Visioning - 5 Years Time

In this weeks PPP sessions, we decided to create a dream plan of 5 years time, without taking any limitations into consideration. 

Planning My Vision

1. Set your vision five or ten years in the future 
2. Start off by writing the date, as if it is a the date you are living in, i.e. 2023 
3. Write in the present tense as if the vision is happening
4. Describe your ideal life, and be as detailed as you want
5. Include professional and personal life
6. Cover everything that defines success for you? this could be where you live, what car you drive, what quality of life you have, it can be as personal as you want. 

9/11/18

In 5 years’ time. 

It is September 2023, I am living in London, in a small, yet comfortable apartment with my partner, who is getting a promotion in his broadcast journalism career; with our speckled Daushound, Nigel. We have a kitchen with an island, and a wine fridge, with a constant rotation of wines returning with us from holiday visits to various vineyards.

I did my 9-5 stint as a junior designer at Conde Nast, which has allowed me to gain some strong contacts in the industry. My dedication and distinctive visual voice meant they decided to send me on my MA in design communication; whilst allowing me the time to get more into my freelance work. I have been working in my new role as senior designer, only part-time (Monday – Wednesday), as the rest of the week is spent working in my own studio space; building up my own practice. I will be working alongside fashion brands, being bought in to push their visual communication beyond their boundaries, Peter Saville, look out. From my senior designer role, I will be earning around 40k a year, which will be topped up by my various side projects, within the branding and communication area of branding. For ‘actual’ work I need to travel to Paris and New York regularly, let me also build up a larger client base for my own practice. 

I am be saving regularly to aim towards being able to put down a deposit on a property in commuting distance from London, to fit in with both mine and my partners’ careers. Yet we do use these savings to travel, visiting Asia, locations such as Japan, China and Vietnam.

I have managed to control my diabetes and my health is on top form, as my new-found progression in my career, has allowed time to actually join a gym – and employ a PT so I can begin to ‘enjoy’ exercise. Yet I still drive to the gym.