portlaunay Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 What are you doing in 2024? Where are you? What does life look like? My kids are 20 and 17 - holy cow!!! My son is at uni and struggling with the decision of heading back to London for a year after he graduates or staying and looking for work. My daughter has just made her tough decision, whether to choose a route to medicine or something creative. I've had my first book published but it bombed and after dusting myself off I'm working hard on something more commercial. Mrs p teaches, running short specialist workshops and helping at a number of local schools running arts projects. We've built our own solar passive home from shipping containers in a hundred acres of bushland. We grow loads of veg, keep goats and pigs and a few other animals and run B&B's from a couple of cabins we built on the boundary of our block. Five years ago, after the steady demise of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg launched a new venture to consolidate the worlds most dynamic and successful web forums. PerthPoms had built a reputation for being awesome, so MZ bought it out and paid the mods a tidy sum just in appreciation of being fabulous. How 'bout you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossmoyne Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Geez Porty at my age (over the pension age) I don't even think about next year, let alone 10 years. But you got me thinking. In ten years I hope I am still on the perch and that my kids who will be 38 and 40 will have finally provided me with grandchildren and I will be spending much time with them. That I will still be living in my house and growing my own veg and enjoying all the hobbies I currently have. I hope that I will have reduced my bucket list by a lot and enjoyed everything I did... and I also hope that I am still with it enough to add even more on that list for the next ten years!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted April 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 That's an amazing thing to be looking forward to Rossy. I'm very envious, you must have had an incredibly rich, satisfying and rewarding life if that's "all" you have to look forward to. Keep eating the veggies and I'm sure there'll be another twenty in you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walkabout Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 wow not sure I know what will happen next week let alone in 10 years but in 10 years time, I think I will be in a world of pain - I will have an all but 14 year old, an almost 16year old and a 17 year old - I dont imagine its going to be pretty a lot of the time! Although I am looking forward to seeing what they decide they will do, and the entertainment that I am sure they will continue to bring us (all be it in different ways!). As for where we will be, who knows what life will throw up, but I hope we will still be here, I hope hubby has found a job that he enjoys and that I have managed to get back into work as the kids will be 'old' enough for me not to have to be around all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROB T Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Hopefully Dome Butler will be serving coffee by then....... Jeesh these Aussie builders don't seem to rush for anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossmoyne Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 That's an amazing thing to be looking forward to Rossy. I'm very envious, you must have had an incredibly rich, satisfying and rewarding life if that's "all" you have to look forward to.Keep eating the veggies and I'm sure there'll be another twenty in you Thanks Porty.... I would love to think I have another twenty in me.... Yes I have had a very enriching life but things have not always gone as I wanted and there have been some awful times, as we all have. I have lived and worked in many countries around the world and have made some amazing friends along the way who are still in my life, and I have two wonderful offspring who are in their late 20's/early 30's and who are the centre of my life. My darling Mum is 91 and whilst now suffering Alzheimers and declining in health, has been the most amazing influence on how I live my life. And the best lesson Mum taught me was that you have to be positive about every thing that happens to you in life as from everything negative, something better will always come. It is so true. So fast forwarding ten years.... just hoping I still have all these amazing family and friends around me and I still am able to participate in and love the everyday things (like the early morning coffees in the garden, the evening wine watching the sunset, the dog walks along the beach, spending time with my special people)...... can't ask for anything more. Life is not about how much money you accumulate along the way, it is about how many true friends you have, how close your family is, and how much you appreciate what you have in life. But Porty I think you know this already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odies Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Hopefully will have got rid of the shop and rental house , then this house and be living in Oz , if I do not pass the medical or get the money for the visa then Norfolk. I will be around one set of grandchildren and loving every minute , they will just be 17,14,13,12. so the terrible teens when there parents do not understand them. I hope I can still enjoy life with little pain and take walks along the beach ,not much left on my bucket list , as had a great life so far, only places I would like to have seen in these 10 years is New Zealand and Ireland. I feel I am a bit to old to think 10 years and plans just hope I am healthy , still got my mind, can walk, and have the kids around then i will be a lucky old lady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jo and scott Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 ive been looking forward to reading the replies to this thread today porty :-) i feel quite emotional thinking about this, i feel we are in limbo at the moment as we are living with MIL until the visa is granted, if its not, i dont know where we will live and i have to choose senior schools for lauren in october, and i just dont know where we will be. in the next 10 years id like to have made the move to australia and to keep it as stress free as poss for my girls. and poss have my mum and sister come over too. id like to keep teaching lauren about staying healthy and looking after herself and her type 1 diabetes. my girls will be 19 and 18, we will be 45 and 48. (scotts my toyboy ;-) i really dont know what the future holds for us but its exciting to think that we may be in perth in the next 12-18 months :-)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jo and scott Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 thinking about this a bit more, lucy at 18 will buy a campervan and travel around the world, she will teach yoga / meditation, lauren at 19 will be a health and safety officer with everything in its place, she will have lots of animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 thinking about this a bit more, lucy at 18 will buy a campervan and travel around the world, she will teach yoga / meditation, lauren at 19 will be a health and safety officer with everything in its place, she will have lots of animals. Well hopefully in ten years time Plimthing will have sorted out his job issues and managed to stay in Perth (if that's what he wants), and your daughter will be chatting to him about buying his most recent rest - a lovely Kombi with a trailer, perfect for a world tour, something like this