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Kevin Sousa-USA TODAY Sports For the third consecutive offseason, Justin Turner has signed to play for a new team. This time, he is heading to the north side of Chicago, after he and the Cubs agreed to a one-year deal worth $6 million earlier this week. Turner, who turned 40 in November, will likely split time at DH and 1B. The reason to add Turner at this stage in his career is straight forward:…

(author's perspective)

when one reaches the age of forty, life becomes better, maybe because one has the skills, experiences, and means necessary for an enjoyable life.

I value my privacy and personal life until one effing night realizations hit me. The hardest night of my life, one hella night I can say. Feels like there's a chain on my foot. I have so many words left unsaid and so many dreams scattered in peaces. It's all in my mind. Life takes more than it gives. It is so hard to get up. These dreams like a nightmare, my trauma, my insecurities. Every night over and over again.

Let's unfold the story ...

1. Timeline:

When you're in your late twenties you can't act like a teenager, you are suppose to have your own family or else you will end up being a burden to your family. You can't dream a big dream on your own. People will say you are selfish for not helping your parents and other family even though you know in yourself that you are the one who's really in need not just other things but the moral, emotional and spiritual support.

Turning thirty! For me that's the real legal age when you can do anything on your own free will no one againts you especially your parents, It's the distressed year of all time. You need to take care of your own family, your children, go send them to school and cook dishes for your husband, wash clothes every three days, clean up your house, clean every mess every second of your life. Repeat. You can't get to sleep or rest even for a second. Eyes are watching. Repeat.

When you are about to step to the arbitrary age which is the middle age "the 40 years of your life" What does really mean? You need to go somewhere far away from your comfort zone. Go to reunions, find your long lost soulmate, try to recover from the past, If you are single you can leave the people behind and start your own life all the things unfinished business. This is the year you can do anything, you can fall inlove again, you can dream and take charge but one thing is for sure you are not strong enough and young enough to conquer the world. You can't and you won't! You will wait for the moment if it's will of God or yours to step in. You wish upon the star to give you strength to carry on whatever life takes you. Go travel alone, find yourself, go to places you can't even pronounce, drink, smoke, watch sunset and sunrise, watch the sky at night, sit on the beach while drinking your favorite wine. Do it alone. Just do it. Life takes you to unexpected places.

Till undescerning age, The "60" sexagenarian. When you can enjoy all the free stuff in the world and the saddest part of your life. No one wants you. No one needs you. No one can help you. You are tired enough to do things that make you feel alive. You are waiting for your turn. Your hair turns gray, your teeth starting to fall out, you can't hear a word, you can't see and watch television, you just want to wear your 20's inspired top and skirt. There is so many things you want to do and you want to see but only the air and nature are there for you. Just blank stare at the window you can't control now what's going on. That's life takes it's toll.

Once again life takes you...

Oh shut up! Just Run.

"What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy"

Setting out my initial goals and projections as a benchmark to keep track of my progress half-yearly and yearly, from now up to the age of 40.

Milestones: S$250k, S$500k, S$750k and S$1m respectively

Assumptions:

dividends of 4% p.a. - with a reasonably decent portfolio

consistency of annual injections (including, for e.g. no break in employment/ability to work; no unforeseen large expenditure)