I'm going to grad school for physical therapy. The medical profession isn't quite what it was, but I imagine I'll make 65k starting and move up consistently to around 80k by the end. To stay conservative, I'm going to assume 70k average the whole time.
Seeing serious life changes for other people, I've begin to think about my own life a lot. I want to get married, I'd like to retire on a lake somewhere, or at least a nice clean house. I think alone I can live really cheap, like 20k/year (I'm not a picky eater, I like running, lifting, video games, reading, and hiking, I don't care what my car looks like, I'd like a 2bdrm, 2bath house.).
As long as I pay off my student loans semi-aggressively (done by 35 years old), drive a reasonably priced car, only ever have one kid, and stay married, can I:
Own a house outright by 55?
Go on vacations from around ages 28-70?
Help pay for college (ideally $100k)?
Retire comfortably at 65?