10 years ago was 1996. My wife and I were in our third year of marriage and my son was 1.5 years old. I was not working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. I was working for a now defunct film distribution company as a publicity assistant. I despised my boss but liked my co-workers. My foot was in the door, as they say. Later that year, I quit to take a job with a small international distribution company. I did everything but sales (contracts, marketing, deliveries, answer the phones, set up the computer network, etc.). In both cases, I was lucky.
5 years ago I was 2001. I was now head of sales for the same, now mid-sized, international distribution company. I was relatively content but starting to feel the need to move on to something else. This feeling would carry on until 2005 when I finally found another job.
As for the future... like the past, I don't have concrete plans. I have been lucky to land the jobs I've had and dedicated enough to keep them once I've had them.
5 years from now... I really don't know. I am currently at one of those crossroads in life where I know what I want to be doing and it isn't just one thing. I have the benefit of knowing what I don't like to do as well. If my current efforst pay off, I will be living abroad and working in a new career. This is a big IF. If they don't pay off, I will be back to the drawing board.
10 years from now, I will be approaching the end of my 40s. I have no idea where I will be or what I will be doing. Again, due to where I am in my life at this moment, there are a number of things I could be doing and a number of places I could be living. Suffice it to say that the main goals I have are:
1) to be a good example to my kids
2) to continue to have the love of my wife
3) to be happy
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"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke
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