Title: What are your life goals?
Post by: Mike M. on January 29, 2010, 05:40:11 AM
Post by: Mike M. on January 29, 2010, 05:40:11 AM
As the title implies, I'm wanting to know what everyone's life goals are. Why? I don't know, I just like learning new things, especially about other people.
Some of my life goals are to ---
--Get accepted to either the Virginia Military Institute or the Naval Academy and graduate either as a Marine Corps Officer
--Obtain a Ph.D. in astrophysics and at least a major in Theology (to better understand what I don't believe).
--To make some contribution to the scientific community, albeit major or minor
--To sky dive at least once
--To climb a mountain
Anyone else want to share?
Thanks,
Mike M.
Some of my life goals are to ---
--Get accepted to either the Virginia Military Institute or the Naval Academy and graduate either as a Marine Corps Officer
--Obtain a Ph.D. in astrophysics and at least a major in Theology (to better understand what I don't believe).
--To make some contribution to the scientific community, albeit major or minor
--To sky dive at least once
--To climb a mountain
Anyone else want to share?
Thanks,
Mike M.
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: AlP on January 29, 2010, 06:05:49 AM
Post by: AlP on January 29, 2010, 06:05:49 AM
- Be proud of what I have been responsible for.
- Don't let another statement that I don't agree with leave my mouth.
- Use the social contract more creatively.
- Don't let another statement that I don't agree with leave my mouth.
- Use the social contract more creatively.
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: Will on January 29, 2010, 06:24:29 AM
Post by: Will on January 29, 2010, 06:24:29 AM
I'd like to leave the world a better place when I die than it was when I was born. That's been my ambition since I first dared to ambit. I'm still not sure how that broad goal will take shape, but I'm hopeful.
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: Whitney on January 29, 2010, 06:37:31 AM
Post by: Whitney on January 29, 2010, 06:37:31 AM
-to help further freethought and atheism as commonplace worldviews so that less people have to be afraid to be out
-to run a successful architecture firm with focus on sustainable design
-to live happily ever after with my husband
-to experience motherhood (if my friends with kids don't scare me out of it before I get to that point)
-to run a successful architecture firm with focus on sustainable design
-to live happily ever after with my husband
-to experience motherhood (if my friends with kids don't scare me out of it before I get to that point)
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: kelltrill on January 31, 2010, 12:04:16 AM
Post by: kelltrill on January 31, 2010, 12:04:16 AM
# Complete my Honours by the end of 2010
# 2011 -->Travel to Canada, Singapore and Australia for 6 months each and pick a country to settle in. Explore teaching English as a foreign language.
# Start working for an amazing (hopefully) advertising or publishing firm
# Branch off and start my own company (eventually)
# Get my PhD in Linguistics (specialising in sociophonetics)
# Have a family
# live comfortably
# be able to see my mom and brother regularly, wherever I may end up
# Become fluent in a foreign language
# Award myself with an anti-gravity chamber after my first promotion
# go sky-diving
# And, as Whitney said, support an atheistic view of life, creating a more comfortable environment for atheists to speak openly in without feeling victimised or marginalised
# 2011 -->Travel to Canada, Singapore and Australia for 6 months each and pick a country to settle in. Explore teaching English as a foreign language.
# Start working for an amazing (hopefully) advertising or publishing firm
# Branch off and start my own company (eventually)
# Get my PhD in Linguistics (specialising in sociophonetics)
# Have a family
# live comfortably
# be able to see my mom and brother regularly, wherever I may end up
# Become fluent in a foreign language
# Award myself with an anti-gravity chamber after my first promotion
# go sky-diving
# And, as Whitney said, support an atheistic view of life, creating a more comfortable environment for atheists to speak openly in without feeling victimised or marginalised
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: Ellainix on January 31, 2010, 07:35:21 AM
Post by: Ellainix on January 31, 2010, 07:35:21 AM
Purge the Earth, then deluge.
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: Jolly Sapper on February 01, 2010, 12:09:06 AM
Post by: Jolly Sapper on February 01, 2010, 12:09:06 AM
Goal:
Get the girl.
Status:
Accomplished.
*Rides off into the sunset.*
Get the girl.
Status:
Accomplished.
*Rides off into the sunset.*
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: Squid on February 01, 2010, 02:50:42 AM
Post by: Squid on February 01, 2010, 02:50:42 AM
[strike:16wht4rl]Graduate highschool[/strike:16wht4rl]
[strike:16wht4rl]Serve in the military[/strike:16wht4rl]
[strike:16wht4rl]Visit several other countries - and get drunk in each one[/strike:16wht4rl]
Fight the Man (ongoing process)
Beat Dragon Warrior on the NES
Get a band back together and dominate the local metal scene
Record a demo
[strike:16wht4rl]Get undergrad degree[/strike:16wht4rl]
[strike:16wht4rl]Get grad degree[/strike:16wht4rl]...well May 14th...
Get research published
Get a nice little place on some land
Obtain large weapons cache (for personal use only)
Write book AND get it published
Get by PRT scores back to USN standards (ongoing... excruciating slow process...)
Knock up the wife before I'm hit the big four-zero
Get my BSN
Start private social science research and consulting company
???????
