Average Irish person achievements by 30?

liliq

30 this time next year pretty much.
I've spent most of my 20's in college, with the last few years being a waste essentially as I left without the qualification I was aiming for, but I have two good degrees from before that so I'm not in a bad place.
Married, mortgage, 1 kid, no job.
Consider myself one of the lucky ones. Married pretty quickly, bought a house at the perfect time, kid was a surprise but changed my life in the best way, I've no job by choice. I love spending my time and having adventures with my two year old and my husband supports me in that. Kept woman
I had one 6 year relationship and a few shorter ones before I met my husband, never travelled which is my one regret- then again I've the rest of my life to explore the world.
I'm naturally a pretty negative person, I think- my mum is a total pessimist and it rubbed off on me. But when I actually take stock, I've got it really really good.

cloudatlas

And a one two three altogether now!

go to college - get a job - get married - buy a house - have kids - retire - die.

beks101

No house, no kids, no husband, no investments; lots of travel, adventure, new friends, old friends, great sex, bad sex, exciting career stuff.

Have lived in Canada, America, France, Spain, UK and our old trusty capital before all of that. Primary degree and a couple of languages under my belt.

Ran a marathon and a half-marathon in the last few years. Have also overcome an eating disorder, probably my biggest achievement to date now that I think of it.

I've got about 1.5 years to go before the big 3-0 and in that time want to do a Masters, learn Arabic and do a triathlon, just for the hell of it.

Marriage and babies aren't even on my radar at this point.

Wacker The Attacker

I'm 36 and my mickey still works.

Thats good enough for me

JohnMearsheimer

I'll be 30 next month. I have a degree and a masters. I've lived in Dublin, Galway and Cork. I lived in the UK for 2 years and Canada for a year. I've done some travelling. I'm in a serious long term relationship at the moment and it's the only serious relationship I've ever had. No mortgage or debts. I'm fairly content with what I've done for the most part but I would have changed what I studied in college. Hindsight is great and all that. I need to learn to drive though.

MCD.

25

Degree and post grad

Decent job with good benefits but could pay better.

Long term relationship (since 18)

Travelled around Thailand, Europe, USA

Lived and Worked in New York for a summer.

Just bought a house (w/ aforementioned partner)

By 30 I'd say marriage is on the cards.

Belle E. Flops

I'll be 26 in a few months and so far I've got my degree, am in the final months of my masters, have a job that I love. Have had some great holidays.

I've never had a relationship really. By the time I'm 30 I'd love to have my own house, or at least be in a position to be actively house hunting.

Legs.Eleven

I'm 3 years past the 30 mark but by that age, I'd been in 1.5 serious relationships and a few I thought were serious but weren't and a medley of other fellas besides.;)

I'd got a degree and a certificate and had lived in Dublin City (I'm from the country part of Dublin), England, Scotland, the States (if you could call a J1 living in the States), a summer in France washing dishes and I'd moved to Spain 8 months before turning 30 and I was single-ish.

Travelled around a continent on my own for a year and started learning the language I speak quite fluently now.

I was also a librarian for a year and a half and had planned on doing a masters in that but changed my mind just before I was supposed to start.

Never got myself into debt and had about 30 part/full time jobs from the age of 15.

No kids and no mortgage.

Definitely prioritised fun over everything else tbh, which was more by accident than intentional. Just didn't really have a clue what I wanted.

In a serious relationship now and have plans to go back to university in the next 2 years as I've more of an idea what I want for myself now. I never had that pressure to have my **** sorted by 30, thank jaysus and everyone I know was always very supportive, including my family.

Sinfonia

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

If you compare yourself to others you will never be happy

Actually this thread is kind of making me realise that I've got it pretty good; I feel encouraged to not be such a whining malcontent all the time now.

COYVB

Turned 30 last year and...

- am married
- moved away from Ireland in 2009
- have no children
- rent with my wife
- run a company in my new country that I built from 6k to 1m+ turnover
- am qualified through third level education, but not in the field I work in
- have released some music
- Editor-in-Chief of both my current country's biggest home-grown video game magazines

El Horseboxo

30 now and done fair bit. Nothing groundbreaking though.

Masters level in one subject. Degree in another. Mostly done online.
Learned 2 other languages. English isn't my first language.
Travelled and volunteered around the world for 2 years after college.
Have lived in a few countries. Ireland being one. US and Mexico too.
Own a house and apartment outright. No mortgage due to inheritance.
Hot latina girlfriend that hates Valentine's day and all that crap. Wants a cheap small wedding too. Ideal for me.
Dream job in law enforcement in US.

Seaneh

I don't turn 30 until August but my achievements are:

Have lived out of home since I was 18.

Have a degree in a field I worked in for several years but never want to work in again

Have traveled all across Europe, much of The US, a large chunk of South America, a lot of North Africa and most of the eastern Mediterranean.

Have survived both cancer and a stroke (the first when I was a toddler, the latter when I was 25) and besides needing a hearing aid and semi regular monitoring am no worse for either.

Have zero debt.

Rent.

Have had a few long term relationships.

Am currently working and studying in a sector I love.

BOHtox

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I'm 30, married to a 23 year old, no kids, no mortgage. I have an honours bachelor of science degree, working full time with a great wage. I've traveled quite a bit. Don't plan on having kids until I'm around 35. No rush anyway. I'll probably adopt too, too much alcoholism, heart disease, etc in my family history and there's too many kids uncared for these days.

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Augmerson

thee glitz wrote: »

I'll be 30 next week, and feeling a bit down about it.
I've got a masters in economics, and 7yrs exp in finance, doin ok.
I've had a serious relationship and another semi-so.
But tbh I'm lost, probably going to go to London for a year or 2, live it up, I hope.

Hang in there!

Holsten

Is there really an average? I mean just from the people I know most are so different and have taken different paths. I would say the most common similarity would be a college degree.

I would not class marriage/relationships/children as achievements.

DB83

I have an apartment that smells of rich mahogany, and many leather-bound books

diomed

Ties shoelaces.

Jesus Wept

I'm alive aren't I?

DEFTLEFTHAND

They have their first grey hairs?