What is your aim in life?
I've not really ever had a serious one. Content to bimble along the path of least resistance.

For a long time now though, my aim has been to have a Porsche by the time I'm 30. My sights have gradually lowered until will I accept practically any model and age of 911.

What is your goal, how near completion are you, or how did you royally fuck it up?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:36, 65 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

My goal
is to get my charity up and running, and help people.

It's only over the past six months I've given myself the option to do this.

Right now, I'm at the start, and putting the web site together now with renewed motivation thanks to some enthusiasm from my physiotherapist, who's HOT and gives great foot manipulation.

I like Maltesers, too.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:38, Reply)

Perhaps of use?
www.envirocharities.com/
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:41, Reply)

Ooh, interesting.
Grassyarse.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:59, Reply)

My aim
is to be debt free by the time I am 25.(not counting student loans)

This looks masively unlikely to happen. Unless I win the lottery.

My car aim is to own a DB9. This looks less likely to happen. Unless I win the lottery.
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:41, Reply)

Or I do...

( thealternativefact, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:51, Reply)

I could hire your services
to aid you in your goal.

You good at anything? other than drinking copious amounts of cider
( djtrialprice, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:54, Reply)

DB9 was good, don't get me wrong, the last season was epic, but I'll always have a soft spot for voyager.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:55, Reply)

Heheh
I just wet my pants.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:00, Reply)

I have a few goals and aims in life.
Like getting my flat cleaned and sorted today, and having a chinese for supper.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:42, Reply)

WHAT?

( thealternativefact, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:51, Reply)

Oh yes !
This is like waking up in a haze and finding an unexpected tenner in your wallet !

Were ON tonight !
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:54, Reply)

WHAT ARE WE DOING?

( thealternativefact, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:55, Reply)

*Kenan & Kale 'Orange Soda' voice*
Who loves Mojitos and Thai food?
GONZ LOVES MOJITOS AND THAI FOOD.

What time?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:56, Reply)

I really fancy some sweet'n'sour.
That would really make my life complete at the moment.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:52, Reply)

My aim is to get qualified within two years
This means I have to find a job soon, or they'll kick me off the course.

I also want to travel more and if I'm RCVS qualified, I can work anywhere in the world as places always want British trained nurses as we're the best.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:43, Reply)

Huf Haus!
I want to buy some land in a pretty country and build a HufHaus completely to my own specification with things like a walk in shower room, a roof terrace, a waterfall feature in the garden and a dancers pole in the middle of the dining room so I can recommence my acrobatics. T'other half wants a bar in the living room as well.

I am nowhere near completion as it costs a mazillion pounds. Am waiting for t'other half to become a freelance IT consultant and earn said mazillions.

I'd also quite like to be a dragon (I mean the business mogul kind, not the fire breathing Sir George fighting kind....actually scrap that, make it both).
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:43, Reply)

it would make the show more interesting
if one of them was a dragon.

Deborah: I'm out
Theo: I'm out
Dragon: RRRAAAWWWRRR *belch fire* *devour Duncan Bannatine*
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:45, Reply)

that made me laugh a little bit
and the other secretaries now know that I'm not working very hard. Damn you!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:48, Reply)

This
without the secretaries.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:02, Reply)

I'll be a dragon with you and we can slay business opponents
and make toasted marshmallows. I'll bring the chocolate
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:45, Reply)

that is more or less
exactly what I would do with firebreathing powers. That and cheese on toast.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:50, Reply)

Two sets of stairs going to the same floors in the same residance.
/ac

now THAT is how you know you've made it big.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:48, Reply)

I wanted to have two on either side of the room like in Clueless
or like in Ronaldhino's Barbados mansion. Then I could have all the bitches n hoes too.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:51, Reply)

It really adds something to a game of Manhunt.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:53, Reply)

Meet the Queen of bimbling.
Still have no ambitions apart from trying to stay happy.

A regular shag now and then wouldn't go amiss either.
( girlinthehole, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:44, Reply)

that's pretty much how I operate
it's working so far.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:46, Reply)

I don't think I'll ever play
football for St Johnstone or Scotland. Neither will I ever be a professional musician.

