OK, this is where I admit it is for LAST year.

Procrastinate, much?

I have told people I want to be in the same position, but with the organization in a stronger position, so I'll be also managing assistants.

Any thoughts on Altman's Nashville?

One of my favorite movies EVAH.

Could someone cast those two in a movie so my head can explode

HOLY YUM!

"Where do you see yourself in five years?"

My boss knows better than to ask me something like this! Because, yes, my answer would be very much like ita's.

Could I love George Clooney more? Only if his name were Nathan.

Just so you know, should the opportunity arise, George ain't calling you at home in the middle of the night.

I guess the answer could be, "In the same job, but doing it better than anyone ever imagined it could be done!!1!" Depending on if the boss is concerned about turnover or ambition.

That seems so inadequate for a path, though. That's what chafes me. It's the truth for me--I want to do this, but better, but I just know it's not the right answer. Of course I want to do this and be paid more, so some of the problem does lie in my lap.

"Where do you see yourself in five years?"

Living off my lottery winnings on a private island in the Carribean....DUH.

It's the truth for me--I want to do this, but better, but I just know it's not the right answer.

Seriously, though -- there are bosses that dream of having the same person in the same(ish) job for five years. It shows commitment, too. You just have to know the person asking the question to know what the "right" answer is.

um, ok. itahead meaniepants.

Every year during my review I get grief for not "growing". Why is being satisfied with your current position not acceptable? Especially since most of the people I've worked with have grown themselves right out of the company. No PC tech at our location has moved on to better positions in our company, they've all move on to better positions at a different company. And how is keeping up with new technology and new systems not considered growth?

"Where do you see yourself in five years?"

Lying in the gutter, passed out in a puddle of my own sick.

OK, not really.

You just have to know the person asking the question to know what the "right" answer is.

Oh, I do mean it's not the right answer for this organisation. It was precisely the right answer at my last job (not that that's a healthy example).

I just saw this article about a high school student that didn't realise she was pregnant until she went into labour. But it's not your typical story -- she gave birth right after a basketball game in which she scored 6 points on two three pointers.

It made me think of a conversation I just had with a mother at krav (her 16 year old daughter is now training to be an instructor). She was explaining how one of her tests was extra hard because she was 5 months pregnant. In fact, she trained until she was 7 months pregnant (and then came back to class not too long after the birth with her husband in tow, baby in his arms).

I expressed surprise, and an instructor, also a mother said she'd totally have done the same thing, had she been doing krav before becoming pregnant with her son.

Huh. Very huh. But these are my role models.