# Do you have a five year plan?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-five-year-plan/320814>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 9, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-five-year-plan/320814 "2005-09-09T14:04:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-five-year-plan/320814/21 "2005-09-11T03:52:54Z")

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We have a five-year plan for our house and finances that we are two years into. It is coming along well so far - maybe a little behind plan on the house repairs. As for careers, we don’t have five-year plans for our careers so much; we’re pretty much winging it with those, and it basically shows.

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**Author:** ![larsenmtl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@larsenmtl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/larsenmtl)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-five-year-plan/320814/22 "2005-09-11T04:24:06Z")

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Last 5 year plan: Go back to college and get a real degree, get a better job, make a lot more money, get married, buy a fancy car, buy a house, and have a child.

I got a BS in Comp Sci, am now a software engineer (from administrative assistant), have more than doubled my salary in 3 years, have been married for over 2 years, have been enjoying my Audi for almost 2 years, have been loving my home for almost 2 years, and my son was born last November.

Damn. I could cry right now.

I think I need to start thinking about my next plan.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-five-year-plan/320814/23 "2005-09-11T06:52:08Z")

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Five years from now I’d like to be writing for the New York Times, or for one of a couple of magazines. And I’d like to finish at least one of the novels I’m working on. I’ll be pretty disappointed in myself if I don’t manage at least the second one- five years to get to some of those places might be pushing it, but I’d at least like to make substantial progress in that direction.

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