What do you hope to have by 40?

[Simslover92]

I hope to have a house and a published book.

[Rangers]

I hope most of all, to still be on Trikafta. This will depend on keeping alcohol away, and bringing good exercise back in. My pulmonary function test last week was the best ever, at 119, 118, and 121, a record.

For reference, 100 means normal lung function for an adult male of my age with no health conditions. I'm a Cystic Fibrosis patient, and that test indicates my lungs actually surpass normal acceptable standards.

It's a crazy thought that if you took 100 disease free young healthy people to do that same spirometry test and called out the top 20 scores, I might actually make the cut.

My liver enzymes went up a few points, that's expexted, Trikafta does irritate the liver a little. Which may require me to periodically pause to allow the liver enzymes to go back down. I'm nowhere near that, my liver enzymes are exactly what they are supposed to be.

But my longevity depends on being on Trikafta cause without it last year, my lung function was 67%. Granted, that's only because I had a serious lung infection cause as my alcohol addiction caused me to have to get off Trikafta, I became very vulnerable to infection.

I suspect if CF does one day kill me, it won't be from progressive lung failure, but a sudden infection. So that's a concern, but with my big changes and very attentive cleaning and hygiene lately, I hope to live long past the 37-45 year estimate i always had until Trikafta came along and changed my life.

Now that I'm not drinking and puking anymore and my liver is healthy, I'm back on Trikafta, and even if I try to cough, nothing. I went from coughing all day every day to never at all. To everyone who had anything to do with my life changing for the better, thank you

[uzumymw]

You will achieve it!

I hope to have a long term partner by then

Own a house which I already do

Employ more people

Have children

[Simslover92]

Thank you!

[Simslover92]

You too!

[bobalife]

I hope to find a place and home to called "my home" to build it like the way I hope and dream.

Find true love and hopefully be married with my happily ever after~~

Travel to explore different cultures, beautiful scenes, food, and volunteer :)

Be surrounded by geunine friendships who I can consider as family, cares about my well-being, and my wins in life.

Hopefully my parents will still be here, managing their health, and be happy

Stability & security with peace, laughters, doing things to feel alive, continuing doing what I love with my career, and work on my side dreams~

Living mah best fur mama life with one or two cute corgis, small turtle, and rabbit hehe.

Hopefully the world will be in more harmony.

[Still-alive]

I hope for the best for you <3

[MontBlanc]

Peace of mind, strong relationships, and a life that feels aligned.

By 40, it’s less about collecting things and more about clarity knowing who you are, what matters to you, and having people around who genuinely care.

Security is nice, but inner stability is the real goal.

[AI Opinion]

That’s such a beautiful combo, a home and a book with your name on it 📚🏡

By 40, I’d love to have a cozy home filled with my own paintings and shelves of films and art books, a few of my graphic-novel-style stories published, and the freedom to travel for festivals and exhibitions whenever I want.

Your goals feel very achievable, keep going ✨

[Kaneki05]

100K Pokémon/Mtg collection at the moment I have about 10k, at the rate I invest into it I'll for sure be 100k as I can spend about 7000 a year so 7000x15=105000.
And that's without factoring in at all what price the boxes actually go up to in the long run. Let's say that collection doubles which is me being super lowballing it because boxes easily x3, x4, x5 depending how long you've held onto it, that would be 210000.

So yeah as you can see I am planning to be rich by 40. And for ease of concept I left out other important details that will make that much higher, and the fact I'm knowledgeable on what to hold and what not to. It's a slow way to get rich but that's how life works, get rich quick schemes won't lead to anything.

[Kaneki05]

And it does take a lot of dedication and will to constantly spend on such product and ignore other things, along with not selling at the wrong time or getting worried when a crash happens.

[slatyb]

Are you worried about the fad ending like it did for Beanie Babies?

[Kaneki05]

@slatyb Nah because it's not a fad Beanie babies I wasn't old enough to know of but I guess they only lasted in the 90s right?
This has been successful for 30 years and still growing, at the moment in we are in a boom so there is inflated hype but that's not a fad. A fad dies after that hypes leaves while something that isn't manages to hold on.
When the next crash happens it's important to keep buying as a boom will come again, and in the long run short term noise means nothing. I experienced the bare market in 2020-23 which they survived through, and before that there had been similar crashes that I did not get to experience but know of.
Each time the product comes back stronger than ever after with a boom.

People genuinely collect and want this unlike fads, even during crashes people are still buying up product for themselves. The best way to look at is 40% is inflated by investors and scalpers but 60% of is genuine collectors.
Something happens that scares off the 40% but the 60% still love it. Keeping it successful even in a bad market. Then in a good market that 40% comes back making it go crazy. Meanwhile a fad it does not have that 60% who care to stay around collecting it because they do like actually like it.

