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I had ambitious plans

I would earn my degrees before I turned thirty
And I did that
You can trust me
I'm a doctor

I would make money writing
And I do that
If perhaps not so much
As I would like

I would have a family
And I do, at that
Spouse and child
And, for some reason, cats

I would have a steady job
And I thought I did
But that thought was not a good one
Earlier or now

I would have my peers' respect
And I think I have that
When I see them
Less often than might be

I would get much done
But I am in doubt of that
As in many other things
I have seen my thinking be wrong before

I do not know that I still have ambitious plans