Future plans

[08:01:12] Why do some people know exactly what they want from their future while others are content to let life unfold without direction? 

I talked to my friend today, who told me about all these things he wants for himself in the future. Aside from financial security and a home which I consider to be normal, he said he wants a boat so he can go fishing all the time, season tickets for his favorite football team, and he wants to be able to follow one of his favorite rock groups in concert. Accompanying the good home, I assume he also wants a wife at some point. It seems like a good life, if he could achieve everything he wants.
Making all those plans seems crazy because if you don't make enough money to support them, you feel let down because you haven't achieved your goals. But also, at least during the points in your life when you have little money to spare, you will have something concrete to work towards.
I haven't met someone who has a plan for themselves later in life like that in a long time. College has changed a lot of people's perspectives on their futures, and what they can hold. 

When I picture the future, I often see this metaphoric ladder or timeline of myself in my twenties. I'm usually in a city somewhere, dressed in business casual wearing a ponytail, and climbing the ladder towards my next birthday. But I never know what I actually end up doing. I don't see myself having an apartment, or a home, or staying with my parents. I don't see myself in a relationship. I don't see myself in any sort of job or career setting. I don't see any of the friends I have now. I just can't see any of it.
Being able to picture yourself being successful is a big part of actually becoming successful or having a plan. This definitely means I don't have a plan, but I could probably still be successful. I just have to find something that I want to do.