I knw most of you will say .. its VERY important.. but recent conversations with a friend of mine has made me think about this…
To me its very important to have goals .. realistic or unrealistic doesn’t matter .. as long as we have goals in life we can achieve them and once we have achieved a certain goal, we feel good about ourselves… and aim for something even better
but on the other hand if we have too many worldly goals then this (according to my friend) can mislead us into “khawaboon ki duniya” and we might lose out rather than gaining …
I think having too many worldly/materialistic goals can be rather harmful in the long run than beneficial, simply because someone will work very hard to achieve the status symbols, the fancy luxurious lifestyle and more often than not miss out on more important things, like family, religion, self-respect, etc.
if you're not working towards something you want, why even get up in the morning?
i wanted to open a thread on something like this. what do you folks expect out of life? what are your joys.. what keeps you wanting to keep living the lives you lead?
ravage - I expect life to give me sucess at everything I attempt to do. Many things I take joy in. Oh I never want to keep living the life Im leading now. I want to lead a celebrity life........ at any cost now :D
Verizon - What's behind this complex of doubting that people do not hear you? :D
All I am hearing these days is about earthquakes, accidents, deaths and that's all. No body knows about tomorrow and you're talking about goal of life. Heck I dont even know I am gonna stay alive tomorrow or not so NO I have no goals, goals ain't important for me AT ALL! NOT at all!!
You do need a goal, otherwise your being here seems so worthless...trust me on that one. As long as we know we have a direction in life, we are going somewhere, no matter how much bull**** we face along the way we can push it aside and muddle along. When you have nowhere to go, nothing forthcoming, nothing happening...it really is the nastiest feeling in the world. You feel useless, hopeless and pathetic. Like life is passing you by and you just never lived it.
I used to think everyone should have at least one goal. It shows you're a person of substance. But now, I wonder what does it matter anyway? I mean, in the end you chose to do what you have a good time at. Try to make money to survive, but have fun at it anyway. But how much does any of it really matter. I suppose you could just pick one goal and then just go for it blindly.
Anything to keep your mind off the nothingness, right?
somehow career doesnt motivate me so much tho. its more a means than an end. do you have some specific things in your mind that you wanna do as a lawyer waise?
Life outside the house has always been my motivating factor. Maybe its a case of grass looks greener but it's better to try and hate it than to never try at all.
I was working in personal injury - i'd rather not practise that. Immigration, criminal...something different.
