10 years later?

This time last year my ten year plan was completely different, I would have been 32 years of age and a Detective Inspector. But life doesn't happen the way you expect it will.

I was planning to take my TI's which is an exam you take to become a detective, this was what I wanted to do when I first joined the Police. I then wanted to sit my Sergeants exam three years after being a qualified detective, Next I wanted to progress onto an Inspector three years after that. This was my dream career, making it big in the city of London.

As for my dream love life, I wanted to adopt two children with a significant other, preferably a man who works within the emergency services. For example a hot doctor or fireman, never another police officer- Nope!

I wanted to live in a high rise flat where the living room had one panel of glass running across it . I wanted a pet golden retriever who would run throughout the apartment and carry my children on its back. This was picture perfect life I wanted.

However, things change, and I learnt that everything happens for a reason. At the age of 22 I learnt what true happiness is and I had the shock of my lifetime. Some people don't undergo the transition from teen to adulthood until in their late 20's but I was lucky.

So, ten years from now I want to live in a cottage deep in the country in either Spain, Greece or South Korea. Working as the head of my own company which I have already started, However I still want to be a part time detective to still satisfy my passion for policing, because policing is still a part of me.

By 32, I would want to have achieved the following:-

• To have built and opened my own orphanage
• To have travelled to at least 20 countries
• To have published at least 5 novels
• To have adopt at least one child at age 32
• To have build my parent dream house abroad with the proceeds of my business.
• To still be a vegan
• To be healthy
• To be kind, be happy and a loving human being.

My goal is to work because I enjoy it, and not work in order to live.

What are your dreams and ambitions , or where do you want to be 10 years from now? Comment below.