On the new 10-year plan

When we graduated from college in 2009, here’s what our ten year plan looked like:

• I’d spend one year getting my teaching certificate while he worked
• I’d get a fantastic job somewhere, and he’d start his Masters
• After 5 years or so of living somewhere moderately exciting, we’d move to the town his parents live in and start having babies
• Hopefully he would find a great job near our home
• The kids would go to school, hopefully at the same school I was teaching at.
• Maybe, just maybe, I’d do photography on the weekends sometimes

Here’s the plan as of now, backdated to last January

• I dropped out of my Master’s program, because it was awful
• He took a so-so job in the town his parents live in, and we moved there
• I’ll start a teaching certification program this January
• In April of 2012, provided the world hasn’t ended, I’ll graduate with a teaching certificate
• Either we’ll immediately move to Europe for 1-2 years, or I’ll work for 1-2 years while he gets his Masters and THEN we’ll move to Europe. We’re flexible about which order we’ll do these in
• In 4-6 years, we’ll start having babies
• I’ll stop teaching once the babies are born, and home school them until high school
• Provided I’ve improved enough, I’ll try to provide a second income for the household from photography

I’m feeling much better about the new list, but it’s going to be REALLY trick to squeeze 16 months for my certification, 1-2 years for his Masters, 1-2 years in Europe, and some time to get settled and save up some money into the time I have available before I have to start thinking seriously about having children. I’m 24, and I’d like to have my first child at about 30. We’re not sure how many we want, and we’re open to adopting additional children if our window runs out, but it’s still very worrying.

What’s YOUR ten year plan?

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