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I’m 28. I’ll still be working, but things would be different. With any luck, 1’11 be earning more money. But the most important thing will be the job itself and how interesting it is. I mean, I hope I’ll be able to choose the kind of job I do and whom I work for. Of course, I’d like to have more money and more authority than I have now. But I don’t think they are the only thing in life. What I really want is to be more independent than I am now, to have more control over my own life, perhaps to open a small restaurant, or write a book, or something like that. I am not really sure if I’ll ever have children or even if I want to be married. It all depends, of course. If I meet the right person, anything could happen. But I won’t feel that my life is empty and meaningless. I still live alone for 10 years or even 20 years from now. My mother was always saying, "There is nothing like a good relationship." But I am not so sure. There is nothing worse than a really bad one either.