Mission Fifty.

Last year my New Years Resolution was basically to stay the course. Enjoy life as it is, don’t make any changes or if you make changes they should be just a doubling down on what I have done in recent years.

The problem of staying the course is

1. It’s boring and rather meaningless. Repeating previous years trips doesn’t make memories or really add value to life except to waste money.
2. While I’m saving and investing a lot of money I’m not sure where it’s actually leading me.
3. I have lots of ideas and vague notions on where I want to end up and I know. But little substance to the plans.
4. I want to get out of the suburbs and own my own land eventually – not next year but in a reasonable future – by the mid 2030s.
5. I have a really good paying career that if I build my skills and invest I can make a real change to my future and life.
6. The old ways of doing things that I’m still doing are getting harder to sustain.
7. Inflation and rising costs are breaking my budget, making even necessities unaffordable.
8. Things are going to wear out, become worn out or obsolete.
9. I’m going to need a new truck eventually, my inexpensive apartment will at some point become unavailable for me to rent.

“If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.”

This year I need to resolve to change or at least have more focus on my future beyond minimize costs, save and invest money. More than to watch some YouTube videos about off grid living and homesteading and think that’s something I’d want to do and dream or write about the future but do nothing to really get there.

So I need a Mission Fifty plan.

This January I turn forty years old. I will turn fifty in January 2033. Six years from now is 2029, seven is the first year, of the 2030s. It’s not far off. But I really lack any hard details at this point on who I want to be at age 50. This year I want to fill in the blanks, and start with achievable goals for each year – based on things I can actually control – not market forces or things like my truck or my apartment.

So my New Years Resolution is to start to build a Mission Fifty Plan.