“Make a plan or someone will make one for you.” – the key wisdom that I took out of Jo Miller’s webinar on August 18th.
Throughout university, I was really good at planning. I had a five-year plan that covered work and school terms and what courses needed to be taken when in order to graduate on time and fulfill every single degree requirement for my two majors (Computer Science and French). I adjusted this plan every term when course offerings were posted and sometimes I had to rearrange requirements to be taken in different terms to make everything fit. Clearly, it all worked out though since I came out in the end with a shiny piece of paper and both majors! It took a lot of juggling, but I planned, organized, and prepared, which made a huge difference.
Permanent employment presents a completely new type of planning. I’m looking back on what I’ve accomplished in 2010 so far and what I plan on accomplishing in the remainder of the year – 2010 has and will continue to be a great year. Hopefully 2011 will be a little less exciting!
I’m working on answering vague questions such as where do I see myself career-wise, geographically, and financially in 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 years? These are hard questions to answer, but the best thing to have is some ideas on each of them, so that you have something to work towards.
I’m not going to share my answers, but I strongly encourage you to pose these questions to yourself as well. Reflect on them. Remember that just like my five-year plan for university, these plans can change and some of them might just be vague ideas at this point, but just by having these ideas and plans, you will help to shape some of your decisions today to reach these goals.
Planning
“Make a plan or someone will make one for you.” – the key wisdom that I took out of Jo Miller’s webinar on August 18th.
Throughout university, I was really good at planning. I had a five-year plan that covered work and school terms and what courses needed to be taken when in order to graduate on time and fulfill every single degree requirement for my two majors (Computer Science and French). I adjusted this plan every term when course offerings were posted and sometimes I had to rearrange requirements to be taken in different terms to make everything fit. Clearly, it all worked out though since I came out in the end with a shiny piece of paper and both majors! It took a lot of juggling, but I planned, organized, and prepared, which made a huge difference.
Permanent employment presents a completely new type of planning. I’m looking back on what I’ve accomplished in 2010 so far and what I plan on accomplishing in the remainder of the year – 2010 has and will continue to be a great year. Hopefully 2011 will be a little less exciting!
I’m working on answering vague questions such as where do I see myself career-wise, geographically, and financially in 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10 years? These are hard questions to answer, but the best thing to have is some ideas on each of them, so that you have something to work towards.
I’m not going to share my answers, but I strongly encourage you to pose these questions to yourself as well. Reflect on them. Remember that just like my five-year plan for university, these plans can change and some of them might just be vague ideas at this point, but just by having these ideas and plans, you will help to shape some of your decisions today to reach these goals.