Current life
1. To graduate from the
university with honors
2. To start getting into
family business
3. To make new friends
4. To improve language
skills (make B1 for
French, C1 for Hebrew,
B2 for German)
5. To get some work
experience in
marketing outside of
the family business
6. To move back to
Ukraine
7. To get a driving license
An alternative plan
1. To get some external
education (if not to
graduate from the
university I am
currently studying at)
2. To start working in
marketing in some
decent company
3. To stay in Vienna
(move to Austria
completely)
4. To get a driving license
and get a car
If money and image
didn’t matter
1. To graduate from the
university
2. To get some work
experience as a
graphic designer
3. To take professional
makeup courses
4. To try myself in some
international
internships in some
other countries
5. To get some
professional musical
education
6. To start performing at
concerts as a singer
1. My first plan for the life I am currently living I would call: the most realistic and
relevant plan. I would say that because this is how a really imagine my life in 5 years,
it seems the most real one, since all I am doing now is somehow oriented to the
goals I mentioned in the plan. The questions about the life would be following:
 Are you satisfied with your stay in Ukraine?
 Does the work you do fulfill you spiritually?
 Do you feel the balance between study/work and social life?
To be honest, I feel that this plan is the most suitable for me and thus, the most preferred. I
feel pretty confident in fulfilling it because it looks like I have all the resources and power to
do it. It fits my vision for life to the biggest extent and it makes me feel good knowing that I
am currently moving in a right direction.
2. My second plan, an alternative one, would receive such a name: if something goes
wrong, do this. It sounds logical to me because the point of this plan sound also quite
relevant to me, for example, if something changes and I will need to stay in Austria
and not come back to Ukraine, I would follow such a plan. I would ask myself these
questions:
 Do you feel like staying in Austria is the right choice for you?
 Do you feel that you suffice education for the successful career?
 Would you better work in a family business or some other company?
This plan also seems quite relative to me, even though I’d rather stick to the first one. I still
feel that have most of the resources to complete the plan, but I do not feel it to be that
much comfortable. For example, I would love to receive a full bachelor degree rather than
to do some random courses. It was pretty surprising to see that I for the first and the second
plan I have a point to work in marketing. It gives me some confidence that I have a right
direction about my future career.
3. My third plan would be called: dance like nobody’s watching you. This name came to
my mind immediately when I saw the task I needed to do. The plan has the actions I
would take if money and image and some social appreciation did not matter. The
questions to ask myself are the following:
 Would you better develop in a creative field (art, music) or business? Could
you combine both?
 Where do you feel comfortable living?
 Did you follow your childhood dreams?
The third plan seems not that realistic in comparison with the first two above. However, I
still feel it has a chance for existing. It make an accent on my creative personality and
concentrates on arts and music, for example. Some of the points sound very close to my
childhood dreams, for example becoming a professional singer and performing at the
concerts. But, again, I would say that financial reward and image, social appreciation play an
important role for me, that is why I do not feel very much comfortable with it.
Even though, I guess that I have all the necessary resources to complete all of the three
plans for different kinds of life I imagined for myself, I would try to stick to the first one. It
completes the general expectations I have for my life more than the other ones. However, I
have noticed that maybe, to some extent, my soul asks for more creativity as I wrote in the
third plan. I could try to put more of my hobbies (singing and painting) to my daily life to feel
that I completed the creative side also. All in all, as I mentioned before, I will try to move
further to complete the first plan of my life for the 5 years, for it gives me the most biggest
understanding that I currently taking the right steps and actions to reach all of my goals.
Riena Sharynova