I have a few goals for myself for the next 5 years.
Goal 1: Graduation, May 2010
I know professor Kurpis said to choose goals other than graduating from Baruch, but this one is particularly important to me. I’ve been in college for 7 years now; right out of high school I went o Hunter College for nursing, 3 years later it become clear to me that I hated it! So I then transfer to Baruch and am now pursuing a degree in HR management (that is after I’ve gone through all the other majors). Now, I can finally see myself graduating with my BBA, and that is very satisfying.
Goal 2: Having Kids
Having kids is very important to me as a personal goal. I got married in August 07 and my husband and I are planning on starting our family next year, after graduation. I can not wait to be a mom. I’m from a very large, some-what traditional family. I have 37 first cousins and my husband has about the same # of first cousins or even more. I enjoy and very much look forward to family functions and gatherings. I changed my major to HM Management for this reason, when I have kids I want to be able to work “decent hours” and not have to work during the weekends etc. I looked at all my options and ask what field would I have more flexibility in?
Goal 3: Getting a Higher Level Job in HR
Upon graduation, I would like to get job relating to my major. I currently work at McGraw-Hill as an Admin Assistant for the Information Management group (Office of the CIO). I definitely want to stay with McGraw-Hill. McGraw-Hill was voted one of the best company’s for working moms. After being there for 4 years, I can see myself growing professionally in this organization.
Goal 4: Getting my MBA
So after I graduate next year, have a baby, get a new job, I want to go back to school to get my MBA. I’m currently studding for the GMAT. I would like to take the GMAT sometime next year as well. I want to get my MBA from either NYU or Columbia and as you’re probably aware, I would have to ace the exam for me to get into those schools. I want to take the exam early because if I don’t do well the first time; I still have time to take it again. Both Colombia and NYU offers a 3 year part-time weekend MBA program.
Goal 5: Buying My First Home
My second personal goal is to own my own home in the next 5 years.
In the next 5 years, I would also like to visit Italy, Spain and Tahiti. I definitely want to visit India but that can wait. Other than that, I don’t know what I want beyond the next 5 years.
3 comments:
I got very excited when I read that you are planning on having kids because it is also one of my future goals! You seem to be a real family person and that's why you should definitely make this goal come true because it will surely bring bliss! Btw, how many kids are you guys thinking of?
We have almost the same goals!!! To be honest with you, as I have been reading many other posts, the majority of us are planning for kids. I would never expect to see the amount of people who are actually as anxious as we are for kids.
Since I became a Baruch student, I enrolled in an honor society to kind of socialized a little bit. Eventually I got out of it because I was the only mother in the entire society and everybody was looking at me VERY differently than the rest. They were all into professional goals, but none of them were planning on a family or even kids for the next 10 years or so.I had to get out of there because it seemed too weird. I couldn't socialized as I intended to do so.
I had that idea in my mind every single time I went to different classes along semesters. This is actually the first time that I am able to meet and know people who more than only have professional visions, also have sentimental- personal visions.
Lucky you are almost done with school, I still have a few more terms to go through. Probably I didn't plan my visions the way I should have done so. I didn't organize them properly, but I am in the process of achieving all my goals.
Hopefully in the future we will meet again, remember this assignment and discuss what we still need to complete and what we actually did.
It seems that you have a pretty well set vision planned, it seems like your very family person and that can be a good drive for you to achieve your goals, I also hope to graduate soon in Spring 2011 or 2010 if i rush, also how many kids were you planning on having? I for one would like 2.
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