within 5 years.

The man has done it again, folks. That is Chris Dessi, the man who sparked my initial motivation for getting this blog going. Earlier this week he tweeted a question of the day that was: "What's something fun or important you think you should do within the next five years?" My mind immediately started racing as I thought to myself, what are some things that I want to do in the next 5 years? Rather than trying to tweet something and squeeze it into 140 characters I thought it might be a better idea to write a blog post or more of a list on something fun crazy or whatever I want to accomplish within the next 5 years.

1) Get my own place - Hopefully, within a year (maybe a year and a half) I will have saved up enough money to move...somewhere. Whether I am lucky enough to still be at the job I am now and am able to move to DC or Arlington (anywhere with a closer commute) or whether I make a bigger move (like to another state, big) I hope that it definitely happens within a sooner rather than later time span.

2) Travel, travel, travel - I know this sort of contradicts my first point (that whole saving money thing) but I want to travel as much as I can before I "settle down" later in life. I want to go to Arizona and California (as I have friends in both places now and have never been to either). I ache to go back to London and other various spots in Europe. And there will always be trips to NY since so many loved ones and friends are there too. Not to mention Texas and Florida to see family as well...seems like I have a lot of planning to do!

3) Go skydiving - Well, as Dessi said, this can be anything, whether it's practical or not! I've always loved roller-coasters and any sort of thrill (nothing beats that rush of adrenaline!) And my cousin Kristen has gone skydiving not once but twice and raved about it. It seems crazy, but doing it within the next 5 years sounds like a good idea to me.

4) Have a semi-solid life balance in place - What I mean by this is I hope to have in 5 years a stronger sense of self. As of right now, in this very moment in time, I am still struggling with the fact that I'm not heading back to Marist right now to begin another year of classes and internships. Although I have grown leaps and bounds with getting to know myself and being confident with that person I still struggle. I hope to stay and become an even more positive person, I want to have a good routine down of staying healthy (i.e. working out more than like, once a week) and just overall have a solid "grip" on life.

For now, that's all I can really process about what I want within the next 5 years or so, but only time (and this blog) will tell what happens next!