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Goals -- Daily, Weekly, Lifelong
It seems like I have the hardest time keeping up with things at times. I have a pile of manga and comics to go through, a long queue of anime, and a shelf of video games. That doesn't even count the more "vital" aspects of life -- fixing our roof, improving the house, keeping up a rigorous cleaning schedule. Doesn't it seem like time flies away faster than you can appreciate it?
What kind of goals do you guys have? I sat in bed last night scribbling a simple action plan for things I wanted to do this week -- plan out at least one drawing piece to work on, flesh out a new novel concept... Find clothes that aren't scrubs or nerd T-shirts for my job interview on Wednesday.
Further on, what are things you want to do? Do you guys put a lot of thought into it? I keep telling myself I will study Japanese but I barely push my nose into that book while juggling my graduate studies as well.
What kind of goals do you guys have? I sat in bed last night scribbling a simple action plan for things I wanted to do this week -- plan out at least one drawing piece to work on, flesh out a new novel concept... Find clothes that aren't scrubs or nerd T-shirts for my job interview on Wednesday.
Further on, what are things you want to do? Do you guys put a lot of thought into it? I keep telling myself I will study Japanese but I barely push my nose into that book while juggling my graduate studies as well.
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1.) Learn to speak Korean instead of settling for reading and writing Hangul.
2.) Start a podcast and keep it going.
3.) Start that Pokémon project I've been planning for years.
4.) Write a short story.
As far as short-term goals go, I really only want to get more sleep at this point in my life.
And yes, I do put a lot of thought into these goals. There are times when I'll wake up in the middle of the night consumed by the thought of accomplishing the above and more. But the more I get involved in my job, the less time it seems that I have for anything else. I hope that when I get more into the swing of things at work, I'll have more time to devote to these specific projects.
Medium term goals: work on and release some apps, get better at keeping a regular schedule when working from home, make some arma 3 missions.
Long term goals: excercise more, ride my bike instead of taking the subway, get more clients and save some money.
Weekly: go to PAX
Lifelong: Kick ass, take names, be a bad enough dude to save the president.
I'm trying to keep myself away from specific lifelong goals, but I do know that I want to go on tour with a band, whether I'm performing or managing or cooking or whatever at least once in my life.
I'd like to become capable of scuba diving relatively independently maybe this summer. If this isn't the long winter.
I'd like to visit australia in the next few months.
I'd like a family, and to have kids.
I'd like to live in a nice house in a decent part of a city. Maybe here in England, in the south somewhere.
Long term: Get rich. When I say "rich" I mean being able to afford food and rent.
Ahhh, PAX. That should be on my goal list as well.
Mid Term: Finish campaign, save money, buy car, more work on indie-RPG.
Long Term: Better job/career, relationships, move elsewhere, write more, improve health/fitness, develop skills, test hypothesis of various sorts, build a house, tower, keep, castle, flying island fortress, flying Continent, and control the world.
Mid term: Write a couple short stories, record second album with band, save up money for UK trip next spring, move into bigger apartment, get rid of remaining credit card debt.
Long term: Be wealthy enough that I only have to work when I want to, on things that I want to work on, and travel as much as I please.
Mid Term: Graduate and find way to earn money once I've graduated. Write novel, finish certain games, catch up with friends. Save money for Austin conventions/house/food in July.
Long Term: Go to Greece, meet incredible girlfriend. Hopefully, establish an already beautiful relationship into something eternal. Get comfortable, sustaining job. Move to big, comfortable city. (New York or Austin are two biggest competitors!)
Medium term: Complete the MS I'm working on. Consider doing another one after it, so long as I'm still working at a university with tuition remission.
Long term: Retire someplace warm, OR retire someplace where I can raise alpaca (these may be mutually exclusive . . . I need to learn more about alpaca farming) OR retire to Paris, where I could live happily even without alpacas.
Next Three Months: Get the Festool equipment I want and set up a shop in my apartment. Build all my furniture. Sell five rolls of photos and at least three pieces of furniture. Make enough money to pay my own rent and cell bill, and push the rest into investments. Figure out what I want to study for my PhD. Find a groovy girl and hang out with her on the regular.
After That: Start a woodshop. Go back to school for my PhD. Start a small biotech thinktank and teach. Invest more. Have fun with the people around me. Live frugally and shove every spare penny into savings to build the house I want.
Way Later: Build the house. Build a houseboat. Make some little people with a groovy girl.
General Goals: Die filled with passion and love and Pop Tarts. Do what makes me (and mine) happy everyday. Always be learning a new skill, and teach them to other people. Never stop moving and growing.
Long-term goals are a little too big and complex for me to wholly articulate here, but my short and medium goals all contribute to them.
Space.
but thanks for trying!
Long term goals? Living in a new city and having a career as a designer.
Medium term; Go on my year long jaunt with my girlfriend and chums. Design and build my floor to ceiling book case and wardrobe for Kriz. Also get some welding in, so I can renact scrap heap challenge in my garden. Finish my first book so I can at least take it off the bucket list.
Long term; Become a qualified carpenter and leather worker, maybe open my own company. Go back and get my MA and PHD on experimental archeology. Essentially recreate Edoras.