June 2012 Weddings
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QOTD: 08/07/12
What are you long term and short term goals, personal and family/couple?
1 month goals:
6 month goals:
1 year goals:
5 year goals:
10 year goals:
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Re: QOTD: 08/07/12
1 month goals:
Get H his new job, find a new place to live, move
6 month goals:
Be settled in our new careers.
1 year goals:
CC debt gone, hopefully TTC
5 year goals:
Done having children. Hopefully have bought a house
10 year goals:
One big happy family
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1 month goals: get back on my diet/exercise routine
6 month goals: get ahead on my credit card debt
1 year goals: start getting ahead on our car loans
5 year goals: have a kid, moved into a bigger house; new career position for me hopefully
10 year goals: have our family complete
1 month goals: sell house, have baby's room cleaned out and start decorating, get back on track with exercise
6 month goals: be settled in as a family of 4, getting back into exercising, have H's business well established and working toward me staying home
1 year goals: SAHM, enjoying Carter's last weeks of summer before kindergarden starts
5 year goals: debt free, SAHM, possibly starting my doctorate program, 3-5 kids, building house
10 year goals: done with doctorate, teaching part-time, happy family, hoping in the process of adopting a child
what is DH's business?
He is a financial planner... he just partnered with another financial planner in the area so we are really hoping that helps move things along quickly!
that's neat! best of luck
1 month goals: Get back to running at least 4 days a week, put away/sell all the leftover wedding stuff
6 month goals: I have a half-marathon in January, so completing that. Also, H finding a job
1 year goals: I have no idea. With H back to work, it would be nice to only work 9-10 months out of the year, instead of 11+
5 year goals: Buy an apartment, be a show runner
10 year goals: Oh lord, I can't even think of a 1 year goal! I hope in 10 years I've figured out what to do after TV, I would say 90% of people in the industry have moved on by age 40 but I have no idea what else I would do.
Hmmm my specifics are so uncertain for the next few years, but I'll give it a shot!
1 month goals:
Get my post wedding fat bum back in shape!!
6 month goals:
Have a new job
1 year goals:
Be finished all 3rd year uni courses, hopefully partway through 4th year. Apply for H's citizenship, convince H that I should get a dog.
5 year goals:
Complete more of our travel must-do list, move back to Australia, And then babies! School finished, working in a job I love.
10 year goals:
Finished having babies, be settled in a house (no more apartments!!), working higher up in the field I want. Be settled in either Aus or Canada (no more moving around!)
June 2012 August Siggy Challenge: Favourite Pro Pic (I couldn't choose just one!)
1 month goals: Pack, clean, move, and unpack the new house. Start caring about science again.
6 month goals: Decorate the new house, buy new furniture, get used to balancing teaching and life again instead of just being a research assistant.
1 year goals: Get better results and present at a conference. Write and publish a paper.
5 year goals: Finish PhD and Post-Doc, buy house, have baby.
10 year goals: Um... start saving for retirement? Be done with reproducing. Enjoy life and go on a vacation every year. Oh, and cure every disease ever.
1 month goals: Get back to working out on a regular basis (which hopefully includes making my a** get out of bed in the morning to go for runs on a regular basis)
6 month goals: Get the boxes that are still packed unpacked and everything put away & finish organizing the house.
1 year goals: have a new job that is closer to our home! An hour each way is a bit farther then I would like to be when we start having kids.
5 year goals: Have a family started....not necessarily done but started.
10 year goals: Be one big family of 5. Have the house repainted, inside and outside, to make it even more our own.
1 month goals: Get back into the routine of teaching since summer will be over, get back into exercising routine
6 month goals: Looking for houses
1 year goals: Moved into our first house, decorating, etc
5 year goals: Have 1-2 kids, if we have 2 kids then be done having kids, living a comfortable life
10 year goals: Enjoying life with a family, live comfortably, probably new cars, maybe a bigger house.
1 month goals: Get pictures printed/framed from wedding to get said frames off the floor, support H in his quest for a 2nd job to help with some of our debt
6 month goals: Have a wonderfully established workout routine with H, go out to eat WAY less than we do currently, fewer to no instant dinner meals.
1 year goals: Pass the GRE and start taking graduate courses, find time to play in the school pep band like I should have when I was there for undergrad, CC debt mostly if not all gone.
5 year goals: Be in a house with at least one child, teaching, H moving up in his company, car paid off
10 year goals: That's too far away lol
1 month goals: Hopefully get hired in a new position making more money.
6 month goals: Have a house bought!
1 year goals: Be comfortable in new job and celebrate our one year anniversary with a second honeymoon.
5 year goals: Continue successful career and have at least one child.
10 year goals: Be finished with our family (3 kids), both continuing successful careers, who knows! It'll be interesting to see where we are in 10 years!
1 month goals:
Get my Stafford student loans paid off. Start getting both of us into shape again.
6 month goals:
Finish paying off federal student loans. After that there are just a couple private loans but those will just be minimum payments. Also, start saving more for the house and H should hopefully have a new job.
1 year goals:
Have our ideal house layout decided on, hopefully be promoted to manager.
5 year goals:
Have a house and 1 kid with 1 on the way. Hopefully a senior manager by then. Hopefully H's job gets him to the pay level he wants before then.
10 year goals:
Have 3 kids. Hopefully still moving up in my organization.
Pretty lame goals haha. I just kind of take life as it is. Financials and a house/kids are the only things on our radar right now.
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What are you long term and short term goals, personal and family/couple?
1 month goals: See my DH! Pay off my CC.
6 month goals: Save $1200/mo to put towards a house. Have all wedding stuff out and organize my other hobbies.
1 year goals: Be moved in to a small house.
5 year goals: Move in to a bigger house. Start TTC. Get my degree. Travel a little.
10 year goals: Have 2-3 kids and/or travel a lot more.
1 month: For me, run a 10K! I'm signed up for one in September and I need to train. For us, just get into a good, healthy routine as work starts up again next week. Also, get all of our married paperwork done, name change, insurance, taxes, etc. For him, finish his master's degree.
6 month: For us, pay off all of our individual pre-existing credit card debt.
1 year: For me, finish my master's degree! For us, buy a new car and determine a timeline for having kids.
5 years: For us, probably have kids? Pay off all student loans. Start making significant contributions towards retirement.
10 years: Buy a new house.
I am a day late, but loved the question!
1 month goals: Start graduate program, continue to get back into working out
6 month goals: Finish our home projects, dining room, master bedroom, hallways
1 year goals: Anniversary / birthday trip and hopefully TTC (if haven't already)
5 year goals: Finished with masters, senior management or director, have at least 2 children, possible begin to look at having our dream home built.
10 year goals: Be a happy, healthy family. Continue to move up the ranks for both hubby and I in our careers. Look into buying international vacation property - Jamaica / Italy?