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The title. I've always wanted to hear what everyone are going for in their lives; it's good for perspective

I know my goal is to get a smaller parttime job, and work to get a Youtube channel going - I mean, if everybody else can do it, why shouldn't I? More personally, I hope to find me some close friends. Yeah I know. Many of my past friends have either moved on or we've fallen out for several good reasons. I still a worthwhile goal to go for.

Are you going for something specific in your life, or are you more just surviving right now?

Sounds like another "feel good" kinda thread that can lead to some awesome discussions from people who have already been through "your goal" and might be able to offer advice. As such, mods, please don't lock as "blog territory" unless it gets out of hand.

Honestly, my biggest goal is meeting the right girl, settling down and raising a family, and working my way out from the crippling garbage that is student loan hell. I could have had traveling the country as a goal, but that has been met by work. List of places people need to visit:
Burlington, VT
Portland and Astoria, OR
Flagstaff, AR

Go for the views. If you want to add beer as a reason, toss Flagstaff and add Michigan. Maybe Flint. Not Detroit.

Graduate, get a decent job for a year or two. Than back to masters degree.

Moving out of the city because it drives me crazy.

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Stanman has the right idea and the right goals.

When I posted that as an accomplishment it was ridiculed. So sad.

This is another in a long line of "personal blog" posts and should be locked by mods accordingly.

Given how these things usually go, I can see that happening real soon...

 cincydooley wrote:
When I posted that as an accomplishment it was ridiculed. So sad.

Making it with two chicks at the same time should never be ridiculed.

Crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their women.

For the longest time one of my major goals was to write a book for publication and that goal is being achieved currently, so the next item on my list was to get married.

My SO and I have been living together for three years now and were planning on getting married in 2015, but some job set-backs put marriage on the back burner. 2016 is looking promising, though. We both potentially have new positions with our employers that will enable us to really start a life together. We should know after the holidays if those position and title changes go through and then its off to marriage bliss ( )!

Ultimately I'd like to move us out of Los Angeles and into an area where I can work from home and she can be close to a hospital that treats her well.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Graduate, get a decent job for a year or two. Than back to masters degree.

I really enjoyed my grad program. I went in right after finishing my undergrad degree, but I was making up for the time I lost farting around in community college. If you haven't had a break from school since leaving high school I definitely recommend taking a year or two off between programs. It will help recharge your batteries, and chances are you'll find that the "decent" job you were hoping for with your BA doesn't exist, making that decision to go for a masters even easier.

 cincydooley wrote:
This is another in a long line of "personal blog" posts and should be locked by mods accordingly.

For this, and any future thread along these lines... Please just hit the yellow triangle if you think a thread might get out of hand, rather than posting a comment if you think the thread is silly.

Along these same lines, I've removed the joke image pic from a different post above... just move on if you're not interested in the thread, guys - do not derail it with jokes!

Thank you...

I really like this post idea, and would like to hear others' responses. Sometimes the new people's entries are too short to get a sense of their lives of are ignored.
For me, I am pretty happy where I am at. I teach English. In that vein we can do mostly what we want as far as content as long as students are leaning how to analyze texts. I do film studies. It offers nearly unlimited essay topic ideas and analyses. I don't really want, nor think it would be feasible to get my PH.D. at this times considering the college environment and my location. I look forward to keep on trucking. Next s jester I am opening a new class that looks at apocalyptic literature. Fun stuff.

Immediate: Clean up my diet, work out a bit more. Be less gross in general.
Short Term: Meet someone nice, travel a bit.
Long Term: Have a family, house, maybe an animal or two.
Final: Die, I guess. Not much choice in the matter. If anyone knows about any alternatives let me know, still not happy with this one.

None. I actually have a complete lack of goals or motivation. I just do what I'm told to do, and hope that it goes right. Which sucks at my age especially.

For myself - tonight, finish packing the final ModCube orders . It's going to be a late night!
For the end of this year - Get the webstore launched, finish a renovation project with our church, and enjoy our daughter's first Christmas!
For next year - Get 3rd Dimension Gear's next product ready for market... it's ambitious, but I'm extremely excited about it

Well I recently had to move to take care of family. Good part us I like the state I moved too. Bad part is my job isn't out here. My background experience is limited to one field and that field isn't where I'm at.

So right now finding any job is good. Then I'm going to look into working for uncle Sam again.

Some of my goals feel like somewhat generic goals:

- always try to become a better husband
- be the best father I can be
- be a resource and asset to my community

My most "concrete" goals would be
-lose 30 more lbs
- finish my Master's degree
- commission into the Public Health Service

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:
For the longest time one of my major goals was to write a book for publication and that goal is being achieved currently, so the next item on my list was to get married.