An important thing is look at volume of sales not the price, because in a crash you'll see the volume of sales is still high and product is limited. But a lot of bad investors just look at the price. Same thing is going on with Spider-man Collector boxes right now, dumped on amazon for 300 yet were 400 on release. And everyone is clowning on the price stating it's an awful product.
Yet... it sells on average 10 boxes a day on Tcgplayer which is less than accurate as there would be more since it does not calculate for sales from other places.
And meanwhile I have 3 boxes cause I looked at the volume and went yeah these are going to very limited in supply by this time next year. Nvm in years. And that will naturally make them boom.

[Still-alive]

Well year 40 already came in went. i was in a shitty relationship at the time im sooo glad i got out of when i did.

it was a year i really had to step up and help my father who was drinking heavily at the time. so i took a whole lot of time to get him back on track, i feel like i succeeded with that cause he stopped drinking and we go out walking semi regularly. i feel with all my heart that if i wasn't still living at home he wouldn't be alive today. sorry getting a little teary eyed here... it was a struggle and i managed to overcome it with a lot of dedication and patience. :)

i hope for the best for you when you reach age 40 :)

[Simslover92]

Thanks so much!

[ohsheeT]

Well i already pasted that and to be honest. I am Grateful. For everything that I have thank you

As a matter of fact , I will probably start giving things away or throwing things away

I really don't need any more of anything. I own a house I own my vehicles, my toys, too many tools. I have everything and like I said , I am so grateful

I would like to have is understanding why I have not gone out and meant , somebody. I mean. Its so easy to do , but I haven't done it

I don't know if I'm content. I don't know why I haven't done it yet, but I will figure it out.\nIt just came to you but I will know when I'm ready. I think, and there will be a reason for that. I think l o l even though I can feel that connection in my soul on the outside of my body in my heart as if it's standing right in front of me, it's not. when the time is right. I know that I will do the right thing. I'm\nJust waiting for that moment to come

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

• A life
• A career
• A family
• A fucking big television
• Washing machines
• Cars
• Electrical tin openers
• Good health
• Low cholesterol
• Dental insurance
• Fixed interest mortgage repayments
• Starter home
• Friends
• Leisurewear
• Matching luggage
• Three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics
• Wondering who the fuck I am on Sunday morning
• Sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing instagram reels
• Stuffing fucking junk food into my mouth
• Rotting away at the end of it all
• Pissing my last in a miserable home
• Being nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats I spawned to replace myself
• A future
• A life…
• But why would I want to do a thing like that?
• -
• Irvine Welsh
• (very midly remixed)

[lightbulb27]

oh Jesus, I'm still working hard holding onto 37. It ain't easy some days.

@midnightmoon05

I hear that as we age, we get younger... like a child.

By the way, 60, is the new 30. just so you know...

Warning I've been studying imaginary numbers, that may be a factor in my answer...

[midnightmoon05]

Well I’m 25 honey.
I have a honey and a house. And I am happy…
So by 40 … I have 3 Hs
❤️😘

[lightbulb27]

@midnightmoon05 that's right, 3 house by 40 makes happy happy. lol:)!

[midnightmoon05]

Not 3 houses…
3 Hs. Husband (honey), house, happy.

[lightbulb27]

@midnightmoon05 oh yes!

[4ngelic]

i really hope i never see anywhere near 40, aging is terrifying. but if i did, i'd ideally want to have achieved career success and be earning at least 6 figures, with 2-3kids, a good husband who's like a best friend, have become truly good at a couple things, have travelled a lot, have realized a lot of my wishes and dreams and can speak two more languages.

[AliceGregory]

Trust me, aging isn't as scary as you think.

[AviatorTom]

I'm well past 40 now, so let me take a look back to my younger days.

By the time I reached 40, I hoped that I would have a stable career, own a house, be married to a beautiful woman, and have a few kids.

I am fortunate to have achieved all of that.

[slatyb]

You hope to have published book? How much have you written so far? What do you mean by "published"? Do you mean self-published on line, or in print in bookstores? One is easy, the second is quite difficult.

[Simslover92]

I have written about 30 pages so far but I have a long way to go. I would like to have it in print in bookstores but it might have to be self-published on line.

[slatyb]

Who has seen it? Do you know anyone who writes? Who teaches college English? Who has read extensively? Getting a book in print requires that you first get the attention of a literary agent who decides your work has merit. Alternatively you can self-publish on Amazon and see what people think.

[Simslover92]

No one has seen it yet but I'm hoping to get a literary agent once its complete.

[slatyb]

How much have you read? Who are your favorite authors?

[Simslover92]

Daphne du Maurier, Charlotte Bronte, and Jane Austen. I love the classics. Jane Eyre is my favorite book.

[slatyb]

Great! I wish you luck with your book. It sounds like you have a good start. If you can, get a couple of people you trust to take a look at what you have so far.

[Simslover92]

Thank you! And I do have a few people who are going to read it.

[slatyb]

Best wishes to you.

