What are your goals for life?

[yesdachi]

Be a good father (and husband).

Get paid what I am worth.

Finish a campaign of M2TW.

I will probably only achieve one of the three.

[macsen rufus]

With no goals I've managed to: visit every continent bar antarctica, gone scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef, cycled down a volcano in Hawai'i, caught an interesting disease or two in Latin America, been attacked by pirates, crossed the equator three times on board ships (any other shellbacks will know what THAT entails ), got a degree, worked for an ex-spy, been on the wrong end of a water cannon, committed serial and parallel adultery (), planted over 1000 trees, been a certified organic grower, been a government advisor, raised 2 step-kids and kept pigs, bees and chickens, met Desmond Tutu, watched whales in the southern ocean, seen the "green flash" at dusk over fresh caiparinhas, and been at the helm of a 2000 tonne vessel entering Istanbul, Valetta, London and Cape Town. I HAVE changed the world, but not single-handedly.

I always chose the random outcome of chance over a planned-out ambition, because that produces more exciting results. If I'd followed a plan I'd have made more money, maybe married and had my own kids, and would be old, tired, bored and lacklustre well before my time, having seen and achieved nothing of any note.

Be careful what you wish for, you may just get it.