You know when you see a blog post and it just sparks something in you? Well that's how I felt when I read the lovely Jenny's 10 Years Goals List and I just thought I have to do my own. Make sure you give her post a read too though as she's set herself some great goals and she is my one of my all time fave bloggers. There were 6 things in particular that came to mind when I set about writing this post and they're probably all quite generic but they're my aims and if any of them happened, it would be a dream come true! Like I've said before many times, my 'plan' since leaving college definitely hasn't gone as expected and I'm nowhere near where I thought I'd be right now but sometimes life just has other things in store for you. Some days I find it hard that uni wasn't what I expected, that a job I was genuinely really good at ended as it did and that I've let my anxiety control so much but on the other hand, I have the most supportive husband, a lovely home and the most beautiful dog, Bear so is it all bad? Not at all.
Learn To Drive
Let's start with my main goal for the next year or two - learning to drive. I did a whole post in 2017 about my experience with driving so I won't go on too much but in short I did loads of lessons when I was 17 and was pretty much at test standard but the theory test just ruined it all. 3 failed attempts with the last one being just 1 mark off, so I gave up there and then. Ever since I've regretted not just persisting with it, it shouldn't matter how many attempts it takes, but at the time it's hard not feel pressure and like you're just disappointing unless you do as well as everyone else seems to have. Since then I've just been too scared to start again, and now I'm 24. Luckily George can drive so it's not like I necessarily need to but some days it would be nice to have that option. I do think it's going to take a lot of courage to start all over again and I have no doubt it will take me a long time to pass but for now just starting is my aim.
Buy A House
For a long time I genuinely thought this was never going to be a possibility for George and I. It's one of those things that everyone around you seems to be doing so it's hard not feel disheartened and think when will that be us? Aswell it seems to be the that the topic of buying a house/renting/living at home etc always seems to lend it's self to judgemental comments. I personally think if you can still live at home and want to, enjoy it. If you want to rent, go for it. And if you've bought a house, good on you. Why does it matter? Everyone is different so I hate that some people use things like that as an opportunity to judge. Anyway, last year we decided let's just start saving. If at any point our plans change, then they do but why not try? We've been renting our flat for 4 years now and after such a long time, it finally feels like home so I'm more than happy to stay here a little longer than planned if it means being able to save for our forever home in the next few years. I'm already so excited to make a house our own, and do all the boring stuff like look at kitchens, decorate each room, go to garden centres! I think being able to stand in our own home and know we've done it, would be such an achievement for us.
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Buying my own home is on my goal list too lovely, and I'd also love more pets. Great blog post darling! I'm sending you all of my love! πΈπ
With love, Alisha Valerie x | www.alishavalerie.com
Amazing goals and thank you for linking to my post! I'd also like to overcome my anxiety. But I've sort of accepted that it'll always be a part of my life now. But if I can overcome it to the extend where it doesn't impact my life as much as it does now, that'd be great :) Jenny http://www.jennyinneverland.com
Thank you Alisha! I hope you achieve everything you're hoping to aswell xx
No problem at all Jenny! I loved reading yours. That's exactly where I'm at too, I fully expect it to be sort of there in the background forever xx
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I love this post! What a great idea to do too, I think you've inspired me to write my own 10 year plan - thank you! x
Good luck! I'm sure you will have all these things before you know it.
Great goals! I'm honestly not sure what my 10 year goals are. I'd love some sort of restaurant one day but that's definitely not happening in the next 10 years π x
Sophie
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