Re: Is this how you imagined your life five years ago?
professionally: No!
personally: No!
overall.. Alhumdulillah..Allah ki koi behtaree hogi!:)
Re: Is this how you imagined your life five years ago?
Professionally : better than expected Alhamdolillah !
Personally : marriage and all a big fat NO , however I did not expect to be blessed with an adorable baby so soon for which I am so thankful and always will be thankful to Allah !
Re: Is this how you imagined your life five years ago?
Professionally: failure till now. now seeing a hope but it doesnt really matter as i am HOUSEWIFE 75% now.
Personally; initially issues in marriage, solved now. content with married life; but financially struggling due to huge business losses. after failed business hubby had career change as well and decided to reeducate himself in his new career 
Inshallah will pay off in few months; hubby will start looking for full time work too.
but we both are very unlucky in money matters. and nothing works in our way.
Re: Is this how you imagined your life five years ago?
Professionally: Yes. getting there.. But there is still some way to go. Now is the time to take some calculated professional risks and I just may.
Personally: Big fat NO! Life has been quite a B***h in last three years. It got even worse start of this year. And I wish I could have dealt with certain things a bit better and cannot blame anyone but myself.. But hey as they say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger! so should get better in next 5 years. Which should help the professional aspect even more.
Good luck, Saby. Good things happen to good people - always liked your positive attitude.
Re: Is this how you imagined your life five years ago?
Hun, the only failure I see is your negative/pessimistic attitude. Trust me, you will better if you share it. You can IM me if you'd like. I know GS has helped me tremendously in realizing where I was wrong and how much control I actually had over everything <this is regarding my personal life.
Professionally, OMG I failed miserably and embarrassed myself a million times in front of others. Probably looked like an idiot..but whatever! unless you have gone through these events, you would never realize what you have accomplished.
Theorist as i have mentioned before that i was very optimistic girl but due to constant struggles and failures i am becoming pessimist. Nyways as soon as i get time i will write here and ask for suggestions.
Hey!!! by the ways thanks for your moral support....... i really need it. :)
Re: Is this how you imagined your life five years ago?
Professionally: No .. But thats only a good thing I suppose! 5 years ago, I had just started out .. Now I'm looking forward to the next 4-5 years Inshallah!
Personally: No .. But the time has def. made me a stronger and better person for myself! Before I was in a "pleaser" mood mostly! Now I give a damn :p
Re: Is this how you imagined your life five years ago?
I don't plan for my future. Never imagined what I was doing in 5, 10, 20 years. I leave it up to Allah and do what I think is best. I let him decide what is best for me and which direction I go in.
Re: Is this how you imagined your life five years ago?
Professionally, yes
Personally, yes