Monday, April 28, 2008
Frank's goal
Well, my main goal in life is to graduate from Columbia ASAP and make an enjoyable living as a journalist. I would actually like to become a copy editor where I can put the best of my skills to use (of course this skill hasn't seen as much practice as of late, and could use a bit of sharpening). Now the interesting thing is that a "side mission" has manifested itself. Journalists tend to make crap money for doing so much work. So to compensate, I plan to seduce a sugar momma and then dig my claws into her and NEVER let go. Oh yeah, and the second she pops out a few of my kids, she's stuck with me. Hey, it's my life goal, you can't judge me! But back to a more serious topic, I'd like to discuss the origins of my "journalist" goal. It wasn't something I always dreamed of doing. Hell, I never dreamed about it all and didn't even consider it a career option until this past Fall. I was originally training to be a history teacher before I realized that I hated teenagers and was making an awful mistake. After that it came down to "what can I spend the rest of my life doing and enjoy doing it" and also a bit of "what else am I good at" I decided being a journalist sounded like a pretty damn good idea. So the point there is that your life goal doesn't have to be something you've wanted to do all your life. You can make a goal nearly on whim and still find a lot of enjoyment out of life. Oh yeah, and a final little note. Want to know why my original "dream goal from childhood" was NOT an option? I wanted to be a marine biologist. As a kid I read every book on marine life I could get my hands on. Well, as I aged and my mind developed, it turned out I was aquaphobic (fear of water, in my case it was open water). So there you go. If I would have followed my dream goal, I would be a specialist that could never actually enter his field of study without becoming a nervous wreck.
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So, in your case, your goals- or rather the ever-changing version of them- is in fact informed by "reality"?
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