Finally, a fortune that makes a good title, too! And definitely one I enjoyed. Just yesterday I was thinking about all the things I want to do, places I want to go. And I was making some big plans. When I retire, I’m going to do as many of them as I can.

In the meantime, I had fun with this fortune. I think this poem spells out what I always imagined my retired life would be like. So here we go!

Make Big Plans
By Michelle Garren-Flye

Let’s make big plans for someday.
Together we’ll travel round the world 
and stop where we want to play
then spend each night curled

by a fireplace in some remote cabin
on top of a mountain, who knows where?
We just have to make it happen
so we can breathe in all that fresh air

out on the sea, sailing in a big ship
from country to country, shore to shore.
Don’t doubt my ability to make this trip
real—reality really doesn’t matter anymore.