Dream Realistic?

For quite a while now, I’ve had a picture in my head about what my life would be like in the future. The future consistently being ten years for me. When I was 18 I dreamed of this future I will tell you about happening by 28, now 21 I hope the same future will happen by the time I’m 31.

Money is a monster. A monster we all need to survive. I am not a big spender but of course I love having money, who doesn’t. And I understand just how much of a necessity money is. It ruins marriages, is a cause of stress for ever person I know, and is needed for daily survival. Everyone knows these things but I believe I truly UNDERSTAND this fact to a point where I have been saving for my future self for quite a while now.

By the time I hit 31 I hope to be teaching in the public school system a pension just a decade and some away, definitely a dream not being in a school that offers education as a major. I also hope to own a home, not because of my husband – another dream of mine. But own a home because I have been saving and working hard for so many years. And lastly, as I just mentioned, be married. We all know the divorce rate is 51% and constantly on the rise, scaring the hell out of me, and making me feel like this is the dream that may be the most unrealistic. Our generation is a thing of its own where dating and living together are common occurrences, successful marriages…not so much. Divorce scares the bajeezes out of me and the idea that I will find that one person who will be happy with ME and only me forever seems farther and farther out of reach. I know I’m still young but it’s a reality everyone is facing. Less and less men (and women) believe in marriage at all anymore, so where does that leave my chances of this dream? I suppose if I’m not married by this time I will hopefully have my dream job and house allowing me to travel, and who wouldn’t love just that?