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Ok, I know we said we were done with the concept of “resolutions and goals,” but it’s become clear to me I have to make a caveat to this.

To be clear, “resolutions” are still out and in the sense of “goals,” I want to focus on the concept of a quote on quote two, five, and ten-year plan. Personally, I think this is fine in theory, but the manner it has transformed American culture especially I believe this can be a pervading and potentially harmful concept and idea for teens and young adults, but I also don’t believe it has to stay that way.

Let Me Explain:

The “x-year plan” has become this idea in security that we’ve decided is interchangeable with success and the ‘good/correct’ route. But the original simple concept of an “x-year plan” has been lost. It was not this rigid, immovable, wildly strenuous thing – it was just a path of goals that you hoped for and could build actionable steps off of if you were more invested.

For example: Person X

Their list of goals for her ten year plan:

• Travel the world
• Work in marketing
• Improve at photography
• Settle down with a family
• Learn a new language

These are all pretty attainable things for Person X, but by simply listing these out, she does not create a pressure chamber or HAVE TO, HAVE TO, HAVE TO for herself. Instead, she has an attainable list of goals. She is more likely to follow through on them because she is not being crushed by potentially unrealistic or far too heavy expectations for herself.

My 5 Year Goals:

• Hold a position on my sorority’s executive board
• Discover the genre of books I like most and read as many as i can
• Declare my majors and minors.
• Find internships that I genuinely enjoy and engage me
• Improve my cooking skills
• Improve the seriousness and quality of my blog
• Volunteer within the community more
• Run my sororities social media