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While I can't say for sure where I'll be 30 years from now, I feel like it is better to dream big than to give up while I'm still young. With that in mind, I'd love to be helping to get us off of this rock before we accidentally sterilise it - even better if I can do so before 30 years passes.
I'm with Elon Musk on this one "I'd like to die on Mars, just not on impact".
I'll be 56. My kids (hopefully) would have graduated from college. I aim to have been the greatest dad ever. We would have traveled the world together, started a band together, written a few web/mobile app together, etc., and always be there for them when they needed me.
That would put me at 55. I intend on not having to worry about money by that age. I will likely have a few rental properties. Ideally, living somewhere warm where I can exercise for free (eg. swimming in an ocean or a public workout area). Enough income generated from investments to take a yearly vacation. If programming still exists, I would still do that as a hobby. Writing trading algorithms for fun, gambling with…
I'm 44 now.
When 55 is thirty years away, it seems like "not having to worry about money" is a realistic goal. When it gets closer, you start to notice that most people still do have to worry about it, all their lives. The only difference is that you get better about being at peace with the idea, and letting life be good even if you do have to look at your bank balance regularly.
The one practical piece of advice I'd like to offer, if I may be so bold, is this. If you want to live a life like that in 30 years, make sure that every day you ask yourself "what can I do today to get me one step closer to my goal?"
I think, no one will be able to answer this question precisely. Lets ask, Where do you aim to be 3 years from now?
Where do you aim to be 30 years from now is an interesting question because our industry seems pretty committed to the belief that there is no place for people 30 years older than us.
Unless they're an investor, that is.
It would be nice to be able to do the same thing, with the same people, in the same place, on this same day in April, 30 years from now.
Which sort of illustrates the cliché that it is not the destination that one should aim for but the journey.
I love technology, I love creating things and working with others to create cool things, but I'm sick of everything surrounding the tech industry these days. The politics, the media, the "culture" critics, etc. I'm not even 30 but I've become extremely cynical about the industry we work in.
At 60ish I'd like:
- to have a large historical home and some land in the south of England or France, with a lot of animals / pets on site.
- decent passive income and pension to support my being able to do things I'd like to do in terms of hobbies and leisure.
- children and perhaps grandchildren to have great experiences with and maintain my sense of youth.
- reasonable physical fitness.
The above would make me very content.