Do you have a goal in life?

[Infernal]

Yeah, it's a pretty broad question, but it's interesting to think about. The reason I'm posting this is that someone asked me that very question a few days ago, and I found myself unable to answer. That got me to thinking.

The more I dwell on the matter, the more it seems to me that without goals, we're simply existing to exist -- killing time. But this isn't really new to me, I've had a sense of anxiety building up over the past few years as I seem to grow a year older more quickly with each passing year (if that makes sense), and I still find myself killing time.

I guess I've been waiting for something to happen, but I really don't believe in fate, or destiny, so I have no idea why.

Am I alone here? How many of you truly have a plan for yourself and are actually working towards achieving your goal. And alternatively, how many of you feel like I do at the moment, like you're existing to exist, and nothing more.

[Mogobs30th]

I have had to recently make a goal in my life, because I was in the same boat you are in now.

I am going back to school February 22nd, for Aviation maintenence. Hopefully, if I can get a hold of the right contacts, I would like to be an AMT for UPS. That is my current goal, reachable and with its challenges.

[nikon]

My goal is to own a towing/garage organization that has the contract for the Road Rangers in Fl. I will then be happy until I come up with something else. I have a goal and am taking the proper training to succeed with it. Its long term but it's defenatley doable, and I WILL do it.

[95fbirdkid]

Get hired on Police dept

[Silv6]

Rule the world... if not that to become a successful business man and to own a nice collection of cars, two being:
Yenko Camaro
2002 ZL1 Phase III Camaro

[Speedin96]

at first i don't think i have one.

i dont dream of being a rock star or actor or celebrity.

the one thing that is constantly going through my head is "is my baby ok? is laura ok? when's this bill due? when's that bill due? am i going to be fired tommorrow because i forgot something?"

i dont want to be a rock star or a movie star or a celebrity.

i want my baby to grow up happy and live a good life, i want to die before anyone else i love.

sure i want to make more money so yes i want my mcse, a+, network+ and whatever else i can get to add to my hourly pay. so i can afford better things for my Jazlyn and my Laura. and of course i wouldn't mind putting a 6.0 in my car with the package from jegs they just started selling.

i want to buy a house and live somewhere nice.

my goal is to be a good father and husband.

[BobsSilverSix]

Ever since I was 12ish (I'm only 17) the only goal that I have set for myself is to find the one women for me (Which I believe I already have)and live and care for her and our children for as long as I'm alive...like speedin my goal is to be a good father/husband.

[MTMike]

The only goal I've made for myself was when i was 18 and is to be self employed/financially self sufficient by age 25.

I'm now 25, and have 9 months... I"m almost there but not quite. My wife's in college so that's not helping anything....

It'll probably be a couple of years, but I'm getting closer.

After I get to that goal, I dunno from there. I'll probably focus on playing around with my toys and enjoying my youth while I still have it.

[RancidCamaro]

My goal has always to been to fly for the military. I want to say that I've gone faster than anyone I've ever known.

I also want to get proficient in the fun hobbies, like racing cars, four-wheeling on sand dunes, etc.

[4thgenowner]

Originally posted by BobsSilverSix:
Ever since I was 12ish (I'm only 17) the only goal that I have set for myself is to find the one women for me (Which I believe I already have)and live and care for her and our children for as long as I'm alive...like speedin my goal is to be a good father/husband.

That and I said I will be an airline pilot when i was 11. Im about half way there.

[mike h]

this is a strange subject for me, becuase i'm not religious. I believe that we are just here, nature made us like this, and while I dont understand how it did it makes more sense to me that religion. i think since i didnt grow up in a religious family i never grasped the whole idea of god, but i dont understand why God would create us just so we could live for 80 years then go to heaven. i dont want to get into a religious debate because it is a matter of beleifs and argueing would be useless, but thats the way i see it. if i had to say that i had a goal in life, i wouldnt be able to answer right now. i wouldnt want to say that my life goal is to be a pilot/etc becuase that is more of a short tem goal and not for your whole life. i would think of a life goal as being making a difference in the world, but if you think about it, how could one little person make a global difference? i know martin luther king and other people have but i havent found anything that i am passionate enough about to care like they did. i guess once i get a family that will be my life goal, but i dont know what that feels like so i'll have to settle with being a millionaire as my goal i guess. [img]graemlins/rock.gif[/img]

[95fbirdkid]

Originally posted by mike h:
this is a strange subject for me, becuase i'm not religious. I believe that we are just here, nature made us like this, and while I dont understand how it did it makes more sense to me that religion. i think since i didnt grow up in a religious family i never grasped the whole idea of god, but i dont understand why God would create us just so we could live for 80 years then go to heaven. i dont want to get into a religious debate because it is a matter of beleifs and argueing would be useless, but thats the way i see it. if i had to say that i had a goal in life, i wouldnt be able to answer right now. i wouldnt want to say that my life goal is to be a pilot/etc becuase that is more of a short tem goal and not for your whole life. i would think of a life goal as being making a difference in the world, but if you think about it, how could one little person make a global difference? i know martin luther king and other people have but i havent found anything that i am passionate enough about to care like they did. i guess once i get a family that will be my life goal, but i dont know what that feels like so i'll have to settle with being a millionaire as my goal i guess. [img]graemlins/rock.gif[/img]

My goal has nothing to do w/ making a difference, well mabey a little. But in reality cops dont make a whole big difference at all, ask any cop if he does his job to "make a difference" and he will most likely respond, no b/c they realize that whoever they lock up, someone else will take their place. the only real time any officer i've talked to thinks about making a differnece is when children are involved.

[vanbibber]

my goals are:

own 10 F-bodies- im at 2

have my own carperformance shop - still dreamin

get married- september 10th 05'

house and maybe kids

put an end to all ricer related thinking- very long term goal. could be harder than IRAQ!

[sac2165]

Own a ranch, become a cowboy.

[Mogobs30th]

Originally posted by sac2165:
Own a ranch, become a cowboy.

You're close, you have a goat. :D