[Woolly Bugger]

In five years:

I would like to be retired, but will probably still be teaching with five more years to go after that.

I will still be married, but just barely. Each year my marriage gets a little more challenging as my wife and I realize we have less and less in common. We will never divorce, however, as we really do love another. And then there are the children and grandchildren to consider.

I will not be any better or worse in terms of my BP. (This is not really a good thing because, although I am stable, there is not that much joy in my life. Sad but true.)

I will be in much better physical condition than I am in now after a daily regimen of eating well, walking, and doing yoga. I just have to start someday...

I will be completely gray, but not bald.

I will be driving a very nice car. (An acquaintance of mine once told me that while it is not easy to change your spouse, home, or job, it is easy to get a new car.)

I will have written my first murder mystery.

Etc.

I realize these are not the most uplifting visions of the future, but they are the best I can do while under the influence of my current mood. Perhaps you would like to predict where you will be five years from now.

WB

[st0psign]

where do I see myself in five beers?

I would like to have all my student loans paid off so that I can move out of my parents' house and buy a place of my own. (I don't want to pay rent.)

I would also like to have a good medication cocktail that keeps my stable and out of trouble.

That's about it

[gina_re]

Hopefully I'm still here in five years. This is the type of place I can see myself retiring from. Both of my bosses have been here for at least 30 years, and many others here have as well. Many of my coworkers have been here at least ten years. The turnover isn't high, which is a good sign. The people that have left since I've been here have left for school, relocation, or retirement. I love it here.
I also hope to have my house closer to the way I want it. That place is a work in progress!
And yes, another car. I am leasing my current car and I plan on trading it in for another one later this year.
My nephews will be older and hopefully I can have them over more often. I've got my fingers crossed that my sister and her family decide to move closer to where I live.
And of course, hopefully my bp remains manageable so that I can keep all of the above.

I don't see myself here in five years. I see myself passed on.

[Skeezyks]

Well... I'm getting to the age where I may or may not be here in 5 years simply because, by then, nature may simply have taken its course. But if I am I expect everything will still be pretty-much as it is. I no longer have goals or expectations...

If my mother is still alive, then living peacefully with our cat and making her twilight years as happy as I can. If she isn't, then I hope I'm with her and my family in heaven.

[Victoria'smom]

I'll be 38. Hopefully my dog's around and my son's off to college. we'll be living in a small house with a fenced in yard.

[scatterbrained04]

In five years, I see myself probably exactly where I am now. Maybe, hopefully, a little less in debt.

I don't see any major changes until 10 years from now when my son is grown.

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Hmm. Still working. I won't be able to retire for at least another 10 years or so.

Probably the last of the boys will finally be out of the house and on their own.

My husband's health is poor, so I don't know if he'll still be alive or not. I've lived the last 15 years with the reality that he could honestly pass away at any time. Fortunately he is still with us, defying the odds, but the odds get more stacked against him each year.

I'm suspecting in 5 years my sister will have come to live with us in her retirement and perhaps my parents if they are still alive. Aging parents kind of define middle age life for many people, including me.

[fishin fool]

Probably still living on the N.J. coast.
So far my three kids are all close to home and of course I really
wouldn't want to live to far from them.
I could possibly have grandchildren by then (don't know how I got to this age)
Wouldn't mind a little place down in Mexico for vacations but that
may be just a dream.
I hope to be fishing as much as possible with my GF

I'm honestly thinking that complications from the constant ups and down while riding this roller coaster are going to have taken its toll on me. I wonder how much longer I can endure life, and most of the time I don't have a desire to endure it much longer.

[Nammu]

I'll be living in my home state

Maybe 1-2 more grandchildren

My car if it survives will be 20 and my cat will be 13

I'll have read a minimum of 250 more books and amassed more useless trivia info

[wildflowerchild25]

I hope I'll be teaching special Ed for a public district instead of the private school I'm in now.

I also hope to purchase my own house for me and my son.

Other than that I expect everything to be more or less the same.

[Curiosity77]

I will hopefully have my job still and linked into cool projects. I want self esteem imhealthy relationships, family closeness and travel. I want to stay stable, with ovcasional low grade hypomania. I want to balance between serious and fun

[Askepott]

In 5 years I will turn 30. That used to scare me, but now I have come to understand that it might not be too bad growing older.

Hopefully I will finish my Bachelor Degree this year and in 5 years time I have a job related to my education, a boyfriend (for the first time ever) and a small apartment.

I have enough money do travel more and to do paragliding (which i am now saving up for).

[UpDownMiddleGround]

In 5 years, I will still be living in the same home. Hopefully by then, it will be decorated (I moved here a little less than two years ago after my divorce. I'm slowly getting there.

I plan to be med free with minimal therapy appointments -- coping strategies in place.

I plan to be working at the same job with 5 years left to be eligible for retirement.

I plan to have a son in college.

I plan to have a new love interest or at least someone that I can go to the movies and dinner with from time to time. Being divorced after 17 years of marriage is pretty lonely. . .

I plan to be active in my church and my sorority (community service).

I plan to be in better health. If I can ever get this whole routine thing down, I will have meals prepared for work and time to exercise. I do better when I have those things in place.

[annielovesbacon]

In five years, I plan to be in law school. I am fearful I won't be stable enough to handle that... but that is a different problem!

[pirilin]

I don't know where I'll be tomorrow.

[raspberrytorte]

The state mental hospital probably.

[Tucson]

I hope to have a job before then. I will be working for the rest of my life, so I want to start soon. I need to rechoose a career. My daughter should be finishing up college by then. My mother may not be around in five years, so I may not be taking care of her full time any longer. One of these years, I want to go to Europe once more.

Tucson

Possible trigger:

hopefully not here.

i hate the way my life has gone, and to be honest, i've missed out on so much- i've let so many experiences pass me by... i'm never going to get any time back, and i'm clueless when it comes to what i want to do- or where i should be

add that i'm alone and have very little support.. yeah.
someone asked me yesterday why i thought my age was so old, and i just said it's hard to explain without going in to my mental health history.. and i don't want to do that

[Unrigged64072835]

My kid will be finished with college, so we can move out to a house where there's more usable space (or we can make some). Unfortunately the market for her prospective job is saturated here so she'll most likely move out of town at least.

I would like to have a job or go back to school, but that depends on keeping my anxiety under control. That hasn't worked so far, even with meds and therapy. I'm stable bipolar-wise so that helps, though I don't know how I'll handle a major change. I just hope I don't go hypomanic and then crash.

I will still be happily married, though our interests are changing. Rack that up to age and our various boo-boos.

By then I should have an eating and exercise plan I can live with. I would like to stick around for a while. While I know the clock is ticking I'm not going to scare myself into something that I won't keep up with.