Life Goals Timeline

I'm the kind of person that likes to have everything planned out, even years in advance; so, I thought it would be fun to write about where I'd like to be at five-year milestones in my life and see what your goals are as well. And if you are beautifully-aged, add on what your goals were when you were younger and how you reached them or why you didn't!

This would pair well with a bucket list!

What I want to have accomplished when I'm...
>>25 (3 years from now)
Be fluent in French.
Travel to 15 new countries. (see next item for the reason for the high number)
Accomplish at least 20 items on my Bucket List (because there are a lot of traveling in Europe items that I could reasonably do next summer with some time to travel).

>>30
Be fluent in one-two additional languages.
Start or have started a graduate program.
Be married.
Have or have on the way at least one child.
Travel to 5 more countries.
Accomplish at least 5 more items on my Bucket List.

>>35
Be fluent in four foreign languages.
Be called Dr.!
Have three (or more) children.
Accomplish at least 5 more items on my Bucket List.
Buy my parents a cruise trip.

>>40
Be fluent in six languages. (!!!)
Accomplish at least 5 more items on my Bucket List.
Publish a book (which is actually on my Bucket List).

Bienvenue!

Bonjour, mes amis!

My name is Chelsea Fairless, and I'm going to France to be an Au Pair! This shall be my blog about my adventures in France, and I hope you enjoy it! See my "About Me" page for a short biography and basic info.

When am I going to France, you ask?
Departure: August 26, with 2 flights. 1) Flight from DFW @9:25pm to London (+6 hours: Time zone change to Greenwich Mean) @12:25pm (9hr flight). 2) Flight from London @3:25pm to Geneva (+1 hour: Time zone change to CET) @6pm (1:35 flight duration).

I will be developing regular features for my blog so that every post is not like a journal entry. These features may not be consistent within the first few weeks as I settle in, so be patient with me! Features to look for:

• Beautiful Mondays - Photographs or anecdotes about everyday beautiful things that are commonly overlooked. This will focus on the subtleties of French life.
• Word Wednesdays - As I progress in my French language skills, I'll talk about funny, ironic, misleading, confusing, etc., words and phrases.
• Food Fridays - I will post about my favorite French foods and give a recipe if it's something I made or helped to make!
• Photo an Hour - (I got this idea from theperfectpearpair.blogspot.com) For my traveling days, I will have a journal entry via a photograph for each hour of the day and what I was doing during that hour.
• Quote of the Day - I will post a quote or verse of scripture that I feel is relevant to my current activities and/or emotions, perhaps with every blog post.

To read all the posts on a particular feature, you can search it by title, click on the label link, and for the MWF features there is a link at the top of the page to read them all.

I will go ahead and start doing some of the above features before going to France about my life here at home so that you can get to know me and my blog.

Please let me know if there's something in particular you would like me to post about and/or if you see something on my blog that needs to be fixed! I'm open to any and all suggestions!

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Also, today is my beautiful mother's birthday!!! I love you Mama, and I appreciate everything you have done for me!!! I love you!!!

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