Okay then in like 5 years from now I would like to have my own house or apartment doesn't really matter. Nothing to big for otherwise it would require a lot of cleaning and that is not my favorite of things to do. For fife years I'll hopefully have college diploma and have one more year till masters degree (like that is gonna happen) so my daily life would be all mixed up so I can't really tell what to expect of it. As for family I would say it is to soon to start one but if it happens I would not mind. Sure it would be harder for me on college but still.

About ten years from now I would like to have my own house, little bigger than apartment for I plan to have kids, two would be ideal but wouldn't mind to have more as long as I can afford it. I guess than going out wouldn't be my priority so I would leave that out from my daily life but still work, spending time with friends and family and on my hobbies remain there as part of it. At this point of my life I would already like to have family of my own, that doesn't necessarily mean kids but a wife or gf at least that I would consider as potential future partner.

As for future further more I can't tell, my wishes and plans change as time goes by so who knows.

Sounds very similar to my "plan" if you will. It's actually very close. What is that degree going to be in?

Ok, here's the "plan" for Jimi, for right now.

In the next three years, I will continue to work for the Office of Minority Affairs at The Ohio State University. I'm going to hone my public speaking skills until I am nearly perfect. I also want to practice the preparation that goes into the big events that we do, to add that into my skill set. Through all of these events, I want to keep a strong network of people older than me who are more established, and a lot of kids younger than me that I will help along because you never know if you can help someone become successful someday and they return the favor.

For the next three years, I'm going to become a bigger part of Business Scholars and the Undergraduate Recruitment Society, again honing my skill sets here. The Business Scholar Program already made me a bit more well traveled when I went to NYC and worked on my networking skills. Now I'm going to Costa Rica this next school year with them, my first trip out of the country and my first taste of international business. If you would have told me ten years ago that was possible, I'd have laughed. Through OURS, I'm going to continue to work on the "Human Resource" aspect of my degree while I recruit, as well as the "Marketing" aspect while I "sell" my school so to speak.

In the meantime, with all of this going on during the year, and a potential second job each year, definitely this year, I'll be having hard summers. Through "Inroads" I will now have a paid internship with a partner company who will bring me back three summers consecutively until I graduate, teaching me more and more each time. This way when I graduate, my entry level job will be much higher than it is for most students coming out of college. I'll be familiar with the company and with my skill set so high at the time, my rise to the top won't be as hard as it usually would be. Of course, I am a Hispanic male, and proud of that, but it will make things hard on me, but who doesn't like a challenge?

I plan on earning my Master's degree over the course of a year or two while I work full time for my company that I come out of college with. This degree won't be from Ohio State of course, but most likely the University of Houston. This is solely to increase my knowledge and skill set and to increase my pay because I'd be a more valuable commodity. Also, this would make the case of finding another job far easier. At this point, having two degrees, a minor, and a Master's with all of my work and travel experience would be overwhelming and I feel I could definitely have whatever job I like.

During all of this, I'm going to try to really step my game up and not only excel as a student, but enjoy the fact that it's what I'm doing right now. When I was a kid, I was a sponge for knowledge, and couldn't go a day without learning something. I need to begin to take pride in being an educated man, even though it seems to intimidate those around me. No one is impressed with the knowledge you have, especially when they can't match it, and that has to be something I accept again. If I can get back to enjoying learning and being a student, my grades should improve to near perfection, that is my potential.

So what does this mean for the social life that I lead? Well nothing. I have a strong core group of friends and many acquaintances. Will I have less time to relax and just have a random talk over a three hour dinner? Yes. But it is time to be a man though, and my priorities got twisted when I was always so good at priorities.

So this starting a family business seems to be at bay in all of this. Little time for romance with a schedule like this. Believe me, this is a big issue for me. Here's the deal though, when I'm in Ohio, I can't really get with someone thinking about the future because when I get my degrees, I'm going back to Houston, Texas, the greatest city in the world. So that's a bit out of the question. Even when I'm shown so much love when I come back to Houston, I'm going to be in Ohio 75% of the next 3 years. What's the plan then? I have no idea, I hope that just takes care of itself, it has to be as far down on my priority list as it is in this message. Not high because like a lot of things I hate, it's completely out of my hands.

