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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My life didn't turn out like I planned, but my plans keep refining. I had one vision of my future in my 20s, another in my 30s. Now I'm about to turn 40 and things have changed again.

In my early 20s I thought I'd marry my high school sweetheart and live a comfortable middle-class lifestyle

In my early 30s I thought my DH (who turned out to be someone other than my high school sweetheart) and I would have incredible financial success after grad school, own a house, have stable careers, and two children

Now I'm approaching my 40s with a decent, but not incredibly exciting job, too much student and credit card debt, no house, and one beautiful DD but no hope of another. It's not what I planned at any point, but I do plan for my 40s to dig myself out of debt, find some career happiness, and enjoy my wonderful DD's childhood years to the fullest. And I'm sure life will happen, and all kinds of things that I didn't plan will come along - all I can do is embrace the change and live the life I've got.
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Sometimes I look back and I'm frustrated because I can pinpoint the exact three "big" choices I made that led me to this point[/b]. And I think, if only I'd done things differently...But I didn't. And looking back doesn't help, so I try to focus only on looking forward.[/quote]

This is exactly it - I made a few poor choices that lead to some things not happening the way I had planned.  But I guess what can you do but move forward [/quote]

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