A Lofty Goal...

[Trivun]

Okay, I know there's another thread like this, i.e. the 'Bucket List' thread, but I reckon this is significantly different, as I'm not asking what people want to do in their lifetimes, but rather simply what they want to do in the near future. A bit of context for you - earlier in this academic year, being in my final year of university, I realised that I'd kind of wasted my time at uni and wanted to make up for it. I decided to write a list of things I wanted to achieve during this final year, but never got around to writing the list and so never really bothered doing any of these things, save for one. So again, year's been wasted. But now I have the drive to actually write my list, and post it here for all to see. The things I want to do before the end of 2011 are as follows:

- Cycle in the Yorkshire Dales
- Eat sushi
- Learn Japanese
- Get a girlfriend
- Learn drums
- Learn guitar
- Make my 'chess game' short film
- Go to a music festival
- Go to more local gigs

So far I've managed to achieve exactly one of those, the last one (I've been to plenty of gigs recently including the semi-famous Live At Leeds weekend). I'll also be going to a festival, specifically the V Festival, paid for by my parents as a 21st birthday gift, including weekend camping. I'm in the middle of learning Japanese but that's been put on hold for now during exams, and I have about two more weeks to get around to cycling in the Dales before I leave this city and head back home. And my short film is still just an idea in my head, yet to be written as a screenplay .

But that's just my list, and I'll probably add to it over time as I complete different objectives. So what about you guys? This isn't a 'bucket list', but what are your goals to do in the near future?

 

[Ambi]

- Either get a job, enroll in some kind of course, start a business, or do something meaningful with myself
- Fill out and send a sponsor child form
- Send off my vote enrollment form which I should've done last year
- Experiment with sewing
- Draw/paint/create something that actually looks finished
- Finish tidying my room
- Cut my hair
- Get my friend a long overdue birthday present so I can see her again without feeling bad
- See my other friends again
- Meet some interesting people
- Run more/generally be more active (I should probably have a more specific goal but idk)
- Get my licence
- Build a raft out of empty bottles and float around canals with it <_<
- Try out various recipes and experiment with making one of those relatively healthy vegan "cheese" cakes
- Write down all my thought processes that led me to become agnostic
- Sort out my messy little notes
- Improve guitar skills by learning a whole song
- Be able to say I've read at least two thirds of the books in my collection
- Go see a band I really like
- Convince myself to really want to finish things, because I know I'll feel better if I complete things, but there's still a part of me that makes me hesitate or be apathetic or put things off just another day

I don't want to be like the type of person Praise Chorus by Jimmy Eat World is about at the start. I kind of always felt like I was/would be in a way but it's silly because I'm only 18 and I should really do some more things so I won't look back and think of how easy it should've been like with school.

Spoiler

Are you gonna live your life wonderin' standing in the back lookin' around?
Are you gonna waste your time thinkin' how you've grown up or how you missed out?
Things are never gonna be the way you want.
Where's it gonna get you acting serious?
Things are never gonna be quite what you want.
Or even at 25, you gotta start sometime.
I'm on my feet, I'm on the floor, I'm good to go.
Now all I need is just to hear a song I know.
I wanna always feel like part of this was mine.
I wanna fall in love tonight.
Are you gonna live your life standing in the back looking around?
Are you gonna waste your time?
Gotta make a move or you'll miss out.
Someone's gonna ask you what it's all about.
Stick around nostalgia won't let you down.
Someone's gonna ask you what it's all about.
Whatcha gonna have to say for yourself?
I'm on my feet, I'm on the floor, I'm good to go.
Now all I need is just to hear a song I know.
I wanna always feel like part of this was mine.
I wanna fall in love tonight.
Crimson and clover, over and over.
Crimson and clover, over and over.
Our house in the middle of the street, why did we ever meet?
Started my rock 'n roll fantasy.
Don't don't, don't let's start, why did we ever part?
Kick start my rock 'n rollen heart.
I'm on my feet, I'm on the floor, I'm good to go.
So come on Davey, sing me somethin' that I know.
I wanna always feel like part of this was mine.
I wanna fall in love tonight.
Here tonight.
I wanna always feel like part of this was mine
I wanna fall in love tonight.

 

[aba1]

Ohhh i most certainly have goals

- Make front page on newgrounds
- Make a milk commecial that has aired on tv
- Write my own comic and have it published
- Do art that is featured on a magic the gathering card
- learn to do a backflip and participate in some sorta of freerunning experiance (I can already do a front flip handsprings and walk on my hands so im on my way there)
- Win a magic the gathering tornament (always felt sorta looked down at inteligence wise so it be nice to prove myself in a game of stradagy)

 

[endnuen]

Run 5 km in 20 minutes. Done by the end of summer.
Get laid. As much as possible.
Going on a trip with my brothers. Right now Prague is up for plundering..

 

[similar.squirrel]

-Get an MSc. or a PhD.
-Sky-dive.
-Discover a new species.
-Scuba-dive.
-Play a concert.
-Participate in a threesome.
-Visit Iceland.
-Visit a desert and a rainforest.
-Achieve a proper six-pack and Chris Redfield arms.
-Fire a gun.
-Work with abandoned cats.
-Be the best man at a friend's wedding.
-Witness a whirlpool, a tornado and a volcanic eruption.
-Use an electron microscope.
-Knock out an anti-Semite with a well-aimed punch.
-Conquer my fear of heights.
-Fold Harbin's Bat.

I'm 20, and I haven't even started working on my BSc. yet. This is really depressing.

 

[SilentCom]

Graduate from college.
Find a job.

Pretty simple I know.