1. Get married (It's scheduled, so that's a good start)
  2. Buy a place instead of renting (townhouse or condo)
  3. Get a higher position (either at my current company or elsewhere)
  4. Lose 50 pounds (230 to 180)
  5. Read a book a month (In 2019, I read 3. My fiancee read 55...)
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Thanks for responding CRE. Congratulations on the wedding! The book part is truly difficult because it requires grit month after month. I had decided to read 40 books in 2020; I finished 7. Although I did pick up at least 5-6 other books that were never finished.

I hope you accomplish each line item in 2020. Cheers!

 
CRE:
1. Get married (It's scheduled, so that's a good start) 2. Buy a place instead of renting (townhouse or condo) 3. Get a higher position (either at my current company or elsewhere) 4. Lose 50 pounds (230 to 180) 5. Read a book a month (In 2019, I read 3. My fiancee read 55...)

Man, someone just threw me a SB for this today and it's rough to read. Thanks to COVID-19:

  1. No (postponed)
  2. No (too much uncertainty)
  3. No (likewise - everything got paused)
  4. No (quarantine meant tons of cooking and wine. I'll make some progress on this, but not 50)
  5. Yes, actually.

1/5 is pretty awful.

Commercial Real Estate Developer
 

1) Get an internship in physical commodities house in EMEA (networked already with +/- 300 traders but nothing concrete) for my gap year
2) Enjoying little pleasures of life (sit on an french-italian turquoise beach/(re)read classical books (Racine, Corneille, Shakespeare), hiking, travelling around Europe) before slavery
3) Intensify workout (30min daily ==>1hr of cladding)

 

Lose some weight so I can finally make eye-contact with my penis again

Thank you for your interest in the 2020 Investment Banking Full-time Analyst Programme (London) at JPMorgan Chase. After a thorough review of your application, we regret to inform you that we are unable to move forward with your candidacy at this time.
 
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Among other things that are more important, I'm especially HYPED about this one:

In just TWO WEEKS I submit my TWO WEEK NOTICE to this job I loathe. I'm almost there and I get giddy thinking about it.

More importantly: I'm getting married and am especially HYPED for that. That's going to be a blast.

One of my closest friends (who I met on this site) had this brilliant idea. We shared notes via iPhones and put our goals in. We're going to hold each other accountable for them. 2020 shall be good.

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” - Nassim Taleb
 

Congratulations on both events! How long did it take you to plan the wedding for x number of people? Can imagine that it is stressful with finance hours. Did you get a professional wedding organiser or is that unnecessary?

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Thank you!

We're actually doing a very basic courthouse wedding, so that is pretty easy to plan. After I switch careers and we save up more, then we will plan for a big reception. I'll let you know how challenging that is when I cross that bridge!

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” - Nassim Taleb
 
Malta Monkey:
In just TWO WEEKS I submit my TWO WEEK NOTICE to this job I loathe. I'm almost there and I get giddy thinking about it.

More importantly: I'm getting married and am especially HYPED for that. That's going to be a blast.

Big moves, man. Congrats

Commercial Real Estate Developer
 

They’re unrelated. I can get EU citizenship through one of my parents so it’s just something I want to get out of the way, and it could help in the future, but not really any time soon.

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

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