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<blockquote data-quote="nofearfactor" data-source="post: 1363229" data-attributes="member: 1535"><p>All excellant points.</p><p></p><p>What got me seriously thinking about going back to school was a conversation with my kids the other night. My stepson just turned 14 and my stepdaughter is a senior this year and we were talking about what they wanted to do with themselves after they graduate and what they should go into with the job market and economy the way it is right now and what types of jobs will need workers in the future. </p><p></p><p>Their father passed away when they were small and my wife took the 2 insurance policies she had on her ex and put the money away for the kids education in a trust,and we have added money to it over the years when we can so that they can also have living expense money so they dont have to work while going to school. </p><p></p><p>The kids seem to have decided on medical field and service industry type jobs. My stepdaughter completed a year of tech school last year in nursing and is planning to pursue that field and is also already taking some online courses thru UOP. My son loves cars and motorcycles and he tinkers around with them with me and my vehicles,so he is considering going into some type of auto and or motorcycle mechanics,body work and painting,etc. His half sister just finished motorcycle mechanics school in Phoenix,Az.</p><p></p><p>But what was weird was them asking me what I was going to do with my self. I seriously had not ever thought about what I was going to do the next 20 years or so past playing the guitar and running my businesses. Its all I know. My wife has over 25 years on the job in the front office of a small family owned oil field equipment manufacturing company and is planning on retiring when her all of her companys execs retire that she started out with after college. She has a fat 401k and some other investments,owns her house that I have gone in half on,and she wants to do some traveling. My parents do that now and thats just not what I want to do any time in the immediate future. Ive done alot of traveling and been to alot of places in my life already. My wife hasnt though so I am sympathetic to her desire to go places and see things she hasnt had time to go and do while working long hard hours in a busy professional career. Hopefully we can figure out a way for us to do some traveling for her to be satisfied and for me to be able to go to school.</p><p></p><p>I just feel like I can still be productive another 20 years or so before retiring and becoming a snowbird or whatever. I really do want to put in the time to go to school and finish a degree and then do some work for some years at something I would really be interested in and enjoy at the same time. And it has to be a field that will need workers or business operators. The funeral industry seems to me like a logical choice for an older man to become involved in,either as a worker or as an owner-operator.</p><p></p><p>After that then I will retire and go travel with the wife,go cross country on my bike, or just go sit in my little cabin house up on the mountain in northern California and watch TV and stay drunk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nofearfactor, post: 1363229, member: 1535"] All excellant points. What got me seriously thinking about going back to school was a conversation with my kids the other night. My stepson just turned 14 and my stepdaughter is a senior this year and we were talking about what they wanted to do with themselves after they graduate and what they should go into with the job market and economy the way it is right now and what types of jobs will need workers in the future. Their father passed away when they were small and my wife took the 2 insurance policies she had on her ex and put the money away for the kids education in a trust,and we have added money to it over the years when we can so that they can also have living expense money so they dont have to work while going to school. The kids seem to have decided on medical field and service industry type jobs. My stepdaughter completed a year of tech school last year in nursing and is planning to pursue that field and is also already taking some online courses thru UOP. My son loves cars and motorcycles and he tinkers around with them with me and my vehicles,so he is considering going into some type of auto and or motorcycle mechanics,body work and painting,etc. His half sister just finished motorcycle mechanics school in Phoenix,Az. But what was weird was them asking me what I was going to do with my self. I seriously had not ever thought about what I was going to do the next 20 years or so past playing the guitar and running my businesses. Its all I know. My wife has over 25 years on the job in the front office of a small family owned oil field equipment manufacturing company and is planning on retiring when her all of her companys execs retire that she started out with after college. She has a fat 401k and some other investments,owns her house that I have gone in half on,and she wants to do some traveling. My parents do that now and thats just not what I want to do any time in the immediate future. Ive done alot of traveling and been to alot of places in my life already. My wife hasnt though so I am sympathetic to her desire to go places and see things she hasnt had time to go and do while working long hard hours in a busy professional career. Hopefully we can figure out a way for us to do some traveling for her to be satisfied and for me to be able to go to school. I just feel like I can still be productive another 20 years or so before retiring and becoming a snowbird or whatever. I really do want to put in the time to go to school and finish a degree and then do some work for some years at something I would really be interested in and enjoy at the same time. And it has to be a field that will need workers or business operators. The funeral industry seems to me like a logical choice for an older man to become involved in,either as a worker or as an owner-operator. After that then I will retire and go travel with the wife,go cross country on my bike, or just go sit in my little cabin house up on the mountain in northern California and watch TV and stay drunk. [/QUOTE]
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