's it. And that's not really in 10 years, just whenever I feel like it.

I'm not one for making long long term plans. I know a few things I'd like to do within the next year - 18 months but that's about the height of it.

10 years ago I wouldn't have put myself where I am now, but as the years went on the life I wanted changed with me. I can't see it being any different for the next 10 years.

Nah it's not. It's definitely a much healthier way of living. Another thing I'd like to do different in ten years is stop living in the past and future mentally and concentrate more on the present. Mindfulness is great for that.

ancapailldorcha · 02-03-2016 12:22PM

No idea. Hopefully have more of a social circle awith better career prospects and income potential.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 02-03-2016 12:23PM

I tend not to look that far ahead any more.

Most likely, 6ft under in ten years time.

I'm definitely not thinking that far ahead.

cowboyBuilder · 02-03-2016 12:32PM

I hate that question in interviews ... what do they want me to say ??

Sitting on my hole on a beach hopefully - but realistically working for some c'unt like you here Mr. Interviewer (and im addressing an imaginary interviewer here - not the OP

) in the same IT field that I used to love and have a passion for , but now red tape and bureaucracy has taken the fun out of it ....

:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Your Face · 02-03-2016 12:33PM

Probably reading some inane thread.

harry Bailey esq · 02-03-2016 12:39PM

osarusan wrote: »

The only thing I know for sure is that I'll be traipsing round every weekend watching Limerick FC plod their way round the pitch.

Bohs man meself.. I feel your pain.

the evasion_kid · 02-03-2016 12:50PM

facedown in the dirt....nah probably still satisfying my nomadic tendencies

drake70 · 02-03-2016 01:04PM

Playing Fallout 8* on my PlayBox 2
:cool:

*Fallout 5 & 6 were scrapped due to too many glitches

8 Bit Girl · 02-03-2016 01:13PM

Your Face wrote: »

Probably reading some inane thread.

Start a riveting thread yourself then since you reply to every bleedin thread in AH with the same sarcastic answer.

Op- I dont know, went back to college so that has me tied up for the next 3 years or so, but maybe working abroad. Looking out the window now to wind and rain and I see pics of family memberz in Australia on FB in the sun and heat. Fook.This.

RayM · 02-03-2016 01:23PM

I'd like to have an enjoyable job, a healthy, happy family, and a comfortable existence in a nice semi-detached in south Dublin. But if there's one thing the last ten years have taught me, it's that any attempt to guess where I'll be in another ten years will probably be totally wide of the mark. So much stuff, good and bad, will happen along the way. I might die in a freak accident, win the lotto, end up in jail for a crime I didn't commit, become homeless, find God...

biko · 02-03-2016 01:32PM

Am I being interviewed for a job?

Did I get it?

thattequilagirl · 02-03-2016 01:34PM

Should hopefully be fairly established in my career by then. I'd love to have made enough money to travel for a year without struggling for money. Ideally, I'd love to be location-independent; working on a freelance basis anywhere with a decent wifi connection.

kevohmsford · 02-03-2016 01:36PM

In a mirror

02-03-2016 01:44PM

kevohmsford wrote: »

In a mirror

Front page?

beach_walker · 02-03-2016 01:48PM

2026 used to seem so far away... I'd hope to be settled down and leading a happy life with wife and kids. Workwise I can't ever see myself leaving the software dev coalface so I imagine it'll be much the same but hopefully it's a nice job that I enjoy. Not so sure if all this will in Ireland, I lean towards not...

If that doesn't happen, then I can see myself spending my days getting pissed in driver-less cars and hurling abuse at the onboard computer. Ideally one of those Johnny-cabs from Total Recall.

Alf Veedersane · 02-03-2016 01:51PM

Christ knows.

Probably in Dublin. Probably working. Doing other sh*t I enjoy doing.

I don't really know.

Sleepy · 02-03-2016 01:58PM

Once we're all healthy and I'm still working in a similar job to what I'm doing now, I'll be happy out tbh. My eldest will be in his 2nd/3rd year of college and my youngest will be gearing up for her Leaving Cert. We'll hopefully have our own home by then and a good few years paid off the mortgage leaving us with enough of my salary to pursue a couple of hobbies and go for a holiday once a year.

old_aussie · 02-03-2016 02:01PM

At least double my present post count

Junkyard Tom · 02-03-2016 02:06PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqNp-DjqBHE

12Phase · 02-03-2016 02:08PM

Hopefully not reading boards.ie on my iPhone connected contact lenses.

Where do you see yourself in ten years?

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