Teen Diary | Year Plan
Year Plan
By SZ Blogger, Janet A.
“Imagine someone gave you a magic wand that would make your life exactly how you want it to be in 5 years, what would you ask for?” This was the question my image-editing teacher started the class off with. He went on to tell us his humorous secrets to success and then dropping us with an assignment to go along with it. My homework: think about where you want to be in 5 years. Think big and truly try to figure out what you want out of life, and then create an artistic collage depicting it.
That’s simple enough: rich, famous, and happily married to Prince Charming. There I’m done, or at least that’s what I thought.
It’s such a simple question, and after really thinking about it, I found, it doesn’t have a simple answer. You would think it would be easy seeing as, all through high school they tell you to figure your life out now, have a plan A, B and C. Needless to say, I slacked off when it came to future planning, but now that I’m getting graded on it as well as getting older, I figure this is the perfect time to actually start thinking about it. I mean, I have thought about it, but not down to the dirty little details.
So I dragged my best friend Traci out for a long thoughtful car ride conversation. After a few hours of discussing daydreams, I’ve figured out that my life would be perfect as long as it involved music, traveling, writing, Mr. Right and my friends and family. The wealth and fame and everything else would merely be perks.
I looked at my “life plan” scribbled on a napkin and thought, this isn’t organized whatsoever. Suddenly, I was hit with another important piece of the puzzle: I hate planning! I found I’m the happiest when I’m just going with the flow. When I put my mind on the shelf and just do what feels right. So added to that previous list: a good balance of spontaneity and elimination of the pressure to “figure things out.”
Now this “plan” of mine isn’t completely flushed out to a tee and I doubt it ever will be. I enjoy being scattered. Whether or not I get a good grade on it I really don’t care. My teacher said this would be an “eye-opening” assignment and I agree. Now, I feel relieved to know, although points along the way aren’t set in stone, at least I can finally see where I’m going.
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