Where would you like to be in 20 years ?

Godfather.
Godfather. Posts: 12,504
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"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover." - Mark Twain.

Personally I never had a plan...until 11 years ago, I just worked and lived like that day was my last, then my son was born (21 years ago) and that slowed me down a little in a good way but still I just kept living without a plan, so I was just curious what the 30-40 year old groups are thinking about thier future.

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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    30 to 40 year old groups. Sounds like an exclusive club, GF. Haha!

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    edited April 2015
    Not to be the doom and gloom guy, but in 20 years... the world is going to be much different place.

    For example, I watched a VICE episode the other night that detailed a global collapse of the ocean's ecosystem due to overfishing and loss of reef habitat (mid-century prediction).

    It's hard not to feel your stomach pit when you consider such an event.

    I also feel that we haven't fully realized the exponential acceleration of the impending cataclysmic events that will make things very uncomfortable for many of us in a few decades. They are not very far away.

    So where do I want to be? Good question.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Yeah, I'm hitting 50 in a few months!

    For me, it's not so much a question of where I want to be but of how.

    Simply put, older and wiser. Still happy with my love.

    And animals.

    I wish I could look at it beyond the personal / self-ish side at this point, but it's the best I've got right now :)
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    i honestly have no clue.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,801
    Back in Chile where i was born that has been my plan i'm going to retire there i wanna die where i was born .......
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    In 20 years I will be 66.I want to Have a big ole smile on my face.I hope to look like I'm 50, have the build of a 40 year old and the peace of mind that only the love of ones family and friends can provide. Oh And tickets to the Pearl Jam Vegas residency shows.I hear 70 year old Eddie still climbs the speaker cabs.
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    In 20 years exactly, I'll be eligible to retire. Hopefully I'll be financially ready to by then. Seems like so far away.
  • muskydan
    muskydan Posts: 1,013
    In less then 10 years I will be on my small plot of land I bought years ago on the Big Island building my compound. I can't freakin wait!!!!
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,394
    If the world looks the way I anticipate it looking in twenty years - I'm thinking Mars or six feet under.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Most likely I will be stuck behind enemy lines in "Occupied America", fighting off a Soviet Invasion alongside Don Swayze.
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  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    benjs said:

    If the world looks the way I anticipate it looking in twenty years - I'm thinking Mars or six feet under.

    Id chill with you on Mars
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    edited April 2015
    Jason P said:

    Most likely I will be stuck behind enemy lines in "Occupied America", fighting off a Soviet Invasion alongside Don Swayze.

    I had no idea Patrick had a brother!

    GF, what happened eleven years ago to make you change your plan?
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    "Wolverines"!!!!
  • riotgrl
    riotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895
    My kids will be old enough to be on their own, I can retire and we are going to travel the country in a RV. Or backpack through Europe which I never got to do during college :)
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    badbrains said:

    benjs said:

    If the world looks the way I anticipate it looking in twenty years - I'm thinking Mars or six feet under.

    Id chill with you on Mars
    It is pretty cold there.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    G.F. Can you make an exception to the 30-40 rule here and let me answer? :smiley:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    badbrains said:

    i honestly have no clue.

    Somebody isn't living right! Lol
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,760
    No idea. A lot can happen in 20 years! I guess I just go with my gut each day and find out where i'll be 20 years from now 20 years from now. ;) ... I'll be nearly 60 though, so retirement will be coming up fast by then. Weird. Might start a brand new career at that point.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • badbrains
    badbrains Posts: 10,255
    Last-12-Exit said:

    badbrains said:

    i honestly have no clue.

    Somebody isn't living right! Lol
    Guess you're gonna show me how to live right when I visit you and the family? This I can't wait to see.
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    badbrains said:

    Last-12-Exit said:

    badbrains said:

    i honestly have no clue.

    Somebody isn't living right! Lol
    Guess you're gonna show me how to live right when I visit you and the family? This I can't wait to see.
    Yeah about that BB ,Scott didn't tell you but South Carolina has a strict no stoner muslim rule.No worries though.
    Just keep heading south.Were a big hot mess down here In South Florida but all are welcome.lol

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