Accomplish by 40? 50? 60?

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    at 35 i've finished a feature-length documentary (that went to a crap load of film festivals and got us a shit load of awards) [if you care, you can watch it here: www.shoulderthelion.com ]

    at 36 i had my first kid.
    soon after we bought our first car, a vintage Mercedes 1973 280 as our family car. [

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    at 37 i had my mid-life crisis.
    around that time i started writing my sci-fi novel [though finished, it's still unpublished, but you can see art for it here: www.thornsofimmortality.com ]

    at 39 i had my 2nd kid.
    around that time, during covid, my wife and I made a few children books that didn't sell too well [you can see those here: www.tupelobooks.com ]

    at 41 after a small fender-bender, I decided to start fixing rust on my vintage car so i learned how to weld. (after 2 years, that car is ready for paint finally)

    at 42 i separated from my wife but after a few months we got back together discovering that having two apartments, thought expensive, is actually amazing for our sanity.
    around that time i started to draw again [ https://patrykrebisz.com/art/ ]

    at 43 we bought our first house with some land (1 acre) just outside of New York City (but keeping out apt in the city)

    things to look towards:
    -- seeing kids grow up and enjoy the vast backyard of our new house
    -- building stuff with kids
    -- 3-some in Barcelona
    -- solo show of my art
    -- finally getting my book published (self-publishing is BS)
    -- more stable income (so it doesn't vary from year to year by almost $50k)

    things that WILL suck in next few years:
    -- parents getting to the bucket stage
    -- NY State of Education shaving any woke crap you can imagine down my kids throat

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