Okay Now What

So all of my life I knew that I was going to be the one in the family that went on to get an advanced education. I was talked to about this from the time I was 4 on. Well, one grandmother was convinced I would be a nun, but I think my adolescent antics unconvinced her of that. So, I went to grad school and got my Ph.D. Now that I am done and I am teaching at a University, I am sitting here wondering if there was a bit of a flaw in my plan. It reminds me a bit of the South Park episode with the underpants gnomes. Stage 1 get doctorate. Stage 2 ???????, Stage 3 retire. I think I missed an integral part of my life planning. Well really I missed about 35 years of the plan. Has anyone else had this experience.