On August 20, 2015, as part of a linkup, I wrote Five Years from Now… in answer to the prompt: Five Things I’ll Be Doing In Five Years. I thought it would be fun to follow up and see just how my hopes, dreams, and predictions panned out. Here are the highlights of my original post with my current comments written in red. Here goes…
“I am not afraid of tomorrow,
for I have seen yesterday
and I love today.”
~ William Allen White
It’s going to be fun and interesting reading my fellow bloggers’ posts talking about where they want to be in five years. I dare say that there will be several people mentioning that they’d like to start a family and establish their careers. Since I’ve been there, done that, my post will most likely be a bit different than the others in the linkup. So what do I hope to be doing in five years?
1. Having Fun No Matter What I’m Doing – I believe in living life to the fullest, so you can bet I’ll be laughing and having fun! ~ I still believe in having fun, but the pandemic is putting a real cramp in my style.
2. Running Regularly – Seriously, did you expect anything less than this being near the top of my list? ~ I’ve had a few sidelining injuries during the last five years, but fought back each time to return to the running trail and I’m hoping for the same with my current injury which has kept me sidelined for six months. My fingers are crossed that I’ll be able to transition from run/walk intervals to running without walk breaks by the fall.
3. Traveling With My Hubby – There are so many places we want to go, and next on our list is a trip back out west. We’re looking forward specifically to hiking and running in Southern Utah, Yellowstone, Jackson Hole, and the Colorado Rockies – all places we loved visiting when we lived out west. ~ We visited both Jackson Hole and Southern Utah in 2018. In 2019, we took our entire family to Southern Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. This past summer’s family trip was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic and future trips are temporarily on hold.
4. Maintaining Good Health – This is somewhat out of my control, but I will continue to eat well, exercise regularly, and get the recommended tests, pokes, and prods from my doctors to help increase my odds of staying healthy. ~ I’m still eating well and exercising regularly, and luckily, I haven’t had any major health issues.
5. Cuddling A Grandchild – This is definitely out of my control, but this is something I really look forward to! ~ In January 2018 we were blessed with the next best thing, Pablo, our grand-dog who has stolen our hearts!
Bonus: Watching one or more of the following (a girl can dream, right?):
- • Washington Nationals win the World Series ~ OMG, the Nationals won the World Series in 2019! I’ve never loved watching a sporting event as much as watching my Nats win it all! It may have dragged out to the seventh game, but they did it!
- • Virginia Tech Hokies win the NCAA National Football Championship ~ I think I may be waiting a while on this one…
- • Washington Redskins win the Super Bowl ~ HaHaHaHaHa, and who would have thought five years ago that they’d be forced to change their name.
- • Washington Capitals win the Stanley Cup ~ Oh yeah, baby, the Capitals won the Stanley Cup in 2018!
- • Virginia Tech’s Mekhi Lewis, a redshirt freshman, won a national championship in the 165-pound weight class in wrestling in 2019! Mekhi took the 2019-20 season off of collegiate wrestling to train for the Olympic trails, but the Olympics were postponed due to the pandemic. Who knows if there will be a winter collegiate sports season and he’ll get to wrestle for VT this year.
- • Washington Mystics claimed the WNBA Title in 2019.
And there you have it! I’m so happy I stumbled across this old post and had the opportunity to follow up with then versus now.
Questions:
- • So what do you think? How did I do on my predictions?
- • Where do you stand on what you’re actually doing as compared to five years ago and what you though you’d be doing today?
- • What do you hope to be doing in the next five years?
- • What teams would you love to see win something big, but you aren’t holding your breath?
I can say for sure that if 5 years ago you would have told me I would have a YouTube Channel I’d’ve laughed in your face.
Then again, if you had told me I’d have my own business at some point when I graduated college. . .
That not only could I run a whole mile, I could run 18 of them consecutively say fifteen years ago . . .
12 years ago that I would be living in NY again . . .
Or even if you had told me 9 years ago that I would be trying to run a half marathon in every state — considering that at that point I’d run no further than a 5k
Great topic Deb! My life has definitely been full of mysterious twists & turns. Some good, some bad, some really bad, but they all make me who I am today.
You’ve definitely lived beyond your expectations and I love that you have a YouTube Channel.
Some of things that I’ve been blessed to be able to do would have surprised the isolated little farm girl who wasn’t exposed to much beyond her small world.
It is fun to go back and see if our hopes and plans came true. None of us could have predicted this summer! You have achieved much of what you planned to!
Imagine if the “December you” were dropped into a store today with everyone wearing masks and/or face shields. Wouldn’t it be so confusing?
What a fun look back! I think that all of your plans came to pass “within your control”. No one predicted that 2020 would be a year at home, that’s for sure. I didn’t have “a plan” but five years ago I was dating my husband and spending a lot of time with my future stepsons, I ran a little bit but nothing like I do now, and I went from a job that I hated to my current job, which I love. I only have one “five year” plan for 2025, which is that I hope by then that I’ll be able to run a full marathon, and since I’ll be turning 50 that year it seems like a good bucket list goal.
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I hope you reach your 2025 plan and run that marathon!
5 years ago feels like suchhh a long time ago (especially in the context of this year)! We definitely couldn’t have predicted anyyyything from this year, so in regards to everything that was “within you control,” I think you absolutely nailed it!
With medical school/residency and starting working in a practice, you’ve accomplished a lot in the last five years.