Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Maserial]

By thirty-five, I'd like to have a substantial amount of money saved up -and/or invested intelligently- and reign supreme as the Baron of Bleu Cheese (dressing).

[PRagic]

I dindn't have much of any end-goal for 35. I wanted to be happily married, semi-retired and a millionaire by 40. Still happily married at 41. Got a Ph.D. because that seemed interesting and the easiest way to maintain a semi-retired lifestyle at the youngest age (although I'm finding out I can get pretty damn busy). We hit the million mark at 41, a year off, but no complaining.

There have been several posts about 'goad setting' here on Dave's. If you want to get somewhere, you need to have a plan. Period. If you start when you are younger, the faster you'll achieve your goals. When you are 25, it is easy to be (or espose having) a carefree lifestyle, but in most cases, that will come around to bite you in the arse very quickly. When you are 25, you'll never age. Hmmm. Actually, when you are 25 and lazy, you are a 40 year old loser before you know it.

Enjoy life, but have goals and dedicate a portion of your energy accomplishing them. Spend time with people you love, eat well, drink the best you can afford, and have a Cuban cigar once in a while. Everything else takes care of itself.

[VanIslander]

Thought I'd be married with kids at age 35.

Wasn't supposed to get married at 23, divorced at 28 and single, childless at age 38. I'm so the father and husband type. But once burned, twice shy.

Oh well... that's life.

[No_hite_pls]

At thirty-five, I will do want ever pays me the best and with the most benefits.
That being said, I have two good options for the future. My buddy
works for a larger investment firm and wants me to join him or I will
run my wife�s father�s business. Both these options are for after working
in Korea and traveling (next 2 years).

I hope to have children by the age 33 and that there are no bumps in the
plan.

[thatwhitegirl]

Save up some good money working here for a few years (working with husband...we're newly weds), and then purchase some land in Europe...or USA.
.....save more and then start a business. Don't wanna work for someone else all our lives.

Not big plans....just work enough to set us up so we dont have to keep working after 50 if we dont want to.

Go live in interesting places for fun...experience life in other countries.

[JMO]

I want to be reasonably fluent in korean and japanese, finished with my masters, able to dance, tolerant of those little curls i get around my ears, bite the bullet and dye my hair before it gets too grey, relocated to japan and hopefully find the right girl.

Im 24 in October so i have 11 years to achieve all that. wish me luck^^

[flakfizer]

[IncognitoHFX]

I want to be published by 35, and I hope to be well travelled with some stories to tell.

I also hope I fully recover from the nasty bout of angst I've had since I was a teen which never seems to completely go away

I'm 23.

[SuperHero]

currently 36 years and 10 months - life is good. Married, 2 kids, nice apartment, good job, lots of vacation - have a plan for when I move back to Canada that will keep me financially stable and also maintain my free time.

[silver_butterfly]

I hope to have two Masters degrees (lifelong learning), to have planted my roots, be somewhat financially stable and have met the right guy (hopefully sooner rather than later) so we can share some experiences and adventures around the world together....

I'm 24!

[Treefarmer]

I would love to have kids, it would be cool to not have to work so much by age 35, but i need more brains i think

I'm 27 now, I would be happy at 35 at this level of money (easy job, rent not a problem) if I'm still plugging away with my music, and still with my girlfriend

[Tiger Beer]

I'm more or less that age now.

Yeah, I'm happy where I'm at.

I always wanted to travel A LOT and wanted to have a MA degree. I have both. SOmetimes I wish I'd been more ambitious, but I only wanted those two things, and that's what I got.

Making a plan for when I'm 45 is the next plan. It'll involve housing/real estate for that one. A different career as well.

But I'm quite content with the 35 mark.

[ajgeddes]

I don't really have an end plan, but I do kind of have a yearly plan. I refuse for my life and well-being to be stagnant. I always insist that my life gets better every year. That includes: job, education, wealth, relationship status, general health. Obviously, some of these can only progress so far, but none of them are where I want them to be yet. If one year, one of them doesn't progress, the other better make up for it.

But let say that by 35, I want to own my own home, where or not I am still paying for it. I want to be married, maybe just starting to create a family and to the point where I enjoy my job. I think I will probably have this.

I'm 25 now, been here 3 years, and am leaps and bounds ahead of where I was when I came here.

[jlb]

I just turned 28 so got a few years to go. I just paid off my student loans so hopefully in 7 years I'll have a good chunk of money saved up, possibly even enough to buy a small house/condo back in Canada. I'll rent it out and keep saving enough to buy another one. Then I'll retire at 40 and manage my real estate empire.

In Korea still at 35? That's a definite maybe...who gives up 5 months paid vacation?

[mnhnhyouh]

Wow, 35 was a while ago, I am 43 now, and loving life. I have a pile of degrees, but would like to do another in history before I am 55. I am very likely to sign my second contract here but will take 3 months off in SE Asia before I take it up.

Every now and then I think about staying here long enough to get enough Korean and take that degree in a Korean university, and do it in Korean. But I think the world is to big, and I will have to wander off again to live in other parts of it.

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