16-05-2003 11:04									#1
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I was thinking today as I played chess, to pass the time, with an older fellow at a public atrium in NY. I was thinking, man I've seen this guy round for ages and he is here almost every time I come here and he hasn't gotten any better. I have only slightly improved myself but this thread isn't about my judgement it's just about the realization I had...

It seems most people aren't really "going anywhere" in life : they wake up each day, work, perhaps read the newspaper (and forget 90% of it by the next day), eat, watch tv & sleep. Their lives change little from year to year except by outside circumstances.

Are you building anything? By building I mean working towards a goal, accumlulating skills, ideas, resources, etc. A year from now will you be able to somehow physically measure your progress?

Is this even important to you?

Myself, I have been drifting for too long now. I am the type that gets very irratable and frustrated when I am without direction. I hate being aimless but I don't like settling on an aim I know is not truely important to me.

I'll shut up now and let people reply.

- Narz

	16-05-2003 11:20									#2
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# All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow #

	16-05-2003 11:22									#3
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its not the goal, its how you get there

	16-05-2003 11:29									#4
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President of the United States of America

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I want to buy and completely restore and renovate the house and surrounding grounds I grew up in.

That's a lot more difficult than it sounds. It may cost 5-6 mil to do it the way I want.

Crassly materialistic enough for you?

I may have enough by my 60s.

	16-05-2003 11:36									#6
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I want to be able to retire at age 45.

	16-05-2003 12:27									#7
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quote: Originally posted by orange President of the United States of America

My sights are set higher...

First Emperor of Earth.

It's just a matter of which way I'll swing: or

	16-05-2003 13:03									#8
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I'm working toward an MFA in creative writing at the moment.

	16-05-2003 14:10									#9
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what am I building in life?

...besides a mountain of debt and regret?


















....Creating a real-life apllication of the Human Hive.

	16-05-2003 14:17									#10
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My goals of life :
(1) Knowledge
(2) Money
(3) Breed
...in that order.

I'm a very ambitious (greedy) person, when it comes to achieving my goals. That means that I'm willing to sacrifice a lot in order to accumulate those.

Always have been.

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Actually, I believe the most desirable goal in my life is good health until the very end.

Money, family, career, all seem hollow if one has to live in pain.

	16-05-2003 14:59									#12
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I'm working really hard on getting our band going at the moment. That's my main building focus. It's going really well too.

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quote: Originally posted by monolith94 I'm working toward an MFA in creative writing at the moment.

What's an MFA?

	16-05-2003 15:04									#14
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I'm just waiting until they come up with an immortality treatment

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quote: Originally posted by Narz Are you building anything? By building I mean working towards a goal, accumlulating skills, ideas, resources, etc. A year from now will you be able to somehow physically measure your progress?

Well, I am completing an MBA degree now, doing my second last term. After that is done, I am thinking about a CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional). I haven't been able to save much money, but I have loads of books and professional journals. I also have been developing a number of ideas, some are for games, some are for books, and some may even be patentable.

	16-05-2003 16:14									#16
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Goals in life?
Have as much fun as possible.

-> Money is basicly irrelevant and only partly of use to achieve this goal
-> You have to think about it, if working hard is paying off or not, having your goal in mind. (For Example: Is it worth to work 100h+ so you can choose some expensive hotel on your vacation or would you rather work 10h so you can afford a Doormroom?)
-> The more freetime you have, the more time there is to have fun. Money is nice to have, but doesnt translate as much in happyness as freetime can (hope that can be understood )
-> Ergo my money needs are achieved by having a part time job with 20h/week. That gets me enough money to live from comfortable and have enough extra for all expenses that are neccessery for going out and such (tickets for cinema, clubs, drinks, etc.) Of course I cant afford an house, but why do I need one?

	16-05-2003 16:21									#17
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Settler in OT-forums? O_o

	16-05-2003 16:21									#18
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"What's an MFA?"
Master of Fine Arts.

	16-05-2003 16:25									#19
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*finds this thread very depressing*

	16-05-2003 16:31									#20
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OTOH, I might as well delete the contents of this post. I'm sure that you wouldn't be interested in my creed, anyways.

	16-05-2003 18:04									#21
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Goal in life: Avoid death (or at least as long as possible)

	16-05-2003 18:09									#22
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Goal in life: To drink beer and watch hot babes at the beach as much as possible before i die.

cheers

	16-05-2003 18:19									#23
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Aiming high, I see.

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quote: Originally posted by statusperfect Goal in life: To drink beer and watch hot babes at the beach as much as possible before i die. cheers

	16-05-2003 18:27									#25
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Nobel Prize Winner for chemistry. But judging the way my last test went... not feasible.

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	16-05-2003 18:32									#26
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I know that we're both non-native English speakers, but "prize" is spelled with an z.

	16-05-2003 18:37									#27
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My own PMC

	16-05-2003 18:39									#28
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RIght now I'm in my mid 30s and catching up on my education (BSc then Masters in IT).

I spent my 20s on various computing projects, all of which went belly up. But I had an immense amount of fun doing them, and learned a lot as well. I also used those skills to get an awful lot of free passes to nightclubs and illegal raves.

My ultimate goal is to be happy, and seen as a creative, helpful person, for the right reasons.

If I don't achieve these goals, I will still have had a lot of fun with my life. Now I'm older I understand that goals are important. But if I don't score, I don't count it as pure failure - I try to learn from them and get on with the next bit.

	16-05-2003 18:40									#29
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I'm saving up for my pyramid.

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P.S. The old guy playing chess has probably achieved what he wants already. Why can't he enjoy himself?