The 5 Year Plan

The five year plan is something I had never heard of before getting married. I definitely consider myself a planner, so when I did hear and read about it I knew this would be a task for me and the Hubs to do! 


Even though I'm a "planner", tackling the 5 year plan was something that I put off for a little while. I really don't want to "plan my life away"! After thinking about it more I looked at it as just a layout of our life, a way for us to plan for our future, and to make goals for our life together. 


This past weekend was such gorgeous weather that after a nice long walk with the Hubs and Hudson we thought we would lay it all out there and make our 5 year plan!


We both were excited to hear what each other had to put on the list, and nervous at the same time! Planning all of this is a little overwhelming for sure! So first things first we made ourselves a drink and headed up to the roof to soak in the sun and plan away! 


We made the top priority of each year and our #1 goal to continue to grow together and be a team, always working on our love and communication. We haven't been married long, but we know that we will surely face hard times and struggle at some point along the way. We really both want to keep each other the main focus and remember that we're a team. Thinking of each other as a teammate and partner is very comforting because you know you will always have your best friend there for you. 


I won't bore ya'll and share all the plans but here are some highlights:


*Continuing to grow our savings and buy our first house! This is something we wanted to always do together so it will feel like "our" place. I can't wait till that day and am very excited to shop around with the hubs and Molly- who of course will be our real estate agent! 


*Start our family! Eeeek! So scary but the past few weeks I think about having a baby SO much more than I had been! We are definitely planning on waiting a few years, but  especially after doing this 5 year plan- it's very obvious how quickly that time is going to go by! We really want to enjoy each other and travel more before taking the plunge for babies! When we do though I know we will be just so excited to grow our little family!


*Host our first Christmas and Thanksgiving with both of our parents being able to come! We love going home for the holidays, but can't wait to have our family over to our place to celebrate! I already have many ideas thanks to Pinterest about table settings and great holiday decor!


*Volunteer together- this is something we have talked about for a while and I hope we will stop talking and just do it! I really would love to volunteer at a local animal shelter. I did this with my Mom growing up and we had a blast giving the dogs baths, taking them on walks and getting them out of there cages for playtime. I'm scared to take Joel to an animal shelter though because I fear he will want to bring home a cat. UGH! The boy wants a cat- like BAD- I want a cat like NOT BAD in fact NOT AT ALL! I would be fine with never having a cat! I know this won't happen. I've always pushed off getting another animal to "oh we will when we get a house"....which now I'm kicking myself for even making it an option! I just hope when we do have to get one and it will be nice- because lord knows the thing will disappear if it even scratches my Hudson baby once! 


This 5 year plan makes everything so real and I can't wait to accomplish it all! For now though we will continue to just enjoy our life- I'm definitely a person that likes to enjoy each step of life, and not rush onto the other life stages too quickly! I want to relish in my new life as a married girl, and just focus on our first year of marriage! It's been wonderful so far that's for sure!

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