Goals, everyone tells you they’re important. They keep you focused on what you really want to do in life and lead you to your dreams. Without a doubt, goals and success are important to everyone, however, we also have those random and, sometimes a bit crazy, things we want to do during our lifetime. For some of them, we have a reason we want to do them, and for the others, we don’t. These additional things on our “to-do” list are often called our “bucket list:” our plans before we “kick the bucket.” My personal list includes some big plans such as ziplining through a rainforest or canyon, traveling to Africa, and living somewhere very different from where I've grown up. My bucket list promises excitement and incentive as I look towards my future.
For example, some people want to skydive, others want to scuba dive, however, the “adrenaline item” on my list is ziplining through something amazing like a rich rainforest or magnificent canyon. I can’t imagine what it would look like during an experience like that. Magical things like these are breathtaking to me, and I feel extraordinarily lucky when I’m able to travel and see them. Sometimes you only get opportunities like these once in a lifetime. If I were to pass up a chance like this, I know I would one hundred percent regret it. I want to make my life edgy, exhilarating, and memorable when I am unable to do such things anymore.
Almost as frequently as we are asked, “what do you want to be when you grow up?” we are asked, “if you could travel anywhere, where would you go?” Our answers vary as we grow up from Disney to China to somewhere we just saw on TV last night. There are many places I would love to go for a vacation, but I want to ensure that I make it to Africa. The extrem...
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...ind comfort. I might find a branch off my life path that may lead me somewhere different and better than where I had thought I was traveling. If you don’t explore, you’ll never know what you’re missing.
In short, we only have one life to live, and while we think we know where we are going and what we’ll be doing in 10 years, we can never be certain. Life throws us curveballs, change-ups, and fastballs that we never see coming. But there are just some things that we want to make certain we do before we “kick the bucket.” My must-do’s include an intense ziplining experience through an amazing place like a rainforest or deep canyon, a trip to an African village, and living in a place different from what I’ve known all my life. Each item on my ever-expanding list is important for me to accomplish for different reasons. We’ve only got one shot, so make your story unique.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon. (Krakauer 57)” McCandless felt the trip was necessary to fill a void in him. He became so infatuated with adventure that he encouraged others to venture out and explore the world. Unfortunately for McCandless he was very stubborn.
...t you want to do”. To me, my dreams of “Where I am Going” motivates me as I make different choices in life. These are things I desire as goals for myself
A smart man once said "It is not about the destination but about the journey itself". Life it a never-ending
People often say “If I had my life to live over again. I would not be where I am at right now. I would use my experience that I have gotten to really better my life.” this story can make people think about having another shot and if they did have another shot at life how they would do everything d...
embracing where you have been and where you are going and taking life as the Rio
When telling their story, the narrators clearly express their aspirations of living an adventurous life. They both view international travel as a vessel for self-discovery and meaningful memories. For example, in Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa, David Sedaris expresses his desires for life-long memories and international travel when he writes, “They weren’t rich, but what Hugh and his family lacked financially they more than made up for with the sort of exoticism that works wonders at cocktail parties, leading always to the remark, ‘that sounds fascinating’.” According to this passage, Sedaris seems to believe that money is less important than experiences and memories themselves. One is able to infer that he yearns for a life that is filled with adventures. He wants to have the ability to tell interesti...
I desperately attempted to free myself from the relentless grasp of boredom. I looked out the window, but like the thousand times before, I saw nothing but farmland hugging the earth for miles. I was visiting my dad's home country, the Dominican Republic, for the first time in my life. The night before I couldn’t sleep. Every time I closed my eyes the thoughts of all the enjoyable activities I would be doing flooded my mind. I couldn’t wait to go out to sea on my Uncle's small fishing boat, swimming in the crystal clear waters surrounding Punta Cana, and kayaking to a small nearby island with my parents. But first, I would have to experience a 3 hour long drive to go to the quinceanera of a cousin that I had never even met.
“ What are my plans for the future?”. This question is often popping up in my mind and frequently asked by my elders. As my Junior year in high school is starting to fade away and my senior year is soon to come, this question never seem to dim away. I’ve asked myself this and I have come up two ideal plans such as joining the military, volunteering for a program to go abroad to help the less fortunate, traveling and seeing the world and finding the one to live the rest of my life with. I think planning is like an architect designer they take time to bring his image from his mind on to the paper, after they are done it is carefully built to perfection. I understand that these plans could possibly change, but without a plan, I can't start my voyage.
Sivi and I have spent a lot of time talking with, and taking care of Senior Citizens on a volunteer basis. Through many conversations, we discovered that one of the major regrets that people have, as the near the end, is that they didn't experience everything that they wanted to when they were younger. The major reason for this was fear. Fear that they would fail or fear that they might be injured. Sivi and I had decided years ago that we would never allow fear to prevent us from trying something new. Now, in our middle and late forties, we had decided to voluntarily jump out of a perfectly good airplane just for the experience of doing so.
Imagining how life will be after you 've reached your goal is a great motivator to keep you moving forward.
Setting goals is the most important thing you can do in your life. Without goal's you are going to have no direction, no ambition to be successful, no drive to stay in school, and trouble finding a career that will provide for you. Without these three things, achieving your goals is going to be one of the toughest tasks in the years to come.
“You are Peruvian. This is your culture. Why have you never been?” They’re talking about Machu Picchu. It’s never been that simple. My response always tended to be “I have all the time in the world! I will go eventually!” In reality, that’s not what I was thinking in my head. Even as a young teenager, I knew that life was short and I needed to take advantage of every opportunity presented to me so that I could enjoy life. It wasn’t until I was seventeen that I decided I will begin saving money and pay for my own ticket to go on a once in a lifetime experience, and in the end, it turned out to be one of the most amazing experiences of my life.
No one should feel they did not take the high road in order to enable them to fulfill that one great adventure. Life is full of ups and downs; it could be described as a huge pot of gold with a few dingy stones mixed together. The dingy stones are the few misfortunes one may come across; the gold is what everyone wants, and hopefully attains. To achieve anything, one must take risks and not ask questions regarding tomorrow.
And so we find ourselves ready and eager to move on. We take with us the strength and knowledge we've gained through our interactions, encounters, challenges and accomplishments at school and at home with parents, teachers and friends. Remember life is not a race but a journey to be enjoyed each step of the way. I leave you with these words from the mountain climber John Amatt: "Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the sides of a mountain.
My explanation of life goals are about high school goals, college goals, career goals, and personal goals. I’m going to explain about what I want to do and achieve in high school, and college. Then I will tell u about what type of career I want when I grow up and my personal life. For starters I would like to graduate from high school and from college. Then I want to grow up and get a career is something that I really like. Then my personal life I think I would like to have kids someday.