So if I can "Cowboy Up" as we like to say in Texas, and get all of this done, I like where I'll be in five years. I'll be the most educated, highest paid, most skilled, best traveled, and most successful person in my family history by the age of 24. For so many things being out of my control, having the ability to put these things in control that can lead to that outcome is simply amazing. It's astounding that I couldn't see this a year ago and be a man to push through it. I still have a lot of time though, and I can't wait to get started. I can already see the light at the end of the tunnel, but maybe enjoying this darkness won't be so bad...

It doesn't make college hard, it makes the business world hard. Less than 5% of corporate America is Latino/Black, and that's not exactly going to be fun trying to increase that.

While I think I'm flattered that you think I'll be successful, I think that's what you were trying to say. Inventing something already invented isn't exactly the plan, it's kinda like this...

Jimi wrote:

Sounds very similar to my "plan" if you will. It's actually very close. What is that degree going to be in? Ok, here's the "plan" for Jimi, for right now. In the next three years, I will continue to work for the Office of Minority Affairs at The Ohio State University. I'm going to hone my public speaking skills until I am nearly perfect. I also want to practice the preparation that goes into the big events that we do, to add that into my skill set. Through all of these events, I want to keep a strong network of people older than me who are more established, and a lot of kids younger than me that I will help along because you never know if you can help someone become successful someday and they return the favor. For the next three years, I'm going to become a bigger part of Business Scholars and the Undergraduate Recruitment Society, again honing my skill sets here. The Business Scholar Program already made me a bit more well traveled when I went to NYC and worked on my networking skills. Now I'm going to Costa Rica this next school year with them, my first trip out of the country and my first taste of international business. If you would have told me ten years ago that was possible, I'd have laughed. Through OURS, I'm going to continue to work on the "Human Resource" aspect of my degree while I recruit, as well as the "Marketing" aspect while I "sell" my school so to speak. In the meantime, with all of this going on during the year, and a potential second job each year, definitely this year, I'll be having hard summers. Through "Inroads" I will now have a paid internship with a partner company who will bring me back three summers consecutively until I graduate, teaching me more and more each time. This way when I graduate, my entry level job will be much higher than it is for most students coming out of college. I'll be familiar with the company and with my skill set so high at the time, my rise to the top won't be as hard as it usually would be. Of course, I am a Hispanic male, and proud of that, but it will make things hard on me, but who doesn't like a challenge? I plan on earning my Master's degree over the course of a year or two while I work full time for my company that I come out of college with. This degree won't be from Ohio State of course, but most likely the University of Houston. This is solely to increase my knowledge and skill set and to increase my pay because I'd be a more valuable commodity. Also, this would make the case of finding another job far easier. At this point, having two degrees, a minor, and a Master's with all of my work and travel experience would be overwhelming and I feel I could definitely have whatever job I like. During all of this, I'm going to try to really step my game up and not only excel as a student, but enjoy the fact that it's what I'm doing right now. When I was a kid, I was a sponge for knowledge, and couldn't go a day without learning something. I need to begin to take pride in being an educated man, even though it seems to intimidate those around me. No one is impressed with the knowledge you have, especially when they can't match it, and that has to be something I accept again. If I can get back to enjoying learning and being a student, my grades should improve to near perfection, that is my potential. So what does this mean for the social life that I lead? Well nothing. I have a strong core group of friends and many acquaintances. Will I have less time to relax and just have a random talk over a three hour dinner? Yes. But it is time to be a man though, and my priorities got twisted when I was always so good at priorities. So this starting a family business seems to be at bay in all of this. Little time for romance with a schedule like this. Believe me, this is a big issue for me. Here's the deal though, when I'm in Ohio, I can't really get with someone thinking about the future because when I get my degrees, I'm going back to Houston, Texas, the greatest city in the world. So that's a bit out of the question. Even when I'm shown so much love when I come back to Houston, I'm going to be in Ohio 75% of the next 3 years. What's the plan then? I have no idea, I hope that just takes care of itself, it has to be as far down on my priority list as it is in this message. Not high because like a lot of things I hate, it's completely out of my hands. So if I can "Cowboy Up" as we like to say in Texas, and get all of this done, I like where I'll be in five years. I'll be the most educated, highest paid, most skilled, best traveled, and most successful person in my family history by the age of 24. For so many things being out of my control, having the ability to put these things in control that can lead to that outcome is simply amazing. It's astounding that I couldn't see this a year ago and be a man to push through it. I still have a lot of time though, and I can't wait to get started. I can already see the light at the end of the tunnel, but maybe enjoying this darkness won't be so bad...

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Yeah what just happened there man?

So tell us about your "plan" if you will.