Maybe one day I'll have my own software company but, meh, that's also a far away lofty goal.
( djtrialprice, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:44, Reply)

oooh
There is one goal I've had since I hit 20. I wanted to write and record an album. I did that one! Took me 2 years of my spare time but I finished it before it finished me.
( djtrialprice, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:47, Reply)

playing in a band has been one of my supplementary aims
I'm pretty pleased with the one I've got at the moment, we're being very creative, and my drummer and I have managed to surreptiously steer it in a prog rock direction :-D
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:53, Reply)

For the last 5 years
my aim has been to have my current boss's job by the time I'm 30.

At the time, I was 3 levels below him in the hierarchy. Now I'm immediately beneath him. If it looks like I'll take longer than the next 3 years to get there, he'd better start getting suspicious about the coffees that I'll start making for him.

EDIT: I did have an ambition when I was about 10 to be a F1 driver. Lack of any sort of parental funds put pay to that one, and the fact that I can't even fit in the F1 car in our reception area.
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:47, Reply)

I had the F1 ambition too
I also lacked the parental fundage but I could fit in the car so I guess I can say I'd be a better F1 driver than you :p
( Captain V, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:53, Reply)

Complete lack of ambition
I just want to survive and be happy day to day... I don't have many goals after that. I'm easily pleased.

I would like to build my own house at some point though. Something with a tower.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:47, Reply)

similar to what BGB and vipros said above
Yeah, I'm with you on that.
( djtrialprice, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:50, Reply)

that's a good point
I fully intend to build my own house at some point.

I'm a civil engineer, my other half is a structural engineer, my brother and his wife are architects. should be able to manage something.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:51, Reply)

I'm doing a degree
in interior design, so can I play too please?
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:52, Reply)

hmmm, possibly
I have some pretty strong ideas, and my bro gets involved with detailing all the interiors of the places he designs too. He's currently working on a £50 million mock-tudor mansion for some rich bastard.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:53, Reply)

Sounds great
Should be able to do it on the cheap if you do it all yourself.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:57, Reply)

well, it's more than likely going to be steel-framed
so doubt I could manage that all by myself ;-)

but we know how to keep costs down!
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:58, Reply)

A few goals
- Become a professional musician - Done. I signed up to a record label last December and have released three albums through them and have got a fourth in the pipeline.

- Get married - Not done. Very single at the moment, so not likely to happen.

- Have a house and kids and all that family stuff - Not done. Very single, and also at university, so a bit limited on the funds and stuff.

- Get a proper casserole dish - Not done. I've wanted this for the last three years and I've not gotten around to it.

I think I need new aims and goals in life. Preferably vaguely attainable ones at this point in time.
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:50, Reply)

Casserole dish
go and have a look somewhere like Makro if you can. I've got a lot of really good cookware from there pretty fucking cheap.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:51, Reply)

I keep meaning to
I just never get round to it. And my parents thought I was taking the piss when I asked for one a few Christmas's ago.
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:56, Reply)

Le Creuset
The end.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:09, Reply)

We were given a set of Le Creuset dishes
for Christmas because my other half thinks he's Marco Pierre White. I've been informed several times how expensive they are so now I'm afraid to even open the cupboards around the one that they're stored in.

They do clean like a dream though, even my appallingly cooked and soldered-on cheese-based concoctions.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:18, Reply)

Le Crouset
These beasts are basically indestructable, dropped onto a normal floor.

You are more likely to be damaged by one falling on your head, than it being damaged.

Instead of cleaning mine, I just heat it up until it smokes. Sterilised, job done. I'll wash it when I can be arsed.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 12:32, Reply)

Never really thought about it until the last year or so...
Clear all debts: Pending - taken out a loan which will see me almost completely debt free by 25.

Travel: Incomplete - I'd love to travel around France playing covers in bars in exchange for food/beer/bed.

Become a better person: Permanently pending?

Fall in love - ;)
(TheColonel, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:52, Reply)

I'd love
to paint for a living. I think I'd be quite content doing the artist thing and selling oil paintings, at least all the art a-levels wouldn't have been in vain!?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Thu 4 Jun 2009, 10:59, Reply)

To meet my son is Oz
This will happen one day, dunno when though but it will I hope
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:01, Reply)

I've thought about this quite a lot
Aims:

1) Earn my living by trading in the foreign exchange markets
2) Complete a computer science degree
3) Decide whether or not to move to a different country. Currently my feeling is yes but I'm not not sure which at the moment.
4) Occupy myself mostly by writing open source software and skiing

Progress:
1) Getting there. Aiming to put my money on the table for the first time in January. I was hoping to trade 4 currency pairs from the start but it's looking like I'll start with 1 and add others gradually.
2) Waiting to see how 1) turns out before I do anything about this. Currently teaching myself things in my own time. Mainly python, linux and postgresql at the moment as they're all very useful for 1).
3) This is somewhat dependant on 1) and 2). Vancouver is in my mind at the moment but I need to do a lot more research once moving becomes viable.
4) I already ski a lot but that's about it for this one.
( Captain V, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:03, Reply)

Bear
in mind that while your learning of programming languages / OS may be good for helping you with your trading, it's unlikely to be incredibly useful in a Computer Science degree.

