Someone years back asked where do you see yourself in 5, 10, etc years? Are you currently where you thought you’d be? I was quite close in two aspects of my life. The other two, not as close as I thought. Its like I walked up one side of the mountain and then my clumsy azz tripped and fell and slid down the other side 🥴😩🙈😭😂 Typical Desi... But I’m forever hopeful and though life seems like a rollercoaster, I know it’ll get back on track. But please, never ask me where i see myself in the next “X” amount of years. I don’t make New Years Resolutions for a reason 🤣 #FeelFreeToList
No, I wanted to be a successful person at a young age. But it didn't happen as I thought. I am proud of the fact that I am a career oriented person. I know it will take more time to succeed but one day I will definitely become a self made successful man. Sometimes I feel I have wasted my time but no I didn't waste I was busy in my studies. Education is not a waste of time and never will be. I am a stubborn man and I will never gave up. It doesn't matter when I achieve success at 40 or 42 or 45 or 50.
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I am a huge goal person, I have 1 year, 5 year, 10 year and 20 year goals. I reevaluate the 1st of every year, pull out my goal lists, and make plans for the next year. I am pretty on track for most of my goals that were set 10 years ago (except I had hoped to run Badwater Ultra by now, yes I still want to , yes its crazy... 150 mile foot race in the middle of the summer in the middle of the Nevada desert)
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The only thing I thought/knew about my future at this point in time back then was that I was going to be in college and graduated from high school so yeah, I’m pretty much where I thought I’d be. Just didn’t expect my whole entire senior year to be taken from me by a world wide pandemic.
No. At 26, I must have been with who I thought to be - the love of my life. At 27 we planned to have our 1st child.
I was naive. I wasted my time with someone who I shouldn’t have wasted my time with. I am 26, I am single and will most likely have no children for next 2-3 years.
10 years ago, I'd have wanted to be a millionaire by now with a Rolex on my wrist and a Bentley on my drive
5 years ago, I'd have wanted a shop or office, an assistant and a bottle of scotch on my desk
So beyond the Scotch, a million old Turkish lira in my wallet and a watch that looks a bit like a Rolex, no not at allI thought I would of finished uni. Be working in some version of the art industry. I would of traveled the world and met the live of my life.
Instead I'm a drop put of university. I'm unemployed sith serious mental health issues with serious amounts of debt. I have extreme anxiety and can't leave the house let alone travel the world. And I love my boyfriend but sometimes I question us togetherI've always dreamed big but I just didn't know how I was going to achieve it and what exactly I was going to be able to achieve. I can proudly say I've achieved more than what I've hoped and prayed for and I'm grateful and thankful every day all day.
I am in a great place in life. didn't fullfill all my dreams. But fullfilled dreams that i never thought of. Having great relationships, discovering things i never knew i could find, mingeling with positive Healthy people. This is what life is about
Yeah honestly I thought I be married by now and have a couple rugrats and have a great paying job you know living the American dream but I think the American dream is not possible anymore. I feel the past 10 15 years so many things have changed and gotten tougher to exceed what you want in life
Definitely not. I thought I would be married with kids. I am glad that I didn't jump into a marriage and regret it at least. Being half Indian the " community" expects you to get married and have a kids at a certain age. This day and age a lot of desi's are divorced and have kids
I didn't think I would make to 21 years old I never really thought that far ahead I new one day I wanted kids a house and a bunch of toys and I wanted to be a good person everything I've asked for except for the good person part still working on that everyday
I wanted to get a phd and then teach at the school I did undergrad in and that did not happen so far. I left after my BA and began to work. Then sought self employment when covid lockdowns changed my job function.
Not even remotely. 25 years ago I was offered a job leading a team in Africa. I declined because I never wanted to set foot in Africa...
Now I live in South Africa. I have for 17 of the last 20 years.No. It's better than I thought. In fact I didn't think much. My dreams changed a little over the years. I'm comfortable but I want to achieve passive income, . Still young. I
Nope, a decade ago I thought I would be in jail, lmao (used to be a troubled kid). Now, I don't know where the hell I'll be in five years, but I'm in no hurry to find out either
I never knew where I was going to be. I didn't have a plan. I was too busy having fun. But I'm really happy with the way things turned out. A lot of it was pure chance.
Well not exactly...
I used to think i would be biggest porn star by now... tht didn't happen... courtesy of my parents n brothers
Then i thought by now i would be part owner of the club i work at n i would be as expensive as celebrities... lol
No. I think it’s better now than I dreamed. I just wished I stuck with my gut a lot more of certain decisions.
I'd say I'm only halfway of where I thought I'd be when I reached this age. But halfway is still better than a quarter of the way, so I'm trying to be positive about it.
No, but I'm doing better than I thought I'd be, although in a completely different manner than I would have guessed.
Similarly hits and misses. The major miss is I assumed I would be in a baked in relationship by now but that doesn't seem feasible.
Nope. I thought I’d be married with a family by now.
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