Where was I...
1 year ago: desperate to get away from my current position. Accepted a transfer that in hindsight, was not a good choice. Jumping from the pan into the fire.
5 years ago: getting ready to make a huge transition from nursing to teaching. Still on the fence. Had submitted my LPN application and my subbing application simultaneously. Starting to dream about the possibility of grad school, but it seems so overwhelming that I am paralyzed by the decision. So naive as to the inner workings of The District. If I had known then what I know now...
10 years ago: Had just graduated college. Completely unsure of what I would do after graduation, or how I wanted to live my "adult" life. In the process of breaking up with my first official boyfriend. In a world of heartbreak and despair. Wow. That was a long fucking time ago. Sometimes I feel like I have accomplished nothing, but then I think back. College seems like it was a lifetime ago. But really, it was just ten years.
Where do I want to be...
1 year from now: I will be at another cross roads, I suppose. Next year will be my magic fifth year, after which I will be eligible to have a sizable chunk of my student loans paid off. So, I would like to see myself either in a full time gig, or transitioning into a full time gig. If I am not at that point yet, then I will have some thinking to do. It might be time for another transition...
5 years from now: I would love to be a mom. I will be 38. If it hasn't happened biologically by this point, I would want to look in to adoption.
10 years from now: Seems so far away. Will I be a stay at home mom? Will I be in the area office - or higher? Guess we'll have to see... :)
