And you know what? I don't know. Nor do I even remember what it was like to have a plan, to be a long-term-planning kinda person. This is really odd for me. A lot of you haven't known me since my deeply planful days, but some of you can remember.
So I wonder about y'all.
Poll #955225
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All
Did you have a vision of how your life would be when you were a kid?
yes, it was clear in every way
8 (21.6%)
i had a career i really wanted 8 (21.6%)
i had a personal life i really wanted 7 (18.9%)
i wanted a lot of things, all different, or it changed a lot 21 (56.8%)
no, or i don't remember 4 (10.8%)
Does your life now resemble what you imagined?
freakishly so 5 (13.9%)
my career is like i imagined 2 (5.6%)
my personal life is like i imagined 1 (2.8%)
well, i'm not a lion-training firefighter who dances in the ballet, lives in the congo, has purple ponies, and lives in a shack, a mansion, and a condo in miami... so, no? 25 (69.4%)
did i mention not remembering? 5 (13.9%)
If 1 is SO VERY NOT and 7 is YES TOTALLY, how much of a life plan did you have 5-10 years ago?
Mean: 4.27 Median: 4 Std. Dev 1.80
| 1 | 2 (5.4%) |
| 2 | 6 (16.2%) |
| 3 | 5 (13.5%) |
| 4 | 6 (16.2%) |
| 5 | 9 (24.3%) |
| 6 | 3 (8.1%) |
| 7 | 6 (16.2%) |
And on that same scale, how much does your life now resemble that plan?
Mean: 3.22 Median: 3 Std. Dev 1.77
| 1 | 7 (19.4%) |
| 2 | 7 (19.4%) |
| 3 | 8 (22.2%) |
| 4 | 6 (16.7%) |
| 5 | 4 (11.1%) |
| 6 | 1 (2.8%) |
| 7 | 3 (8.3%) |
So, how do you feel about that?
i let my younger self(ves) down 5 (13.5%)
i may have made some decisions i wish i hadn't 8 (21.6%)
my younger self(ves) didn't have a clue 17 (45.9%)
i'm totally thrilled 6 (16.2%)
my younger self(ves) was (were) totally psychic 2 (5.4%)
i wonder what those other lives might have been like 11 (29.7%)
i'd like to (or am trying to) be more like i imagined 10 (27.0%)
i'm surprised by how my life ended up 15 (40.5%)
my feelings on this subject are too complex to summarize in 255 characters, no matter how many checkyboxes you give me 20 (54.1%)
1 still being SO VERY NOT and 7 still being SO TOTALLY, how much do you have a plan or vision for the next 5, 10 or 20 years?
Mean: 4.00 Median: 4 Std. Dev 1.52
| 1 | 4 (10.8%) |
| 2 | 4 (10.8%) |
| 3 | 2 (5.4%) |
| 4 | 9 (24.3%) |
| 5 | 15 (40.5%) |
| 6 | 2 (5.4%) |
| 7 | 1 (2.7%) |
Bonus question... what do you want to do when you grow up?
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peregrin8, among others.1. I was once hit by a car, and just stood up and kept walking to rehearsal. I still own a t-shirt from high school that says "I can't, I have a rehearsal", which apparently applies to emergency room visits.
2. I've stage-managed a show in a professional regional theatre, while in high school.
3. I've trained with a number of slightly odd theatre folks in their experimental styles.
4. I've acted in multiple plays done in a dive bar/club.
5. I bought a Scion.
6. I started an internet magazine called "Cuntzilla".
7. I have a little piece of paper signed by Ralph Nader (from waaaay before he ran for president) that really looks like it says "for a cutie citizen".
8. I once waited outside the Boathouse in Norfolk for at least an hour - maybe most of the day - in order to get Crowded House to sign my jeans (okay, so
snidegrrl did, too - but none of the rest of you did).9. In high school, I had a petition circulated against me by my fellow students because I had purple hair.
10. I named my cat for a contemporary Japanese novelist (and it's worth it to have to delete this one if one of you has a cat named Murakami or Mishima).
