The other day I posted about This 30 Day Challenge
I posted about Day 26 – What kind of person attracts you
My thoughts on it all as well as some great comments about what qualities you’re attracted to, and what are some deal breakers, are all here.
Today I am going to tackle Day 2 – Where I’d like to be in 10 years
In no particular order:
I will be alive and healthy
I will be strong in mind, body, and spirit
Skylar will be 14 and in high school and college will be looming in just a few years. Sniff, sniff. I can’t even imagine her going off to college. Heart attack right now.
Happily married to Scott (it will be our 20th year of marriage, 10 years from now)
I probably won’t be blogging. I know, but who among us will be blogging in 10 years? There will be something else that has captured my heart and attention. And there will be a new wave of ‘things’ to do. Blogging will be So 2011.
I will be living in San Diego
I will be working in some capacity, but probably not in my current job (for safety reasons I don’t discuss all the details of my life and work here)
Scott will be retired (I hope!). He’s 17 years older than me so in 10 years he will be retirement age
We will live a house that we own that may be my “forever” house that I plan to spend the middle portion/many decades of my life in
I will have gotten another credential/education. I am believer in lifelong education and everything from having my real estate license to my yoga teacher credentials to being a lactation educator are examples of my lifelong pursuit of education. And there will be more things. I just don’t know what, yet.
We will have traveled lots and shown Skylar the world. Picture from This Post
We will have spent lots of time at our house in Aruba
I will have a greater understanding of who I am as a human being, always discovering and learning
I will still be eating mostly plants. I don’t see my dietary path changing that much. I feel like I’ve finally found my path and don’t see major changes to it. Tweaks of course, but not overhauls. Picture from This Post
I will have tried tons of different workouts and exercise and fitness pursuits. I will still be doing yoga, running, and walking outdoors; which are my true passions. (See my Popular Posts Tab halfway down for a half dozen popular fitness posts and thoughts, i.e. How to Get Abs and Tough Love)
I will have awesome friends
I will be debt free
Skylar will be my best friend
From my last post, I am glad you enjoyed the Roasted Veggie Dinner recipes and it was great hearing if you’re a fan of the Food Network and what your fave shows are!
Weekends call for muffins Vegan GF Cinnamon Raisin Banana Oatmeal Muffins
Cinnamon Raisin anything will make your house smell amazing for hours!
And if you don’t even want to fire up your oven, make a Biggie Microwave Banana Oat Cake
And of course, don’t forget to include some chocolate over the weekend.
Raw Vegan Coconut Oil Chocolate
Questions:
1. Best thing you’ve ate or done so far this weekend?
A glorious power walk with my family!
2. Are you amazed at the path your life has taken thus far?
No one can predict how life will turn out. I can’t predict 3 months from now let alone 10 years. Sometimes I can’t even get through the day with any kind of predictable schedule or routine!
If someone told me 10 years ago how my life was going to unfold, I would have laughed at them! Me? Cooking, writing a food and lifestyle blog, raising a child? I would have laughed!
3. Where will you be in 10 years or where would you like to be in 10 years?
It’s interesting that when I was writing where I envision my life in 10 years, it reminded me of my 2011 Intentions, i.e. my goals or some would say “resolutions”. The things I want to happen in 2011 and am working hard to achieve are not much different from my 10 year life goals, intentions, and desire.
Tell me about Your Life in 10 Years!
I really enjoyed this post. In ten years I hope to have traveled across Europe, got certified for yoga, found a career that I love and perhaps a someone too. ;) But really who knows!
Set your life more simple take the home loans and all you need.
no Skylar is not allowed to grow up, haha
she is going to be such a beautiful wise girl, just like her mom!
I love your new blog layout!
