30 Day Challenge - Day 2: Where I Want to Be in Ten Years

Day 2...hmmm...this challenge is making me think already. Ten years from now. I might as well get some basics out of the way.

In ten years:

• I will be 53 years old
• If I continue on with USD 259, I will have been working the district for 28 years
• I will have been married to Vince for 18 years
• We will have been living in our house for 16 years

That gives me a little perspective of what ten years from now might look like.

I think the reason that I struggle with this blog post is that I don't see my life changing much in ten years. I'm happily married and don't see that coming to an end before the time that we swore to in our vows. We love our house and have many long term plans that will help make this place even more perfect for us. I like teaching and don't see myself changing professions any time soon. So the majority of things in my life are likely to be very much the same as they are now.

However, there are some things that I know will be different. I am going to be at my goal weight and will have maintained it for several years. By then, I'm sure that I will have developed the habits and routines that make that easier for me. In ten years, I should have done my first half marathon. Yeah, I know, that's a long way to go, but I want to do it at least once, if for no other reason than to say that I have done it. It's something that has always been beyond my reach but now it's not so crazy or unreasonable. I hope to do a 10K this year and will keep working towards my goals and will reach them!

I hope that I will have realized my desire to be a middle school librarian. After years of delaying and excuses, I finally finished my master's degree, passed the Praxis, and am fulling qualified to be a librarian. Unfortunately this is not a great time to have that particular aspiration. In our school district, all high school librarians were replaced with para-professionals and that has happened at one middle school too. This means a lot of librarians without jobs in their field of choice. Not the ideal market to be a newbie looking for a job. Fortunately I'm not without a job waiting for a librarian position. But, if I'm completely honest, whether I'm a librarian or not will have a huge impact on some of the decisions I will make about my future employment. Assuming that "85 and out" will still be an option in ten years, I will be pretty close to the age where I will have a chance to take early retirement. I don't know whether I will be thinking about that much in ten years, but I think about it now.

Well, I think that pretty much covers my life in ten years. It's not real exciting or dramatic or even that much different than it is now. But I think that is a good thing. It means I have a happy and contented life with so much that I have always wanted and a plan to get some of the things that I still want, and hopes that dream will finally come to fruition. It's a pretty good place to be if you are me. :)

So with writing as a daily part of my life, I continue on my journey continuing to realize how lucky and blessed I am.

On a side note, Vince and I just had a dork moment together. We are sitting on our couch writing our blogs for the exact same 30 day challenge that we both are doing. (His blog is here if you are interested in reading it. It's really good!) This blog is a struggle for both of us. We both agreed that we have so much that we have always wanted and the dreams we had have come true with each other. :) Is it any wonder that I love him as much as I do?!?