Had dinner with a group of fellow artists and writers tonight. We're putting together a small online art "feedback" service. The woman behind it mentioned a party she had thrown in 2005 that was themed a future party, where you were meant to go dressed as how you imagined yourself five years in the future and to spend the whole party pretending you were a successful future version of yourself where all your dreams and projects had come true. Someone piped up and said we should do that for our next get together. They don't yet know about my transition so if we did have a future-self themed meeting they're in for a very big surprise I suppose!

I'd like to think I will be a successful female writer and artist... so that's what I'd be going as. What's your five year plan?

Quote from: Ms Grace on December 06, 2013, 06:41:21 AM
What's your five year plan?

Great question, Grace.

I'm already successful in my career, so any growth will probably be in outside work.

I'd like to get involved in the effort for transgender rights in some way, maybe take a more global role in educating people about transgender and about the issues we face.

Hmm, five years.

Grad school would be coming up, I'd have gone very far in my transition (Doctor says it's totally possible for me start HRT by the end of January), hopefully be passing without trying. Ideally, have some committed partner, written some important papers, and just be happier.

The next five years feel like a pretty good time.

I'm a successful self-published game designer with at least one title complete. I'm also married and have an adopted child.

My plan, get away from my mother, start E, and see my boy friend, theres a long shot for SRS, but there's always hope!

My hobby is mathematics. I have this mathematical theory that I hopefully and should have finished and published by then.

Retire, obtain SRS and maybe a BA.  Move to a warmer climate.

My five year plan is to become a successful writer and no longer have to depend on software development for a living.  I intend to be married to my fiancee, and have integrated our families successfully.  I also intend to be out of my divorce-imposed debtload and back on the road to saving for a grand retirement.

Bachelors in Sound Engineering, successful or semi-successful performer in the music industry,
Maybe SRS (still on the fence about it but considering it more and more every day), and somehow contribute to the trans community by educating or working at a center or something.

Fffppfft who knows? xD I have longer term goals I guess, and I'm young yet, so I feel like in five years I'll have tried different things out and maybe lean towards one path or another.

One path is finally finishing a screenplay, selling it, maybe contributing to getting it filmed, and I'd use the monies to pay off my student loans and transition further. I'd get FFS, voice surgery (until then I'm just going to be mute), and maybe SRS. Of course, I can hope whatever else I do will eventually pay these things as well. And no matter what I would like to get into the film industry one way or another.

Maybe I'll move to Vancouver, BC. Maybe I'll move to Los Angeles. Or maybe I'll stay in Seattle.

I may or may not still be living with my best friend. Hopefully we'll have a bigger place by then!

Or perhaps I'll be living with a master/mistress couple as their pet. Or some other similar arrangement. Or maybe I'll have a boyfriend, or a girlfriend, or both?

In any case, I'll be out of school with an AS and I'll likely have at least tried out an entry-level position as a computer programmer. Would I stick with that career-path? Would I have been promoted? Or will I be planning out the details of starting my own business? Who knooows?

I could even run away and join the Cirque du Soleil! xD Life is full of possibilities!

Ashey  I hope you don't mind but I think you picture is rather cute.

Quote from: evecrook on December 06, 2013, 03:35:32 PM
Ashey  I hope you don't mind but I think you picture is rather cute.

Thanks.

In 5 years, I want to be a brain surgeon, a rock star and a race car driver, then run for president.

In all seriousness, I will settle for simply existing as the real me while enjoying the happy little things life has to offer.

5 years is kind of my transition plan time, so I should have it all done by then and be twiddling my thumbs looking round distractedly for the next thing to do 

Seriously, I will have have moved on from where I am now probably working from home as a translator, and enjoying life to the full

I'm retired from the struggle with five different sources of income which is nice, but it would have been better on the front end of my marriage when it would have been really handy instead of driving junk cars and struggling to make ends meet, living from paycheck to paycheck. Now that the thrash is all behind me, I'm hoping to be alive and healthy five years down the road. Doesn't seem like much of a goal does it? But when you hit 70 it really is something to look forward to and strive for. Work out, eat my spinach, get a little, that's my secret! 

In 5 years I probably will be prepping for my final finals. As a female, of course.

I own land & a farm so I plan to grow lots of roses & flowers. Grow a garden with lots of nice veggies.

Take care of my body, eat better & exercise a lot.

Hopefully in five years I will have forgotten about all the pain & expense of electrolysis & SRS surgery.

Maybe be with a man if he's nice & truly loves me. Maybe marriage however probably not. It would be nice to snuggle in bed with a good man & received some good sex if I can climax after SRS. I so hope I can.

And just enjoy life.

In five years I should have the farm paid off, maybe get some dairy cows and a bigger laying flock and be homeschooling my baby as well as teaching him to grow his own food and raise and butcher livestock.

Quote from: Oriah on December 06, 2013, 08:03:18 PM
In five years I should have the farm paid off, maybe get some dairy cows and a bigger laying flock and be homeschooling my baby as well as teaching him to grow his own food and raise and butcher livestock.

Cool that you also have a farm. Good luck GF, enjoy.

Loving all these positive futures, girls!