Hmmm... this tread needs some boost.
*Flex his fingers for a mega typing session*
Sorry lex, I know you are not going to like this, I'm too lenghty
for your liking. Anyhow, thanks for the support.
To me, my family plays a ver important part in my life.(Maybe due
to the fact that my family history have many major hiccups in it.)
but it is because of this that I want to develope my career to the
fullest, before I commit. Strange? Well look at it in my piont of
view.
One of the major causes for fanily problems presnetly is money. The
husband got to work so he spend less time with the family, and then
because of that the wife and children is unhappy and then the
complaint fro mthe husband comes that the family does not
understands him. But if the husband spend less time at work and
more with the family, the family might have finacial problems and
that too lead to unhappiness, in this aspect we are asking ourself
a very generic question of the chicken and the egg. which comes
first.
So in my POV, I would rather solve them one by one, rather then
have the 2 crash me together. How? well, easy, dun get married
before you are sure that your finacial status will be able to
support your family even if say you spend your majority of your
time at home rather than at work. In this way, you will have less
finacial worries, and you can carry on and go for that holiday
every year with your family as and when you like it. you too, will
not have problems about spending time with your family, because in
this case most of your time will be spend at home.
Then am I saying that, you dun get married until you are like 50
years old or something like that? Well, of course not, look at it
from another prespective, it is because you devote your time to
building your career, and finacial stability(much more that other
people) that you have a higher chance of retiring earlier. you
might say retire at 35 if you are really that good. But I am not
talking about being greedy here, it is always good that you set
yourself a guildline as to what is enough, $1,000,000? $20,000,000?
Well it is up to what lifestyle you are looking at, but remeber to
set a target or you never know when to stop. And set the timeframe,
say by 35yrs old I must have this and that. this will help you plan
your moves better.
Once you have reach your target, it is time to maintain it, and
make sure that the money will earn itself, fixed deposite?
Insurance? shares? it is up to you, just make sure that you will be
able to maintain the money and your lifestyle so that your children
will still have money after you pass away, educate them about
money, or they will not know how to keep your fortune after you
die. pls note that this is for your family interest and not for
your own.
After all this is done, you can spend the rest of the time with
your wife, lovingly walking into the sunset without so much
hiccups. and your family will have 1 less thing to worry about.
NOTE that I am not saying that money will solve everything, but
just that you will have something lesser to worry about. And that
is one major thing might I say, and after you can devote your time
to solving other thing in life like educating your children and
grooming them into fine individuals in life.
So note that I might seem very career minded, but the basis of my
motivation to become successful lies on the fact that I want my
family to be a happy one when I finally settle down, I am no
money-minded personnel if you know me well enough, but I think I
got my own priority and philosophy in life. I do still feel the
need to fullfil the basics needs of a family.
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Just my $0.02 +
$0.03(from Lex) worth