A Computer Science degree will involve a bit of coding, but not that much. A decent one will mostly cover the science, theory and logic behind computing, such as that practiced by Turing, Dijkstra, Hoare etc. Learning a bit of coding won't harm though.
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:13, Reply)

Bear in mind?
AAARRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!
RaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrRARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
*head explodes*
( Cawl, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:28, Reply)

I see
you've encountered the MINDBEARS too.

Vicious bastards they are.
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:29, Reply)

Yes indeed.
Your sig...
Have you been reading my profile again?
( Cawl, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:31, Reply)

Nope
*reads*

Haha I see what you mean now. No - it's based on a comment someone made about me a few weeks ago. I'm not even sure I can remember the context now,
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:42, Reply)

Aye
I just put em down as it's something I'm doing to extend my knowledge of computing.

:edit: I presume you did a compsci degree ducky? Any advice on what I should particularly look for or avoid? All I have in my head at the moment is "do it at a good university" =/
( Captain V, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:49, Reply)

I
did indeed do a CompSci degree.

You won't go far wrong with the general mantra of 'do it at a good university', but the course you choose should mainly be governed by what you want to do with it afterwards.

I already knew what I wanted to do after I graduated, so I chose a degree at a good university that would allow me to specialise in real time computing and embedded system design in my final year. I wouldn't worry too much about which programming languages they use, because proficiency in any mainstream OO language will make it very easy to pick up others.

Don't bother with degrees where there are modules in systems management etc., although these seem to be mainly the lower-tier universities. Also, don't be enticed with modules in things like graphics, game design etc., unless these are areas you really want to move into. They've got little academic weight, and don't leave much scope for MScs/PhDs etc.

A decent degree will be mainly comprised of computer science theory, backed up with a strong mathematical component. Many of the better courses specify a decent grade at A-level maths, and this is often a good indicator of the course quality.
( rubberduck should only be used after consulting with your GP, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 12:05, Reply)

Nothing specific
But I'd like to get to the end, look back, and giggle.
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:05, Reply)

I like that
:-D
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:08, Reply)

ta
I hope you get your Porsche soon :)
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:11, Reply)

I want to be made redundant.
Before the bastards change the rules.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:14, Reply)

A few small things.
If you asked me when I was 17 it would have been "I want to be in a famous(!) band by the time I'm 25".

Well now that I'm 24 my priorities have changed somewhat. The band dream still lives on, although I'm not bothered about fame anymore. We have faith that we can make some decent music, it's just getting the time and money to actually get together an album. Finishing that would be incredible.

I am determined to leave my current job for the city though. It is easier said than done, especially lining up an interview in a place 5 hours away. Also I fear my current employer will find out that I've been putting out C.V.s and will bust my ass.

If the band thing totally falls on its arse then I'm liking the sound of moving abroad to teach English. I've checked up on getting some TEFL qualifications and it's totally affordable. Prague would be nice.

Whatever direction I take I need a new job and I'm not really close to achieving that.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:18, Reply)

Depending on what style your band is
I may be able to get you signed up to my label and release an album through them for you. Are you in a progressive or ambient band?
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 12:09, Reply)

I'm afraid not
I suppose we could be described as Guitar-Pop as much as it pains me to say it.

Although I'm after a sound more like The Jam or London Calling era Clash.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 12:38, Reply)

Hmmm
Can't really help you as my label is more of a progressive/artsy/ambient/drone label as opposed to guitar-pop/old-skool punk style.
(Ghost Atreides enjoying incontestable health benefits on, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 12:47, Reply)

Thank you for the thought though
Since you're such a kind soul I'll give your band a listen tonight when I get back from work. (well the stuff on your profile anyway).
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 13:17, Reply)

I want my own house.
That I've built. At least partly myself.

Also, I want to have an album finished and recorded.
( Cawl, Thu 4 Jun 2009, 11:22, Reply)