We all have plans - plans for ourselves, plans for our families, plans for our careers, and plans for our most important relationships. The funny thing about plans is that in order to ensure their fulfillment we need a level of control that humans just don't possess. So maybe more important than having plans is having the acceptance and inner peace to be OK regardless of the outcomes of life.
Please write about a situation that has not turned out as you planned. You don't have to write about the glaring, obvious situation, but you can. And you don't have to write about your acceptance of outcomes in the past tense like you have always had everything figured out. You can write about how you are learning to accept outcomes in the present and future.
The best laid plans often go awry very quickly in alcoholic relationships.
I didn't even know I was in an alcoholic relationship until it was too late.
I had such plans of teaching abroad after my MA Applied Linguistics degree.
I had such plans of NOT teaching with the public school system of GA. Any public school system in the United States. At the time, I was going with the knowledge that C had supported us through my Master's degree and I wanted to support his wishes. His wishes were NOT traveling. But he kept telling me I could teach wherever I wanted to. And I wanted to go abroad but I didn't want to disappoint him. So I applied to be a substitute teacher with the local school district. And then I got hired at the local charter school. And talk about not going as planned. I hated every moment of that year. But my fifth graders that year are my seniors in high school this year and I don't feel any different about teaching public school. It's soul-sucking. I didn't listen to my gut then and I'm not listening to my gut now.
But I am closer to knowing what I want.
And I want out of this country.
I don't know where, but I know I want out.
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