- ~38 (target child-rearing age), be:
- financially post-work capable, with >=$5m in assets
- in a stable (>=2 years) partnership with one or more co-childrearing candidates
- ideally, in or adjacent to a co-childrearing group living community (in the Bay area)
- Fallback mode: If I am not in a position to have children by ~43, abandon it and update for new priorities.
- ~33: gear-shift relationship model. Look for potential long-term child-rearing partners.
- ~31:
- Commit to starting a company.
- Fallback mode: If I am not in a position to start a company by ~33, pivot to being a community voice and tastemaker, extracting income and status on evaluating and/or running others' ideas and companies.
- Build my brand
- Create for others
- Learn stuff
- Take profits
- Prepare for the "entrepreneur" or "public figure" phase of my career
- Prepare for the "having kids" phase of my life see: [[j-2022-10-01#13 15 Let's think about what the goals are And some notes on income targets]] for some thinking.
Identifying having children is the most pivotal decision I will make in my life. I'm going to try to have them. Otherwise, my timescale and goals become vastly different.
- 31: If I'm going to start a company, I expect the entrepreneurial time-to-play-out to be about 4 years. If both the first endeavor fails and I'm struggling to find a partner or child-rearing community, I can shift my career to low-risk mode while I scale up those personal investments. Alternatively, if my first endeavor fails but I'm personally well situated, I can try again, and still reasonably have kids 3-4 years into the new endeavor.
- 33: I would like 2 years at a minimum of pre-existing relationship context. Beginning to engage that at 33 gives me optimistically 3 years, pessimistically 8, to find that partnership.
- 38: Allows a 5-year security buffer before I abandon and realign. Also, I'd like to live to see grandkids. The male life expectancy is 79 years, though I expect to live longer based on genetic history and life practices. So, say 85. Supposing my children think like I do, (2)(38 to 43)=76 to 86. So, I would be likely to see grandkids in most cases.