Are you, today, where you pictured yourself being five years ago? It is something I have personally been thinking about lately as I am revisiting a big life goal.

Back in 2017, my husband, oldest son (then our only child) and I returned from a family vacation. It was then that I placed a dream goal of mine onto my unofficial “five-year plan.” My husband was open to the idea. (Thankfully, we’ve always been on the same page when it comes to big events.) However, he put it on a “ten-year plan.” Either way, it was being placed our life plan.

With the summer days longer and warmer, I was reminded this summer why that goal made it into our plans.

Well, here we are five years later in 2022, and maybe my husband was right about it being closer to 10 vs. 5 years. Lately, though, I have been revisiting that big life goal… And I think I still want to go through with it, at least in some form. There are a lot of variables that would have to be figured out beforehands. Thankfully, we have some time, which is comforting (but also makes me a bit antsy).

Due to the big change it would bring, I do not want to rush. It is one of the biggest –if not the biggest since we have kids now– decisions we’ve made together.

Now, with three kids, two of whom are in school, this decision feels heavier. Our responsibility has grown immensely since becoming parents to three awesome little dudes.

We now feel an urge to not only build to a great life for ourselves, but also for our kids.

Ultimately, I know whatever decision we make together will be the best one for our family.

So, what will we decide? I do not the answers right now. We are unsure of quite a bit. What I do know is that we are thinking about it, and that time will tell…