Do you still have any goals in your life?

[Mich the Tester]

Up until I was about 23 I only really had one ambition which was to play rugby for England. FAILED, but had a good time while trying. Then hoped to play 7s for England; FAILED, but had a good time trying and won a bit of silverware, travelled a lot and earned some beer money. Then re-adjusted ambition again, to get a great job and work my way up to CEO of a huge insultancy. FAILED; realised after about 2 years that I hated permiedom and hated arselicking, both of which would prevent said ambition coming true. Learnt some skills along the way which have helped me as a contractor.

If there's one thing I've learned from this is that what works for me is to aim high, work hard on the goal, but to enjoy the trying and enjoy what I DO achieve along the way; that's not necessarily what works for others, after all I'm not some US style motivation guru and wouldn't want to be, but it seems to work for me. Oh, and these days I don't publicise my ambitions as much as I did.

[BoredBloke]

My most pressing goal at the moment is to have a tulip!

[DimPrawn]

Hubby muttered something about not leaving footie stuff in the car overnight. Came down this morning and there's another $!#!ing goal in my hallway!

You know what they say?


Every hall a goal!

[BoredBloke]

That's task 1 done...now task 2 - Total world domination

[curtis]

Semi-retire at 40 i.e. work 6 -9 months max.
Retire at 45 i.e do contracts as and when I feel like it.

Ditto.......although it will probably be more like 50 than 45 for me to do contracts when I feel like it.

[original PM]

wank myself dry

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nailed it!

[OwlHoot]

To find God because he supports the best Tax avoidance schemes and if I go down at least I have God on my side.

I wouldn't count on it - God imposes 100% death duty on all your goods and chattels

[nomadd]

I...[snip] FAILED, but...[snip] FAILED, but...[snip] FAILED

I'm not some US style motivation guru...

Never give up hope.

[Mich the Tester]

Never give up hope.

[istvan]

Reading through your dreams, I can proudly say I achieved most of them… well maybe…

“Semi-retire at 40 i.e. work 6-9 months max. Retire at 45 i.e do contracts as and when I feel like it.”
Achieved this! I was semi-retired at 45, did contracts whenever I was able to get one. I always felt like it when I finally got one.

“Route 66, Yellowstone, Dragon Run, The Great Lakes, Californian coastline in a convertible etc....”.
Achieved this! Sort of, during living in the States for 22 years. Never sat in a convertible though.

“My most pressing goal at the moment is to have a tulip!”
Achieved this! Looking for a contract for the last 3 months, none found. That is a tulip.

“Achieve complete inner peace.”
Achieved this! I am empty inside and at peace. But, seriously, I am at peace with my spiritual being. In other words I have joy in my life.

“I've achieved almost all of the musical ambitions I had but not quite ticked all the boxes.”
Achieved this! With my limited musical ability (none) I achieved all that I ever dreamed of in music (after two years my mom finally realized I have no musical talent whatsoever - stopped taking piano lessons in grammar school)

I no longer have big dreams, because I tend to achieve them and then until I find another big goal I feel empty. So, I try to have small dreams and lots of them.