Got Goals?

Listening to: 20 Good Reasons – Thirsty Merc

Was tagged by Gan to list my top ten goals and to dare to be as wild as possible as part of the Gotta Get Goals Project. Go here for the official rules and aims of this tag.

Be warned; as I don’t have even one wild bone in my body (yes get your eyes checked if you think you saw one); this is going to be as Practical Mary as Practical Mary gets.

So here goes;

1. Spirituality – To never lose my faith in God. Even when it seems as though there is nothing and nobody left to live for.

2. Academia – To have a PhD hopefully related to cancer research. Plus, a ‘doctor’ attached to the front of my name has a really nice ring to it I also hope to be lecturing in an accredited university by this time and heavily involved in the social aspects of cancer awareness.

3. Financial Independence – To be financially stable enough to start a huge retirement fund for my parents so that they will never have to work again and to repay them for all those years of supporting me in my education. I also want to be able to contribute to charity especially those dedicated to funding medical research.

4. Kin – I hope to be both geographically and emotionally close to my parents and family and to maintain a crucial network of love, care and support. I want my brother and I to remain close through the ups and downs of life and to be a part of each other’s lives for as long as we are both alive, for blood is thicker than water and I will always be his big sister and one day, I will be able to break the Masterlock without biting or spitting.

5. Family – To be married by the time I’m 27/28 and to have have three kids by 35. I want to sniff maternally as I sing my babies to sleep and tear my hair out when they’re awake and watch them get older and have children of their own. I want us to be happy, healthy, wholesome and blessed – and the occasional fairy tale glamour couldn’t hurt

6. Church – To be involved in youth ministries in church, working with young people and bringing the peace and light of Christ to so many who need him in those years of tumultous confusion.

7. Personal Development – I hope never to be so carried away by the more superficial, less crucial things in life that I forget to breathe and live life as it comes – I never want to feel that I’m too mature to wish that I lived in Springfield or hesitate to point out that Superman wears his underwear on the outside. I want to live a life of love and peace and happiness and hopefully radiate that to others around me.

8. Health – To practice a more healthy lifestyle by regular exercise, continuing on with yoga and maybe starting pilates, to faithfully eat my 2 fruits and 5 veggies/day and to get to my goal weight and maintain it. With the occasional treat

9. Dabble – I want to be able to dabble in a little bit of literature, music, writing, linguistics, art appreciation, media, public speaking and psychology throughout my life in order to satisfy my thirst and curiosity for these various areas – whether I will be good at them or not!

10. Travel – I want to backpack through Europe with a few friends and do the whole Paris, Italy, Amsterdam and Venice gig. I want to take photos at every little building, get sworn at in foreign languages, gawk at strippers and have dinner in floating restaurants. Extrapolating from this, a vacation to somewhere new every year would be awesome.

That’s it – that took awhile actually although you may have skimmed through that while yawning through a cup of coffee and painting your nails. I almost wrote down “I want to own at least ten pairs of Manolos” when I realised that wasn’t really a goal, that was just me being a brand whore.

I also stuck to the things that I knew would make me most happy to have done and to own. I figured at the end of the day being a roadie for Aerosmith would have been a really wicked experience but teaching my baby daughter to sing Cuppy Cake would definitely make me happier.

Plus I’m a softie. So shoot me; I’m happy

Let me spread the joy by doing this:

I tag Mimi, Bridget, SD, Kel, Caz & Priscilla. Again I’m sorry! but it’s fun and it makes you think and really – it’s not compulsory and not because I think you don’t have lives (re: Carolyn hehe)

Enjoy. Meanwhile my short term goal is to catch Desperate Housewives on time!

Adios.