My SO and I have been living together for three years now and were planning on getting married in 2015, but some job set-backs put marriage on the back burner. 2016 is looking promising, though. We both potentially have new positions with our employers that will enable us to really start a life together. We should know after the holidays if those position and title changes go through and then its off to marriage bliss ( )!

Ultimately I'd like to move us out of Los Angeles and into an area where I can work from home and she can be close to a hospital that treats her well.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Graduate, get a decent job for a year or two. Than back to masters degree.

I really enjoyed my grad program. I went in right after finishing my undergrad degree, but I was making up for the time I lost farting around in community college. If you haven't had a break from school since leaving high school I definitely recommend taking a year or two off between programs. It will help recharge your batteries, and chances are you'll find that the "decent" job you were hoping for with your BA doesn't exist, making that decision to go for a masters even easier.

Been going for 6 years at this point from High School. And When I mean "Decent" I mean enough to help my mom with bills so she doesnt have to worry much.

See the Boy off to PhD school.
See the Daughter off to university.
Retire to Tennessee
While retired lead a pack of wiener dogs on a terrible 20 year crime spree, raiding grocery after grocery. ALL YOUR STEAK ARE BELONG TO US!



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 Frazzled wrote:
See the Boy off to PhD school.
See the Daughter off to university.
Retire to Tennessee
While retired lead a pack of wiener dogs on a terrible 20 year crime spree, raiding grocery after grocery. ALL YOUR STEAK ARE BELONG TO US!

Been going for 6 years at this point from High School. And When I mean "Decent" I mean enough to help my mom with bills so she doesnt have to worry much.

Been there. Good goal.

What's in Tennessee? Besides Memphis? (awesome town)

My wife and I are right in the middle of preparing to move to England next summer so that is where all my efforts are going right now.

 RiTides wrote:
For next year - Get 3rd Dimension Gear's next product ready for market... it's ambitious, but I'm extremely excited about it

Looks like another goal is to throw more money RiTides way.

 d-usa wrote:
Some of my goals feel like somewhat generic goals:

- always try to become a better husband
- be the best father I can be
- be a resource and asset to my community

My most "concrete" goals would be
-lose 30 more lbs
- finish my Master's degree
- commission into the Public Health Service

God, I'd kill to lose 30lbs. I'm only like 190 now, but I'd be ridiculously happy at 160. I don't overeat, I love to cook and usually make healthy stuff, or at least reasonably, and I've cut sugar and cream from coffee. But regular exercise is a problem. If I could do that, I'd hit the 30 easy. But I hate the gym. And running just to run.

Keep raising an awesome daughter. Just that, got anything else I wanted to achieve in my life done.

I'm down 60 for the year, and really did nothing other than simple "calories in/calories out".

 stanman wrote:
Moving out of the city because it drives me crazy.

I've just done this, from Manchester with 2 million ish people to a town with 30,000, in the middle of stunning countryside. I definitely feel a bit less crazy. Recommended.

New goals -
Get house finished.
Chill.

 Frazzled wrote:
See the Boy off to PhD school.
See the Daughter off to university.
Retire to Tennessee
While retired lead a pack of wiener dogs on a terrible 20 year crime spree, raiding grocery after grocery. ALL YOUR STEAK ARE BELONG TO US!



Automatically Appended Next Post:

 Frazzled wrote:
See the Boy off to PhD school.
See the Daughter off to university.
Retire to Tennessee
While retired lead a pack of wiener dogs on a terrible 20 year crime spree, raiding grocery after grocery. ALL YOUR STEAK ARE BELONG TO US!

Been going for 6 years at this point from High School. And When I mean "Decent" I mean enough to help my mom with bills so she doesnt have to worry much.

Been there. Good goal.

Hell Frazz, if that's your goals, I'd say your life was pretty much already a success. What do you want to do for yourself at this point?

Finishing school, and figuring out what I actually want to do in my live.
Most importantly right now, to pick the best study. I am thinking about something in either linguistics, archeology, politics or the military.



Also, to finally get a few full 40k and WHFB armies painted

Accomplish a vast majority already....now I seat back...watch the peasants work the field, occasional "NO. No benefit for you. Complete this form again ACCURATELY. Down stair is ICE facility." and corrupt the young

We're all alive only to pay our bills.

I think consulting businesses on lean procedures, Job Instruction and Job Relations is in my future.

Get a girlfriend, move out of my parent's place.