What are your goals in life?

I don't like "goals" and such because I always manage to disappoint myself. I know therapists and optimists would certainly not agree with this way of thinking but I can't help it; I find I don't hit as many depressive episodes when I'm not always disappointing myself.

I used to have goals, as a kid -- having a grand/passionate romance was the biggest one, which of course never happened. Graduating from college was another one, which actually did happen but doesn't seem to have affected my life at all because I still can't find a decent job.

Now my only real goal is to keep going, keep living, and to really, keenly enjoy what joys and pleasures I can while I'm alive. I bet your therapist would hate that

I have dreams, dreams of returning to Vancouver Island, of hiking and kayaking and living the outdoor life but my goals of course aren't the same.

I want to manage my anxiety. Be functional again. Be able to once again work and support myself. I want to rid myself of the constant fear of being penniless and thrown to the street. My goal is for security

Get enough money saved up to bring my horse here to my farm....she is 2100 miles away & has been for the last 8 years after I left my H.

Also saving money to get the fencing up around my farm & to fix it up inside so that it's comfortable living though I would like a tornado to come & blow the house away so I could rebuild a nice tiny cabin just the right size for me & my animals.

Oh yes, money enough to finally get the divorce finished up. He's not interested in getting a divorce & had no money to do it anyway so I'm the one that has always had to do everything....but it would make me financially safe from his stupid financial irresponsibility.

Prioritizing my goals has been difficult....but when I get my horse here it will help loads financially.

As for other goals, I just live my life from day to day & there are so many things I'm involved in that never took goals to get there so not about to have goals at this point....I just do what's needed when it comes up in my life. I am open for anything that happens & available to do whatever is needed.....I enjoy living with that freedom.

Growing up my goal was always to be nothing like my parents...I can say I have successfully done that over my almost 63 years of living. My parents are no longer alive....my mom died in 2005 from cancer & my dad died years before that from heart failure & then the goal to finally be able to leave my husband came & that was fulfilled at the time my mother died. I was able to sell the house I inherited that I had grown up in & I LEFT & moved 2100 miles away to a place where I didn't know anyone. I had no goals at that time other than surviving the best & could alone.....God has taken wonderful care of me & put the most wonderful people in my life....far beyond anything I could have expected or hoped for.......so I thankfully take what is provided to me & enjoy it because life is so much better now without any real planning or doing of my own other than leaving.....that taught me to just be open to whatever comes into your life & pick & choose what is good & discard what isn't & go with it.....it doesn't take goals to get to places like this all the time.

I also had the goal to graduate with my degree & have a good career. I got the BS degree in Accounting information Systems & Computer Science after getting an AA in music....& had a computer engineering career for 15 years before aerospace collapsed in California. General goals are great, but specific ones can't always be achieved & I don't want to set goals that are unrealistic & always need changing to be realistic.....so going with the flow suits me best.

Update:

1. Five pounds down, 45 to go.
2. Daikaiju is done and my son is reading it now. I've started on the direct sequel Advent Ghidorah.

Well yesterday I set a goal with my therapist. A year from now I wish to be settled into a job - even a part-time one. To that end, we have set a more immediate goal of finding a vounteer position before the next 3 months are out. My homework this week is to list off the things I feel I am able (not want, but capable) to do.

I have quite a bit of goals and dreams. I'm one of those old school dudes who wants that house with the swing and white picket fence. I have two young daughters that I'm trying to show how important it is to give back and not just receive. You learn that more with age.

Im working hard while I'm still young so I can build a future for my children and unborn grandchildren. I was beyond excited for my kids arrivals so to see my kids have kids will be incredible. I want to take old age gracefully.