Settled?

“Settled” is a term commonly by people (mostly family, relatives, friends etc) used to describe how a person is doing in life (actually I think more in terms of having a job and the money you are making). Usually it means that you completed your studies, got a job earning decent salary and being “settled” makes you supposedly eligible for marriage... Being a (self proclaimed) non-conformist who doesn’t fit into regular stream of thinking, I don’t find it making much sense from my perspective and actually annoys me quite a bit. I for one would go further and split the “Settled” to three “Settled” – “Financially Settled”, “Professionally settled” and “Personally Settled”. Financially settled would mean that you have a decent job with decent money and you have assets or in process of building them and in position to service your loans. Professionally settled would mean that you are in a job/industry that you like and intend to continue and possibly retire from. Personally settled would mean that your emotional needs are taken care of! (I am not implying that you have to be married to be personally settled). From my perspective, I think I am reasonably financially settled. About being professionally settled, I am sure I am not. I have been in IT industry for 13+ years, but monotony has set in and I don’t think I can continue for long. And I am definitely not settled emotional/personally . Are you settled?