I am a planner. I know where I am headed, and when I get there, I will figure out where I go next. When one hears this, they automatically assume the big picture. I am commonly mistaken for a dreamer. I am no Dr. Martin Luther King. I am not a dreamer; I am a planner. Every dreamer has a plan. A dream without a plan can be called an idea. I admire dreamers, but I am not a dreamer. Not every plan is a dream. It is a blueprint to get to the next step, the next milestone or checkpoint. This does not mean that plans cannot be dreams. I consider those long-term plans with a vision.

I am a planner. I am not a long-term planner. I did not decide that I wanted to be a veterinarian at the age of five like some of my peers. I, on the other hand, accomplish my short-term plans one step at a time. Once one is completed, I start on the next. Instead of working my entire life towards one thing, I keep it interesting. I am constantly planning. Because of this, one could call me a realist. The truth is that I do not know where I will be in the next 10 days, let alone the next 10 years. Depending on the circumstances, plans change. Realistically, I will not be able to plan the next 10 years until I finally figure out how to predict the future. Until then, I will not know how tomorrow will turn out.

I am a planner. My plans are never concrete, and I always have a back up plan. Each plan has several different routes with the same destination. I have plans with similar destinations and plans that are completely opposite of each other. I am the only one who can decide the destination of my next plan. All of my plans are completely attainable. This does not mean they are easy, it simply means that I have confidence in the idea that my plan will succeed. I design each plan on the base that I know I am capable of reaching a goal. It is important to remember that one should never be disappointed with an undesirable outcome of a plan. I have had failed plans and plans that have succeeded gloriously, but I have relied on both to get me where I am today.

I am a planner. I do not believe that I need to know where I will be in 10 years or where I will be tomorrow. I believe that my plans are a work in progress. I will work on these plans until my peers fulfill their life long dreams of being veterinarians, doctors and astronauts, and then I will keep working. My plans will never stop being made. I will make a plan for the next day and the next 30 seconds. Each is a milestone in my lifelong blue print. I guess we’ll see where they take me.