What are your life goals?

[mrs. westcoast]

When do you plan to retire?

What would you want to accomplish in life?

[ToUtahNow]

When do you plan to retire?

What would you want to accomplish in life?

I will retire once the phone quits ringing then I will do more of what I already am doing in my off time.

Mark

[DUNBAR PLUMBING]

Drive without killing somebody! :bash:

[plumberscrack]

When do you plan to retire?

What would you want to accomplish in life?

My financial advisor says I can retire in 7 years and live a comfortable lifestyle until I'm 72. What happens after age 72? I guess the government will have to take care of me. MMMmmmm.....government cheese.

What do I want to accomplish in life?

What are you my guidance councilor? honestly, I have no idea

[Drain Medic]

I plan on retiring in the next 10-15yrs. Im 32 right now.

My goal is to have a strong business running with 15+ service trucks, going 4 counties wide. I hope to have my 2 boys in the business before i retire.

[garager]

The education and the safety of my kids. Thats my goal in life, after that, I'm going back to traveling and golf....... :cool:

[DuckButter]

I aspire to work my way up the ranks of the corporate world of plumbing, to one day become a demented old crab.

[NHMaster3015]

I could have retired 2 years ago, but decided to teach high school. I'll probably work until the day I drop, but that's just me. Can't stand to sit around.

I guess my goal in life would be to make a difference in kids lives, and give them a goal.

[JCsPlumbing]

One Plumbing Code.

J.C.

[Service Guy]

Be happy.:happydance:

[Frankiarmz]

Interesting Thread topic and some good responses. I was allowed to keep working my job in a very restricted capactiy with the understanding that I would accept the first retirement offer I would qualify for. That was eight years ago. I was no longer capable of doing such a physical job and although the pension and benefits are very good I was not prepared to retire at such a young age. I would strongly urge everyone who is still working to "Plan" for retirement with a consultant who has the some credentials that can be verified. Financial comfort is only part of a real retirement plan, you must also be able to keep you mind and body active and healthy. Teaching if you have the qualtifications is a great idea. My life goals may sound simple or boring but they are relevant to me, do my best to keep myself fit and do whatever I can to assure my daughters are safe and prepared for the world around them. I think a noble goal is the strength and stability of my marriage, so many fail and I don't want mine to be one of them. I want to do some good, so one of my goals is to be helpful. I keep thinking how simple this sounds and yet if more of us really did this imagine what a great world we would live in? I mean the easy stuff, not just the stuff that takes a great effort. Let the person behind you in line put that heavy item on the counter, allow the woman holding a baby to get in front of you, hold a door, make someone smile and think "How nice that person was". Goals require some planning, effort and a little bit of luck, depending on the goal we can start at any age.

[DUNBAR PLUMBING]

To be serious....never retire, work till the day I die.

Never stop building and changing the grade scheme in whatever field of expertise I follow.

Meet people of all levels of stature and enjoy the company of many women before I pass on my wood cane and prescriptions of male impotency drugs.

Live like I'm always poor, never be known as anything other than a guy in sweat pants and a t-shirt with permanent food stains.

Have a well-known syndicated talk show on saturday and sunday mornings from 8-12

Become a teacher/educator in either plumbing or business marketing strategies.

[aero1]

find serenity before senility strikes.

[Tyman]

I used to try and figure out that type of stuff but as I get older I realize that I know even less.

[Tom W]

In July I will be eligible to receive Social Security benefits and I wrestled with that option for a long time. In the final analysis accepting money for no energy applied is counterintuitive to me. At this juncture, for as long as I am able, I plan to continue to go to job sites, do what I like to do and accept money for doing it. When I am 65 I will apply for Social Security. It would be foolish not to.

I have one long term goal left: To insure that my wife has enough money to live comfortably in her retirement years after I am dead. In a meeting with our financial planner a few months ago, based on his projections of inflation and returns on my investments alone (my wife and I have separate stock portfolios and retirement accounts ) that goal has been achieved. But now with energy and food costs rising rapidly I would like to make doubly sure that she will be OK financially. To that end I have opened a Roth IRA and make contributions to it.

[cpw]

When do you plan to retire?

What would you want to accomplish in life?
Financially, I would like to pay off my mortgage in the next 20 years through steady prepayment. I also want to fund my 401k fully, and make sure that I can retire ignoring any government thing that people my age will never collect.

More importantly, I want to instill values of hard work and perseverence into my two kids and provide them a good start so they can repeat the process. :)

[Frankiarmz]

Financially, I would like to pay off my mortgage in the next 20 years through steady prepayment. I also want to fund my 401k fully, and make sure that I can retire ignoring any government thing that people my age will never collect.

More importantly, I want to instill values of hard work and perseverence into my two kids and provide them a good start so they can repeat the process. :)

I applaud your intentions regarding your children. You will be doing them a great service to work towards such a goal. Consider that to accomplish this will take patience, hard work and cooperation on the part of your wife and kids. Things like peer pressure, social pressures and the advertising industry working every angle against you to make the job more difficult. Stay strong.

[Anthony22580]

Great topic.

I think I accomplished almost everything I wanted for my life. I'm happily married to a wonderful wife, I got a job that I really enjoy (although I'm an accountant :)), the only goal that's not yet accomplished is child but we're on our way.