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5 & 10 year plans.
Do you have a five year plan?
- If so, what's on it?
Do you have a ten year plan?
- if so, what's on it?
I'm looking to see everyones goals and plans!
Re: 5 & 10 year plans.
I (we: DH and I) have a 5 year plan - i'ts not written down or anything, but they're goals we discuss and have 'planned' within five years:
for 10 years:
...honestly, my 10 year plan seems short - but I imagine those years will be full with children and my husband. I'm sure new goals will present themselves as we get closer!
"The House We Built."
A journey of building the dream.
Our 5 year plan includes:
-2-3 kids
-dream home in the hill country, 4-5 acres (depends on where DH can get a teaching/coaching job)
- dream home will enable us to use current home as rental property
-substantial savings and no debt besides mortgage
Our 10 year plan includes:
-minimum of 2 investment properties that cash flow
-taking dream vacations: me-europe dh- new zealand (once kiddos are old enough to leave with grandparents for long periods of time)
We really don't have a plan, but we should!
I don't even have a 6 month plan! I constantly waver on if I should go back to work or stay home. Whether I do or not...we're done having kids (I think. But that's another post) and we're in our long-term home.
Our 20 year plan is to kick the kids out of the house and buy a 2 bedroom cottage on a lake somewhere. We'll spend our evenings drinking and riding jet skis.
Hmm.. I'd say I have more of a 3 year plan - lots of it is reflected on my 101 list, and includes things like home remodels and oh, I dunno, ACTUALLY getting married. :P
I don't feel like I'm in a rush, though. I'm pretty settled and (when I have a normal blood sugar level), pretty happy with things as they are.
5 years
10 Years
This may make a difference - but DH and I are skirting around the 30 yr old mark . . .
5 yr plan:
- Have kids (hopefully 2ish)
- 4-5 investment properties
- DH finish his MBA program and either find new job and/or move up within his company
- Me - probably transition from my current job into something with more flexibility (probably proj managing an investment house flip and/or property mgmt)
10 yr plan:
- Own a lakehouse
- Build enough investment income monthly cash flow to replace my salary.
- Come up with a new career/business opportunity (I dont want be sitting in the same gray cube 10 yrs from now)
- Become leader in non-profit org
- DH - become CFO of small/medium business (lofty yes, but he's a smart cookie and is on the path to achieve this)
5 yr plan:
Have kids
buy a house (that's actually less than 1 yr)
Save like crazy
Pay off all vehicles
10 yr plan:
Get a mom car
Pay off house
DH gets to quit his job and do his dream job
I love your goals!! I want to be able to PM my way into something else.. working with the field is getting BOR-ING. I'm taking my PMP test Sept 1st, and am hoping that will - but also have to figure out how long I should stick around post test since my org is footing the bill. Either way that's probably at least a year away..
We have "plans" but ya know .... life gets in the way sometimes
Retire, Retire, Retire. We contribute a lot to DH's retirement account, because that is super important to him to not be working into the end of his life. I guess this is more like a 20-25 year plan.
DH is working towards a BIG promotion, and we can almost taste it right now. They've unofficially moved him into a position that is basically prep for the position he wants long term. If things keep going well, he should be in the position in 5 years or less. If he could do that before he's 35, it would be a huge achievement for him in his industry.
Our financial goals are out the f-ing window. DH has had blood pressure issues, my teeth cost a fortune, the baby, and a very sick dog have left us financially a mess. I think about where we thought we'd be right now, and I cry. But we both still have jobs and I'm just trying to look forward, one day at a time.
The rest of my goals are like ... 6 month plans, trying to get ready for life with a baby.
LOL, I have no career goals. I hate my job, but it pays me well. Whether I can afford to keep it ... time will tell.