Your passion for life and learning shines through in every post.. I love it!
wow…i’m so loving the design of your blog …so nice! :)
i think I’ll be doing this 30 day challenge…i may have to skip on some days because the challenges on those days are too personal to discuss…hehe :)
nicey nice :)
I quite enjoy this challenge. May I borrow it for my own blog?
such a cute post!!! the best thing i ate this weekend were my tofu brownies i just made!!– so fudgy and LOVE EM
in 10 years… wow… maybe i will be married.. settling down.. wOWW okay this is sounding so WEIRD i dont think i can think that far in advance!
It was really lovely to read about where you see yourself in 10 years! Dont fret too much about skylar going to college. San Diego has some great school and if she goes to somewhere in LA, I’ll have her back ;)
What a great post :) All of your goals sound fabulous and so YOU. It is amazing to try and look forward ten years. Best thing I ate all weekend? Cantaloupe. Best thing I did? Spend time with Josh Friday night. Have I been surprised at the path my life has taken? Not really. I’ve been in the drivers seat for most of it! I wanted to be married to a wonderful man and live in the South :) And be happy and healthy.
Hi Averie! Back from beautiful San Diego and back to life! Good to visit there and take my class but great to be home in beautiful Santa Cruz again, too…
1. Best thing I have drank this weekend: enjoyed a large Americano with steamed organic, unsweetened soymilk, cinnamon and vanilla stevia with my hubby!
2. Am I amazed at where I am in life now? Well, 10 years ago, I had 2 kids and was married so I hoped that my life would continue in that vein, which it has. However, I never would have thought I would become a nutrition consultant and colon hydrotherapist so those are places that I am amazed that I have arrived at. Thankful for them, though.
3. Where would I like to see myself in 10 years? My boys will be 22 and 24 and my husband and I will have been married for 26 years and I’ll be 48. I would like to be involved in my boys lives, wherever their paths take them, as their dear friend and supporter, I would like to have my own practice, doing Nutrition Consulting and Colonhydrotherapy and have a beautiful garden in my big back yard.
My mom always says that we raise our children to leave us. It’s so true. My mom raised me to be strong and independent and I had no problem moving out and being successful when it was time. I know that I owe her all the credit. You will find a way to do the same for Skylar.
Oh I have no doubt Skylar will be succesfsul. It’s me..that will miss her so much. But yes, they are only “ours” for so long. And then…they go live their own life! I hope she still lets me brush her hair when she’s a big girl :)
I will either be living on a farm raising my family and doing the CSA thing during the summers and writing in the winters OR I will work for a legal aid assisting families in need with their legal woes. Hopefully still writing. Hopefully not holding my oldest hostage as she graduates from high school and hopefully still exploring life love laughter and knowledge each and every day alongside my teenage children (and possible others) with Ryan. :)
I love your goals/dreams/visions! :)
I just hope I have a job.
No seriously, I have no idea where I want to live, or what I want to be doing in 10 years. I can’t plan that far ahead. 10 yrs ago I was living the life of luxury in Hawaii with not a thought about the future. I look ahead and plan, but more like a year. 10 years makes me want to pull out my hair. I’ve never been one to be all “I want to have a husband and 2 kids and white picket fence” anyway.
Wow, I realized that answering this question makes me totally nervous!
Ten years ago I was in middle school, getting ready for cheerleading tryouts. That doesn’t seem so long ago! And I’m exactly where I thought I would be ten years from then – in LA, working as an actress – though I thought I would be more successful haha.
Ten years from now I want to still be in LA, and I want to be writing and acting and have reached a level of success that allows me to work as much as I want and choose my projects. And travel. That’s all I know. I haven no plans or desires to get married or anything like that.
good luck in achieving your goals! Vege for that long! I surely can’t do it!
loved reading how you envision your life in 10 years, averie! thanks for sharing!
yea, who knows WHAT technology we’ll have even 5 years from now! “blogging” could be so old-school!
i, too, believe in reinventing yourself, as in continuously learning and trying new things. that’s a goal for me, too. in 10 years, i’ll still be living where i do now, i hope…apart from that, i’m open to new opporunities finding me!