Life in three years: a one year check-in

Daily writing prompt
What will your life be like in three years?

It’s been almost a year since I answered this prompt the first time and I wanted to do a small check-in at this point.

Last time, I mentioned that I suck at planning for my own future, and this still holds true, but let’s see where I’ve made progress.

  • Do I own a home yet? Nope, but I still have a couple years to go.
  • Same goes for publishing a novel. I have a couple projects I’m working on simultaneously (which is kind of bad because then I’m not being consistent enough to knock one out yet) but I have a plan for distributing one of them at least!
  • The student loans thing? Well, as it turned out there was a major class-action lawsuit taking place over the last several years that finally came to a close which led to the federal government forgiving my student loans (and, to be clear, this is NOT in any way associated to whatever the president had been trying to accomplish).
  • Romantic relationship news: still nothing, but again, as far as the “three years” thing goes, I still have time.
  • Visiting friends in other States and countries? Very soon I’m going to a wedding in a different State and meeting some of those very same friends I had planned to meet! Which includes the ones in another country!!
  • The motorcycle is a low priority, especially if I’m hoping to buy a house, so I honestly forgot I had that listed. At this point, if I can get the house thing sorted out, I’d probably settle on renovations for the home so that I could have a proper hobby space.
  • A second novel is definitely not happening, at least not in the same vain as the first.

I mentioned in the end of that first post that I didn’t have plans and I still really don’t. I’m just kind of winging it. Again.

Long-term planning is not my forte

What will your life be like in three years?

I’m going to be honest, I suck at planning my future. I struggle to plan where I’ll be one year from now, let alone three or even five. The best I ever did was “I’m going to work for my current employer for at least seven years.” And now I’m almost at eight. So, go me for that plan!

But if I had to jot down some things I would like to have happen I can do that. I just won’t be in the “will be” camp. Can’t be too certain and I don’t like to plan for disappointment on major life events.

Anyways, where I would like to be or things I would like to have happen in the next three years? Let’s get a list going.

  • Own a home
  • Publish a novel
  • Have my student loans paid off/forgiven (this is part of that “work for seven years” deal. Working for a nonprofit. Three years to go for the ten year requirement or whatever)
  • Maybe meet someone and start a romantic relationship
  • Visit friends in other States and Countries
  • Find and purchase that motorcycle I really wanted (2015 Yamaha Bolt C-Spec, green)
  • Maybe publish a second novel, while I’m at it

Do I have plans to accomplish any of these things? Not particularly. I start things and get sidetracked or something comes up that alters my course. So far the closest things I could see happening are owning a home and publishing a novel. (Doing NaNoWriMo this year for a change. One week in and I’m at 13,640 words!)

So there you go, stuff to aim for in the next three years.