Life 'plans'

16 Apr 2010

Maybe it's the wine, maybe it's seeing gorgeous pics of a friend's new baby, maybe it might be the 'what do you love about your job' thread... Anyhow, something has got me thinking.
Did you or do you have a life plan?
I have friends who have five and ten year 'life plans' which they - so far - have stuck to and accomplished all they set out to do on said plans.
I don't. Sometimes I think I should and then other times I think that rigidly following a prescribed plan would mean I missed out on lots of spontaneous stuff. Sometimes I think I should be more organised and I guess planning would follow...
Hmmmm. :confused2:

16 Apr 2010

Not really a life plan, don't even like the idea of such a thing. Take each day as it comes. The only plan I have, and I am working very hard at it, is to be debt free in the next four years

16 Apr 2010

No fixed plan. I had many ideas - a sort of serial plan - but I mostly fell into what I did. Even marriage - BAD MOVE. If I could teach my son anything it wold be to NEVER fall into a career or long term relationship without having a damned good think about if it is specifically what he wants - at least at that time.

16 Apr 2010

Ah yes, Robert Frost...
Still, doesn't make me feel any less confuddled. It must be the wine! wink

16 Apr 2010

Is a life plan the same as planning for ones future?
If it is along those lines, then yes I do have a life plan. That plan has been ongoing now for a few years and that is to retire to warmer climates.
I do not want to be waiting for a bus to go to the the local shops to collect my pension, and then spend the rest of the day doing very little.
I have worked hard all my life and want to be able to spend my retirement, in my own place with a small pool where it is lovely and hot.
Walks along the beach.....sitting outside a little Taverna watching the world go by.
I dream about the day when I am on the plane, starting a new adventure....Heaven and no more poxy British weather.....Plus they have the English newspapers too, so I can have a laugh whilst lazing by me pool. lol

16 Apr 2010

I suppose my main plan now is to be able to retire while I can still do better than hobble and not to have to worry about every bill that comes in.
That's why I'm beggaring myself now.
Of course, Sod's Law says I will shuffle off this coil the week after I retire. LOL

16 Apr 2010

nope i just bumble along tis the way i like it

16 Apr 2010

fail to plan?.. and you plan to fail.
.... isnt that what they say? . . Well i reckon planning is over rated. Im a believer in things coming together naturally. Its the most exciting offensive when it comes to life anyway. lol

16 Apr 2010

Quote by the_magik_s
fail to plan?.. and you plan to fail.

Yes... usually at the start of some mind numbing Time Management course where we could apply the things they talk about if we didn't live in the real world lol

Our plan is to work our pants off over the mid part of our 40's and reap the rewards/take a slower approach after that.
We're planning to move somewhere a bit more out in the sticks and quieter in 2011 so all saving efforts are focussed on that right now. It might be a 'project' although we're not keen on living in mud so it aint gonna be anything that major..as we'll likely end up divorced!
But me, Mr Bioke, our dog and some old stone house somewhere with roses around the door is the kinda thing we have in mind smile

16 Apr 2010

I always have a plan.....but that plan changes pretty much daily! :lol2:
There are some things that are set in stone but others that I change my mind over. Once I set a goal in my mind I am very focused in achieving it and hate under-achieving.

16 Apr 2010

I dont have a plan. I am too lazy for plans, plans involve work. To have plan you have to have motivation and to be motivated you need to be excited about something. I can get excited about things for example a villa in Barbados. However when I envisage the amount of work that a villa in Barbados takes I become unexcited lol

Plans are good as long as they dont take over your life. In previous jobs I have watched as other staff took every bit of overtime going. They would sit daily and talk about how they never saw the wife or only saw the kids for 20 mins before bed time each day. They would do this all year so that in August they could jet off for two weeks to somewhere with a bit of sunshine, then come back and start all over again. Now for the other 50 weeks of the year in the afternoon whilst they starred at office walls I was home with Mrs Tweeky and later the kids. We didn't jet off lol

but we pop to the closest seaside areas and we go to the park and just spend time together. I'm not swoping the 50 weeks for the 2 regardless of how much sun is chucked in.
So in a way I guess I do have a plan which is centered on my favorite ever saying
Work to live, dont live to work.

17 Apr 2010

Hell no! I'm making it all up as I go along! :giggle:
The only 'plan' I have ever had is to ensure my sons were brought up to respect others and be good men. At least I got that right! biggrin

17 Apr 2010

Finish degree with a 1st
Get a decent graduate scheme
???
profit!

17 Apr 2010

the only plans iv ever had is to make sure my children are safe, well looked after, taught to be good people and that they know they are loved
i think iv achieved that but im still making sure they know im there for them
also i try to make sure that gary, me and the kids have a good fun filled life with time together

17 Apr 2010

The skies here are sooo quiet!
lp

17 Apr 2010

Quote by __random_orbit__
The skies here are sooo quiet!
lp

I put that in the wrong thread didn't I?...
hang on a minute...
lp

17 Apr 2010

Quote by __random_orbit__
The skies here are sooo quiet!
lp

It's funny - was just thinking the same up here but down your way it must be really peculiar/nice as they're over every minute or so.
This is what it must have been like in the 'olden days' smile

17 Apr 2010

just to correct:
I didn't, nor do I, plan for quiet skies.
lp

17 Apr 2010

The world is going to end on 21st December 2012 (apparently) ... I plan to enjoy my remaining time by taking each day as it comes and enjoying it!!! No time to make plans!!!

17 Apr 2010

I didn't plan my life, but everyone else seems to be doing what I expected them to do.

17 Apr 2010

I had a life plan and didn't see parts of it through when I was young - so had to pay for that! Now I'm pre-planning for my funeral arrangements to make things as easy as possible for my children.
Plim :sad: :sad:

17 Apr 2010

I am formulating a cunning plan as we speak.
:twisted: