@davidixoye You’re pretty smart to think this far ahead!
Most people struggle investing 1k a month. At least until they have an established career. Most people also struggle to make more than 100k/year.
I think what your missing is how much life actually costs. My guess is homes around you cost about 600k. That’s roughly a 60k-120k down payment with a mortgage of $4000/month.
Then cars, lifestyle, vacations, and kids. Kids are very expensive. I pay 34k/year on having two little ones at a nice daycare.
Our HHI is a our 400k which is huge relative to our neighbors but pocket change compared to many others in the world.
Here’s my advice to you as I deeply struggled at the stage you are in.
Now is the time to invest heavily in yourself, so find a hard skill that will pay well and you can lean on forever.
Certainly being an electrician would be good. Also, accounting, programming, structural engineering, etc. avoid soft paths like psychology, management, etc.
From there you will build up a career and always find a place to fall back to. I know it’s daunting to pick at this stage but don’t stress it too much, you will pave your own path as you go.
As you do this look for huge companies that do this. Then go on LinkedIn and find people that do really cool jobs. Reach out to them for a 20min informative interview. Look at their profiles to see how they got to where they are. Copy that path to some level.
Best of luck man! You will do fine in life just don’t give up your hunger.
Also, don’t plan on working until you are 65, you will have some bad years and some good years. It’s better to move the goal posts so if anything happens you’re still on track and have some flexibility to take sabbaticals.