I got married and started a family in my early 30s. The first years of raising kids are tough. Babies crying at night, no more going out, diapers...
As for the money, I worked on financial markets for 15 years and had a couple of good (but very stressful) years. You need a college degree in business or math and a bit of luck at the beginning of your career.
I was not very happy in my thirties because of work stress and family constraints, but it gets better after midlife (35/40). Jung and other psychologists have shown that midlife is a transformational experience. Until midlife, you are fighting to find your place in society, and afterwards your perspective changes and you focus more on having an interesting life. Hence the documented U-curve of happiness (happiness increasing steadily after midlife).
As for the money, I worked on financial markets for 15 years and had a couple of good (but very stressful) years. You need a college degree in business or math and a bit of luck at the beginning of your career.
I was not very happy in my thirties because of work stress and family constraints, but it gets better after midlife (35/40). Jung and other psychologists have shown that midlife is a transformational experience. Until midlife, you are fighting to find your place in society, and afterwards your perspective changes and you focus more on having an interesting life. Hence the documented U-curve of happiness (happiness increasing steadily after midlife).