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Where do you hope to be by 2030?

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TazzyDrunk · 31/12/2019 22:37

As it is the start of a new decade where do you hope to be by the end of the next decade

I will be 36 in January 2030 , quite scary , hopefully I will be more progressed in life by then.

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DaphneduM · 01/01/2020 09:43

DH and me in our mid 70's. Daughter 40 and beloved grandson 10. Hopefully reasonably healthy, still involved in grandson's life, albeit to a lesser extent (will be looking after him when daughter goes back to work). Still in the same lovely house and area (only moved this year and absolutely love it here), will have developed the garden and done some stuff in the house. But mainly just want us and our loved ones to have peace of mind. I always prefer to look forward than back, but the last decade has been difficult, encompassing retirement, sibling loss and empty nest which is something I thought I'd never suffer from. So, am very grateful to be where we are and keeping fingers firmly crossed for the next decade.

dudsville · 01/01/2020 09:47

I hope for things to continue as they are, I'm where I want to be. But I hope to be retired!

Snorlax37 · 01/01/2020 09:49

In 2030 I'll be nearly 50 and my two DC will be teenagers. I've "achieved" a lot in the past decade (marriage, 2 kids, home ownership and getting to the top in my career) so hopefully the next decade will be a bit more relaxed.

I hope my marriage lasts. If it does and DH gets employment, I hope he is happier and healthier. Maybe we will move to the bigger house with grand piano that he dreams of, but I'm fine with us improving our current home. I hope we get a dog as a new member of the family.

If we split up I hope the children aren't too damaged by it and we can all find a new type of happiness. I wouldn't be looking for a new relationship, the kids and a dog would suit me.

bellinisurge · 01/01/2020 09:54

I'll be in my early sixties with an adult daughter. I have a chronic health condition so, unlike most people my age, I actually still hope to be working.

Sharkyfan · 01/01/2020 10:00

I would be 48 with 3 kids aged between 14 and 21.
Wow that’s a bit depressing as 11.5yo dd is already quite challenging in a teenager sort of way so to think I’ve basically got 10+ years of that left!

I’m so confused about my marriage at the moment - I’m finding it hard to know what to hope for.
I guess in my heart the best hope would be that I find the courage to leave but we stay on good terms, the dc are miraculously unaffected, and I go on to meet the right person.

But I’m afraid that either I’ll still be unhappy in my marriage, or that maybe I will have left but regret it because I’m lonely and my kids are messed up Sad

Actually just typing that out does help because I think the worst thing is just thinking that I ‘put up with things’ for another 10 years because I’m afraid to face up to how bad things are and what I need to do.

ForalltheSaints · 01/01/2020 10:00

Retired!

Diaryofalways87 · 01/01/2020 10:03

Similar to @iVampire I hope to still be alive. I was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer last year, at age 31. I will have a 16 and 11 year old in 2030 so I hope I am around for them. And to have a dog :) I'm pining for a Cavalier King Charles.

DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 01/01/2020 10:31

I'll be 70, and hopefully still walking. DGS will nearly be a teenager.

Equimum · 01/01/2020 10:36

Changes in decades, and looking both back and forwards, certainly makes you realise how much can change in ten years!

I hope that my DH and I will still be together and that our DSs (who will be 17 &14) will be growing into healthy, happy, strong young men.

I hope that we will still be living in the same home, but that we will be more financially secure and confident in our ways.

I also hope that I will have built a career, established a stronger sense of self and Become physically fitter. Ideally, I will be back to regular horse riding, and maybe even have my own horse again.

TrixchangeK · 01/01/2020 10:47

I'll be 36 in 2020 too! I hope to be a mum by then, to be celebrating our 13th wedding anniversary with DH and to be living in a house we love (we have a house now but hoping to move in 2020). Hopefully work will still be going well too!

Garbosdinner · 01/01/2020 12:20

I'll be 58. My kids will be 39 and 27 - I hope they will be healthy and happy. I hope my eldest would have given me a grandchild (unlikely).

I hope that MS hasn't confined me to a wheelchair.

Parky04 · 01/01/2020 12:25

Blimey I will be 58 and hopefully retired. My DC will be 29 and 28 and have hopefully moved out! Most importantly, I hope we are all alive and well, although this could be the decade that I lose my mum.

Runnerduck34 · 01/01/2020 13:24

I will be 58 and DH will be 61 which sounds scarily old! DC will be 22 ,26, 29 and 30 so grown up, maybe we will have grandchildren towards end of decade 🙂 Hope we are all (alive!) healthy and happy with DC settled. Hopefully with mortgage paid off and with a bit more financial security and with a bit more free time. I miss the decades that saw transition between teen to twenties and twenties to thirties, those were the decades where my life changed dramatically, now I'm starting to feel old!

boredboredboredboredbored · 01/01/2020 14:01

I'll be 52 ((yikes!!)) dc with be 26 & 25 gosh I could be a granny!

I'll have moved to the market town I adore 40 miles away from where I am now (moving next year). And I'll be hopefully celebrating 10 years of marriage as we tie the knot in 4 weeks!!

Jasmin82 · 01/01/2020 14:17

I'm hoping to have moved to a bungalow in either Scotland or Wales. My best hope is for this to have happened in the next couple of years, but this is dependent on external factors which are currently dragging their feet.

PaprikaPringle · 03/01/2020 00:38

I will be 58 and DH will be 61 which sounds scarily old!

It's not.

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