Profit
...that's the short list anyway...
[strike:16wht4rl]Serve in the military[/strike:16wht4rl]
[strike:16wht4rl]Visit several other countries - and get drunk in each one[/strike:16wht4rl]
Fight the Man (ongoing process)
Beat Dragon Warrior on the NES
Get a band back together and dominate the local metal scene
Record a demo
[strike:16wht4rl]Get undergrad degree[/strike:16wht4rl]
[strike:16wht4rl]Get grad degree[/strike:16wht4rl]...well May 14th...
Get research published
Get a nice little place on some land
Obtain large weapons cache (for personal use only)
Write book AND get it published
Get by PRT scores back to USN standards (ongoing... excruciating slow process...)
Knock up the wife before I'm hit the big four-zero
Get my BSN
Start private social science research and consulting company
???????
Profit
...that's the short list anyway...
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: MariaEvri on February 01, 2010, 11:00:35 AM
Post by: MariaEvri on February 01, 2010, 11:00:35 AM
-get a job
- get my own appartment/home/place
-start my life
- get my own appartment/home/place
-start my life
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: Jolly Sapper on February 01, 2010, 02:39:06 PM
Post by: Jolly Sapper on February 01, 2010, 02:39:06 PM
Quote from: 'Squid'Beat Dragon Warrior on the NES
HAH.. I miss that game.
*Wonders if the old NES in the garage still works*
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: maccecilie on February 09, 2010, 11:01:33 AM
Post by: maccecilie on February 09, 2010, 11:01:33 AM
- Finish videregående (high school)
- Move out
- Study archaeology
- Move out of Norway
- Read a lot of books
- Get a dog
- Move out
- Study archaeology
- Move out of Norway
- Read a lot of books
- Get a dog
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: G-Roll on February 11, 2010, 06:40:56 PM
Post by: G-Roll on February 11, 2010, 06:40:56 PM
1. get drunk
2. get laid.
3. repeat
these two sound good as well.
Fight the Man (ongoing process)
Get a band back together and dominate the local metal scene
2. get laid.
3. repeat
these two sound good as well.
Fight the Man (ongoing process)
Get a band back together and dominate the local metal scene
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: Tanker on February 12, 2010, 02:09:42 AM
Post by: Tanker on February 12, 2010, 02:09:42 AM
To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women.
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: G-Roll on February 12, 2010, 02:29:45 AM
Post by: G-Roll on February 12, 2010, 02:29:45 AM
Quote from: "Tanker"To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of the women.
i love you.... i mean..... conan is the shit!!!!!
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: nikkmichalski on February 15, 2010, 08:07:43 PM
Post by: nikkmichalski on February 15, 2010, 08:07:43 PM
--B.SC --> M.Sc. --> Ph.D. in some sort of Biology from Cornell University
--Be a Public Notary,
--Be a licensed Red Cross CPR-er
--Become a published author
--Be a popular radio/TV/podcast host
--Be a Professor
--During research, discover SOMETHING and get it published in Nature, Science, or The Lancet, or something.
--Be well traveled, well mannered, and well cultured
--Be a polyglot
Now, I probably won't be ALL of these (but who knows?), so I'd like a minimum of 5.
These are all very lofty, but none are COMPLETELY unreasonable, or unrealistic for me personally.
I'd also like to thank you for asking this question, it was really thought-provoking, and I'll save my list for the future.
--Be a Public Notary,
--Be a licensed Red Cross CPR-er
--Become a published author
--Be a popular radio/TV/podcast host
--Be a Professor
--During research, discover SOMETHING and get it published in Nature, Science, or The Lancet, or something.
--Be well traveled, well mannered, and well cultured
--Be a polyglot
Now, I probably won't be ALL of these (but who knows?), so I'd like a minimum of 5.
These are all very lofty, but none are COMPLETELY unreasonable, or unrealistic for me personally.
I'd also like to thank you for asking this question, it was really thought-provoking, and I'll save my list for the future.
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: Typist on February 16, 2010, 01:44:36 AM
Post by: Typist on February 16, 2010, 01:44:36 AM
Yes, very good question, and thanks for everyone's answers.
Many of you seem to be near the beginnings of your adult lives, and it was fun to read your plans, some of which are quite ambitious. There was wisdom in get drunk, laid and repeat too, if taken in moderation. :bananacolor:
- Hang on to a sense of humor, especially as the poop hits the fan, as it always does sooner or later.
Many of you seem to be near the beginnings of your adult lives, and it was fun to read your plans, some of which are quite ambitious. There was wisdom in get drunk, laid and repeat too, if taken in moderation. :bananacolor:
- Hang on to a sense of humor, especially as the poop hits the fan, as it always does sooner or later.
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: Typist on February 16, 2010, 01:45:59 AM
Post by: Typist on February 16, 2010, 01:45:59 AM
But, but, um, wait, wait!! Is it too late to get in my order for get drunk, get laid and repeat???
Title: Re: What are your life goals?
Post by: johnboucher on February 16, 2010, 07:48:13 AM
Post by: johnboucher on February 16, 2010, 07:48:13 AM
To be a good doctor.