[MrChinaski]

I always assumed that I would have grown up by 40. It didn't happen. 🤷‍♀️

[MrChinaski]

@Simslover92 If I can intrude uninvited, what are you writing? What's the main theme? Or just tell me to bugger off. 😊

[Simslover92]

I'm writing my memoir of the things I've experienced in college and later on. It will detail my first time, the sexual assault that I went through, my mental health I endured where I found out I had schizophrenia and depression at 29, and my first real relationship at 31 and then breakup at 32 and how that affected my mental health.

[MrChinaski]

You've had an interesting life already. Thank you for sharing generously. Sign me up for a copy.

[Simslover92]

You're welcome and definitely!

[Miristheiss]

A book.

Interesting. What kind of writing do you do?

[Simslover92]

Fantasy and Paranormal and memoir

[Miristheiss]

Paranormal?
Creepy, scary fiction or documentaries on those who study it/teal life Paranormal cases?

[Simslover92]

Like paranormal romance

[Miristheiss]

Romance?
Like Twighlight?

[Simslover92]

Somewhat like twilight. I wrote a novel about a girl who falls for a ghost.

[Miristheiss]

Oh, ok.
Have you ever seen Ghost from 1990? (Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, whoopi Goldberg)?

Or read Ghost Story by Peter Straub?

[Simslover92]

Yes I have seen it but I have never read Ghost Story.

[douride2]

40 was along time ago or at least it feels like it. By 40 I was set. My house was paid for I owned my truck free of any bank. I thought I was on easy street.

[exitseven]

once I got the last one through college I thought I was too.

[douride2]

@exitseven Life can easily throw a curve ball at you eh?

[exitseven]

Yes, i always say it is amazing how fast things can go from bad to worse.

[Account]

The people I love around me healthy and happy and a calm, peaceful mind.

[Nikki1989]

Some recorded works and a functioning live band. The recordings will happen, but the live band may not ever happen.

[worldscolide]

I already have what I want. I own my own home, and a vacation home. All paid off. I have a substantial retirement, a fantastic job, decent if a bit old cars again all paid off.. And so on. Oh and I'm married

[PeachyPie93]

Nothing really.. I never really cared about my future. I just slide by in life because I don't really care about anything that deep.

[exitseven]

I passed 40 a while back. However, I was in grad school in my 30s trying to change careers and get into the IT field. The goal was to do it before I was 40. I did it at 39

[dudeinohio]

I sort of have passed that by. But, I hope you reach your goals.

[Simslover92]

Thank you!

[Anonymous]

i love how none of the women here said they want kids by then.

[Simslover92]

I think someone did say it.

[Opinion Owner]

didn't see it at all.

[Opinion Owner]

yea... its only 1 person.

[Bricealan]

@Simslover92 Well, I have what I want to have at this point in my life, a home, a beautiful car, travel, friends, and a good income

[YourExLover69]

Bigger house, my first SUV before reaching 40.

[DarKnight36]

My family and my children. That's all I want, and I will continue to fight for it day and night.

[888theGreat]

A millionaire and maybe married. It took me until I guess 55 to have one and still not the other

[Spencer10]

Continued happiness and meaning in my life.

[LiamJHayden]

I hope to be retired with sufficient passive income to not have to worry about anything.

[qwerty2469]

6 kids a big house and 1 Bitcoin. I turn 45 in August. I had 3 kids, a small house, and 11 Bitcoin by 40.

[Shiprex]

Another 50 years of healthy life (it's too late I am already 15 years above this

[Drumlin2001]

Never really had plans. By 35 had all but given up on life

[Jeff51]

I hit 40 over 10 years ago. Life is pretty good. Im still alive and pretty well health wise.

[eagle1951]

working on my second 40, didn't have any luck the first 40 lol

[RavVid]

Retirement money.

[queenofcardio]

Hopefully a husband 😅

[Still-alive]

K lets go 👉🏻 lol

[queenofcardio]

@Still-alive haha let's do it

[wkhan_87]

Best of luck 🤞

[jamesgoldman]

Date matched Scotch and a rolex

[PeterLegg91]

A stable home to live in and live a healthier life

[PeterLegg91]

What book genre do you like to write?

[Simslover92]

Memoir

[NathanDavis]

I don't like to live by hope...

[CuriousMufuxka]

*Hangs head in shame*

[Smegskull]

I want to have my mortgage paid off.

[Yosisan]

To be financially comfortable

[RandomGirl42]

A clue! 🤣

[exitseven]

meeee tooooo!

[RandomGirl42]

@exitseven 🤣🤣🤣

[beebella]

Children 😭

[andreasderjuengere]

I don't remember 🫠

[loveyouoak]

Nothing

[dragoblack]

A girlfriend.

[KostasKouvalis]

A wife

[Anonymous]

I hope I’m not here anymore.

[robocop666]

Move out

[Anonymous]

A pussy.