Okay, later tonight (in about 3-4 hours) I'll receive my high school diploma, proving 13 years of hard work and acquiring unbelievable amounts of useless information. Its been a roller-coaster ride of highs and lows. The joy and carelessness of elementary school, the awkward phase at middle school and three years of happiness at high school.
Just to clear things up, the education system in Norway is a bit different from that in the States. 

Elementary school span the grades 1 through 7 (age 6-13)
Middle School, or Junior High span the grades 8-9-10 (age 14-16)
And finally, High School, grades 11 through 13 (age 17-19)
 
Anyways. That is all over and done with. Now, what will I do next? Luckily I have all my plans laid out for at least the next six years. 
In August this year, right after the summer vacation I'm joining the army. Here we have a somewhat optional service period that lasts about a year or so. Approximately  4 out of 10 males between 18-20 years get drafted for service, If you don't want to serve, it's really easy to get out. But I do want to serve, as it will give me a much needed break from school and education.
 
After my year in the armed forces I will begin my bachelor-degree in journalism at a college in Oslo, this will be three very interesting years, as journalism has fascinated me for years. After receiving my degree I will take a break, before completing the education with a Masters-degree. During this break i really want to travel, you know, see the world. I've traveled quite a lot, but never for long periods of time. I want to go on a cross-country road trip through the States, or backpacking through Europe.
Unfortunately this probably won't happen in the near future. As a student, my economy will be in ruins and I'll have to work to save up money, but someday, I promise you, it will happen.
 
I want to get my Masters-degree abroad, in either Australia or England. Along side the excitement of living in another country, it will provide experience that might be useful when applying for a job. Hopefully I will end up in gaming journalism, as this obviously is a part of my life. The ideal situation is that I stay in this business until i retire, but I can't really see that happening.
 
Anyways, just wanted to share my thoughts on the future with the fine members of this site, and also ask this question.
What are your plans for the future? Or, for those of you who might be a bit older. Did your plans turn out the way you wanted? 

so apparently you do know what happens next 
anyways 
sounds like ur life wont be TOO boring 
and are you joining the marines or what?

"Did your plans turn out the way you wanted?  "

No offense but I would much rather be in school than the military.  It takes a certain kind of person and Im definitely not that type.

Just finished my Degree. No fucking clue what to do now.

You seem to have a good idea of what happens next.  Sounds pretty interesting too. I hope it all works out for you.
 
And I thought all Norwegians were fishermen. Well butter my buns and call me a biscuit!

Work, retire and finally if your lucky a spectacular death.

my future is, I will progress in my footy career

Simple, in two weeks ill stop with the maths and physics and spend the rest of my life improving as an illustrator.

I have no idea, and time is running out...

It sounds like you have your life planed out and that's good.  I've graduated in May 2008 and I'm still in a pickle on what I want to do with my life.  After high school, life gets tough.    :(

" After high school, life gets tough. "

Had fun being a russ? :P
What happens next? Well, I sat for a couple of years on my ass getting money for not working. Then I went to Folkehøyskole, then I sat on my ass for a couple years getting paid for doing nothing and then I started working and got less money for busting my ass.
 
My plan is to escape the country, becoming a pirate and be rich..

Sounds like a good plan, kinda jeallous.
 
My plans died, rose from the grave and died again.
3 schools later I'm finally on the right track again...for now!

Aim in life is to become a voice actor. Already done 3 years in a performing arts course which isn't specifically directed at voice work, it was still a good start.

I'm taking it easy trying to enjoy life. I really should stop being a slob, though. I've worked at the same job since highschool but I don't care since I know I'm studying for awesomeness!

You go to fucking college!

I think it's pretty accurate when I say prepare to have all the dreams and expectations you've built up for yourself throughout all those years to be crushed to pieces, and expect almost nothing to go as you've planned...

i don't really have plans in the future. i waited for the last minute to figure out what i was going to do for college. i'm still doing school it's going alright. i have one more semester then i am done with school for now. 
 
just to tell you, your plans might change like a snap. my friend had diagnosed with emphysema even though he doesn't smoke. (kind of funny). he had plans to join the air force but since the emphysema he kind of had to cancel those plans for now. he has to get checked sometime to see if he still has it. 
 
it is crazy that your school has 13 years. in america we have 12 years, 1-12.

" @destruktive:   Anyways, that sounds like an awesome plan. Will you be one of those lame-ass modern pirates, with AKs and RPGs , or the awesome traditional one, with a massive ship, swords and cannons?? "

Dude no fucking clue.  I just turned 22 and am just now going back to school.

Well, I got a few years left until I'm done with high school (I'm going into 10th grade) Currently though I want to go to Georgia Tech and get a degree in computer science as a programmer.

Still have another two years of highschool left, and it would be my last year in September if I didn't stop going to school for a year. I'm going to work my ass off these last two years and hopefully be accepted at UBC. I'm not entirely sure what classes I'll be taking, but I've always had a thing for writing and astronomy. If I can't figure out what I want to do after highschool, the military has always been in mind. But I'm not really worried yet, I'm just concentrated on getting highschool over with. Over here, highschools are Grade 8-12, which means I'm stuck with screaming little 13 year olds in the same school. Not fun. 

I'm about to graduate and planning on going to college for some bullshit. I don't really know if that bullshit I chose is what I want to do in life, but hey I gotta do something in the next couple of years. 

I'm a quarter through my first exams of uni, so far the first semester has been good, doing a Law/Arts double degree. Hopefully going to the states for a semester next year.

Im at kinda the same stage as you. Going into my last year of high school next year and then  I'm probably going to take a year out and teach maths and science abroad before going to university and doing a course in Product Design Engineering. It's a five year course and chances are I will have employment straight after graduating so I'll see where that takes me.

I've just finished my first year of university, meaning i've been in school from 4 years old to 19 years old. 
 
UNIVERSITY THEN THE ARMY! or navy. One of those.  
 
also, you only have to serve 1 year in the forces? o_O

I graduated after 13 years on Wednesday. I'm in Norway as well. I'm going to be studying for a bachelor in Game Design at NITH in Oslo after the summer. No military for me, luckily. I have a body shaped by almost two decades of gaming and ignoring physical activities... I'm gonna keep living with my mom since school is so close, and I've been trying to get a job for the summer.

It seems like your plan fits you pretty well.
 
As for me, I'll study something related to marketing in university, and take journalism as an alternate subject. I'll be applying some time in December this year.
That means SAT in October.

" Had fun being a russ? :P What happens next? Well, I sat for a couple of years on my ass getting money for not working. Then I went to Folkehøyskole, then I sat on my ass for a couple years getting paid for doing nothing and then I started working and got less money for busting my ass.  My plan is to escape the country, becoming a pirate and be rich.. "

Seems like you already know what happens next. You at least know what you want to do, and that's a luxury few people have (or so it seems). My plans are pretty much to try and get better psychologically and get a stable income of money. After that, I can start to think about what I want to do properly.

What happens next?
 
More school
Consume
Get married
Consume
Have kids
Consume
Die  
Be consumed

I just got a job teaching at a high school here in North Carolina so I will hopefully be doing that for the rest of my life.

Graduated from Uni when I was 22 with a masters degree in business and russian economic history.  Never used it.  Had been studying at catering college and working in kitchens at the same time so went into cooking.  Travelled around working in different kitchens in the world, learning cuisines.  Now 27 and have my own kitchen consultancy business advising new establishments, putting menus into place, helping them get staff, training the staff and just generally getting them started on the right track.  I'm doing what I love and i'm so happy I never went down the office route.  I get to travel somewhere a minimum of every month and its great fun.