perhaps; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfie Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Me I will most probably be back home in the UK or in Greece or then again maybe found dead after the cat has eaten me who knows what will happen in 10 years. Tend to live in the moment. Or could still be here but I doubt that very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest9824 Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 (edited) ...ohh my this really does bring it home how time flies and we should just go for things....anyway.. My eldest would be 28 finished her degree, probably working abroad, or over east fighting for equal rights for women, and minority groups, loving living in Melbourne or Sydney, with no sign of marriage or grand kids, but happy with her lot. Youngest will be 21 studying at uni to become a Kindy teacher, still at home with a long term boyfriend. My crazy mum is 87 still smoking, even madder and more outspoken than she is now (take Catherine Tate's nanna character and times her by ten...my mum!!!). We still live in our home in Kala, with the addition of a self contained granny flat run as a successful B and B which is booked out to new migrants, who want to have the 'hills retreat' experience.. I have dropped a few kilos and run in the annual city to surf(now that is far fetched:wink:..) Lastly we have had that long awaited trip back to the Uk and Europe and it's been lovely, but it's also been eye opening and although it was a trip of a lifetime, it's also sealed our minds to the fact that you can never go back, onwards and upwards is the key.... pea Edited April 13, 2014 by guest9824 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verystormy Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 My business has done well and we now have a small team of staff and i concentrate on more of the admin / management side. The bonus from Porty for being a mod was a big help in pushing it to the next level. We are still in the same area, but now built a house with a ocean view. I am starting to wind down as i head toward retirement and starting to spend more time with my wife and the dog on the boat. I am very pleased to report i havent dreamed of looking at a rock in almost ten years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikkis2000 Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Over the last 18 months it's been pretty hard to see beyond getting here and getting straight. This thread has come at a very good time as we have just about achieved that and I'm starting to think "what now?" So in 10 years time we'll be 48 and 45, the Water Carting business has done well. It hasn't made us millionaires, but we've maybe bought one or two more trucks and have a couple of casual drivers doing the donkey work. Most importantly OH is happy that he did the right thing giving up being a wage slave and I'm happy that risking half our life savings and first house deposit was worth it. I'm now either working part time as a Project Management consultant, also for myself. Or, maybe, there are a couple of ankle biters and I'm a stay at home Mum (Eek that's a scary thought!) We bought our 5 acre block in the countryside within the first year of being here, and we're still there. We've spent a bit of effort on the place and it's a happy balance of business and home. It's a nice combo of trees and pasture and the few vines that I've spent the time cultivating give us a nice crop each year. The cats are getting on a bit now but are as loving and entertaining as ever. I've convinced OH that as I'm at home so much I can finally get a dog. (I've got 10 years to work on him so it could happen!!) We've had visits from all our family at various times, including my parents which was a nice surprise. We've been back to UK a couple of times and have had various trips to places within Australia. The skiing trip to NZ was the highlight of the last few years though. It'll be interesting to read back in this one day to see how close to the mark we all are! Great thread Porty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideshowdeb Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 When I first read this thread I thought I couldn't even picture 10 months from now, because other than my favourite 3 people, everything else in my life will be different. The fact is 10 years is probably easier to picture than 10 months right now. I will be 50 and my son will be 25, hopefully happy and on the path to whatever it is he wants out of life. It really could be anything, a pilot, chef, rugby player, doctor or one of the guys that drive the really big trucks in the mines...?! He'll probably still be more interested in travelling than having a career, but he's never been in any rush to grow up. My daughter will be 16 and for everyone's sake I hope she'll be handling it better than I did. I imagine my house will be constantly full of teenage girls and we'll all spend our time ferrying her about. I'll be busy looking after all the animals she promised she'd clean out/walk/feed, and Rich will be looking at me with that "I told you so" face be does. She will still love school and give everything 100% so we're confident she'll do well in whatever she chooses. Pharmacy will be a distant memory for me and whether it be a food truck, a market stall or a bricks and mortar place, I'll be feeding people for a living. Seasonal and locally sourced will be the mantra, other than that, anything goes! An eclectic mix of easy going food inspired by our travels, with a few family favourites thrown in for good luck. Maybe Rich or Ethan will be working with me? Bella most definitely will, because even in the future, shoes won't buy themselves! We'll still travel lots, exploring Asia bit by bit, as we did with Europe. My Mum will be doing brilliantly and she'll come for a long stay each year. Our good friends from the UK will have been to visit but we haven't been back. We will have made a nice mix of new friends and life will be moving along quite nicely. We'll hang out with friends, eat well, be more active and just enjoy the simple things in life x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 I will be 54, divorced and happy. My girls will be 26 and 21. Eldest will be a social worker helping families and young people deal with domestic violence, drugs, alcohol and suicide issues. My youngest will still be at Murdoch University studying Veterinary Science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odies Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Arwen are you ok ? why divorced ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Arwen are you ok ? why divorced ? I'm fine now, husband has met someone else. As he works away we aren't being proactive regarding divorce until he has to move back to Perth. No point upsetting the kids until we have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odies Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Take care and keep smiling xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jo and scott Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Well hopefully in ten years time Plimthing will have sorted out his job issues and managed to stay in Perth (if that's what he wants), and your daughter will be chatting to him about buying his most recent rest - a lovely Kombi with a trailer, perfect for a world tour, something like this perhaps; [ATTACH=CONFIG]1515[/ATTACH] That is fantastic Porty and definitely something Lucy would love :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossmoyne Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 What a great thread Porty.... so good to hear how everyone hopes their lives will grow..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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