What dent do you want to make in the universe?
What are you doing to get there?
What is stopping you from doing more?
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I’ll start with my own.
Life Goals (I’ll have to pick one at some point):
- Help fill the void of masculine men in today’s society. I’m not sure what method of going about this I would take, but I would hope for whichever would create the largest impact.
- I think we’re in an atomic firing range and we’re just avoiding large asteroids by luck. I’d like to help develop a system to identify and protect from this as an existential threat.
What am I doing to get there?
- Becoming the exact masculine male figure I want to be. Currently consuming literature related to the topic and implementing changes in my everyday life and marriage to be the best version of this image I can be.
- Completing my degree in computer information systems. Not 100% sure how this will play into it, but someone would theorhetically need a programmer, right? (not doing much on this front tbh).
What’s stopping you?
- Myself/nothing.
- Time restriction and lack of connections to get into this field.
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Good idea for a thread
- Finish undergrad a year early with a 4.0
- Mid 170’s LSAT by the end of this Summer
- Full ride scholarship to law school (or a partial scholarship to somewhere good enough to justify the price)
- Do well enough there to end up with a federal clerkship, or firm job where I can make bank
- All the basic life stuff: getting married, owning property, blah blah blah
- 600 Pound deadlift and ~245 press (strict overhead, that is) within the next few years (currently at 505 and 200, respectively)
Not really much that I think can be done to speed up any of them other than sticking with what I’ve been doing for several years and seeing where I’m at. And not really much of an underlying philosophy beyond putting myself in a position to live well.
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None. I want to live my life and be left alone. No aspirations to improve society and my fellow man. Aren’t I the best? I want to retire in the next 2 years (early 40s still) and help homeschool my kids.
My business is now 16 years old and I am currently marketing it for sale. The sale plus what I already have should set me for early retirement.
The economy and interest rates. Its definitely starting to impact my business. I have always relied on repeat customers and I’m now sourcing new blood to diversify and expand as I expect a contraction with existing customers due to interest rates and inability to get financed for new projects.
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Right now pretty small stuff. Stuff like being friends with the weird guy at the gym, asking a service worker about their day, or helping someone get their car out of the ditch are things I am pretty good at currently.
Long term I’d like to do more volunteer work. Maybe stock shelves at the food shelf. I’d also like to give more time to family. Call my parents more, go visit grandma, that sort of thing.
Doing the former. I suppose I need to actually volunteer somewhere, and set up some more times with family. I don’t neglect them, but I could do more. I do have a dinner planned with my parents and grandma.
There is always time, but I am selfish with it. I like to go to the gym, I like going to band practice once a week. Those things after work usually mean I am home not much sooner than 7 pm on weekdays. Shower and dinner and there just isn’t much time left.
I could and should use my weekends more efficiently.
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Ultimate goal is making it to heaven
what have i done…accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior
what am i doing…asking for forgiveness constantly, donating time and funds to help those in need
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Weird flex but okay.
No thoughts on the legacy you leave behind?
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That will be the legacy i leave behind…if anyone would care about legacies left behind
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I guess I’m not sure how your entry into heaven is a legacy that can be passed down to anyone but yourself, but I’m not religious nor do I want to poo-pooh your goals.
Thanks for sharing
by sharing the WORD with others is how I pass it down
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I don’t want the universe, just to have my little corner of it.
Become a high priest in the Church of Satan.
Do 15 dips and pull-ups with 3 plates.
Publish a cookbook.
Teach my kids how to be good men.
Get a tattoo.
Invest enough to have intrest pay for my lifestyle.
Design backpacking clothes and gear.
Learn Old English.
Plant an orchard.
Develop a site on the Appalachian trail and have space for through hilkers.
Start a spice company.
Do a drag show.
Buy a lighthouse.
Learn to play the harp.
What’s stopping me?
I like to travel, so committing to something can be tough.
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Life goals:
- tenured prof at high ranking uni
- (related) develop a new experiment paradigm or measure that becomes widely used
- deadlift 4x body weight, squat 3x, who cares about bench
- learn Russian
What I’m doing:
- got into grad school and am getting started early with research. One project is going quite well and I’m going to present at a conference in fall
- getting a coach in august when I get back to the states
What’s stopping me:
For the first three, nothing really, I’ve more or less just started. For the fourth, opportunity cost. Russian is hard and kind of useless
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Let me know if you do!!
One of my dreams is to start an intellectual dinner club of sorts. Never hurts to start finding suppliers early 
Goals:
Professionally I’ve already accomplished my goals and look forward to winding down. I’ve been a professor for 21 years now and am now Endowed Full Professor at a top 50 University.
Personally, I still have work to do. I’d like to become a better and better person, father, and husband.
Training-wise, I’d like to continue to get better at Crossfit. This requires strength, conditioning, mobility, technique, and dedication. If I check all those boxes, I’m covered. I’m not so much interested in just barbell numbers or 5k times at this point, and I like the overall fitness and well-being approach.
What am I doing to get there?
-Professionally, I’m keeping my options open. I have transitioned into more administrative (read: higher paying) positions while staying research active. I may not end up ever leaving my current institution, but I want that to be because it’s my choice and not because I don’t get offers.
- Personally, work is the hardest. I am not as consistent with meditation and taking the time to really contemplate and relax. What I’ve found is that it’s really hard to focus and excel professionally and personally. Some can do it, but it’s not easy. I’d like to tilt the balance further toward the personal side.
-Training-wise. I’m continually working on my weaknesses and, most importantly, showing up with the effort consistently. Honestly, at this point in my life training is fun and I’m so glad I’ve put in the work.
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Woah…. Looks like I have a LOT to learn when it comes to spices
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Become closer to God.
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Raise my children to be good, loving, functioning adults.
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Find contentment.
If I’m being honest, I’m not doing enough to ensure any of these. All three go hand in hand. I put the most effort into my kids for sure.
Just like with training I need to specify my goals. For example, volunteer for the diocese, teach my daughter to fish, learn a new language etc.
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Try to stay awake.
Comments like these make me wish there was a downvote.
Sounds like cancel culture to me.
No defining life goals or big aspirations to be remembered 1000 years from now. I’ve never really given a fuck what others think and don’t plan to start.
I have smaller goals of living a comfortable life in general. Financial security, chasing wjatever seems worth pursuing for fun on top of that.
My plan is to continue my current financial path and i don’t know what my next hobby will be but for now lifting, competitive shooting, boating, hunting/fishing, a little martial arts, motorcycle riding and giving my 4 year old whatever she wants are enough.
As far as legacy goes, I’ll leave an estate for the little one. She won’t be a Gates but will likely have a choice of working or not. She can keep and run the business I’ve built or sell it for all I care. I’ll be dead.
Just pulling what I want for myself and a few loved ones out of my bucket of time.
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