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[Serious] What do you want out of life?
#11
RE: What do you want out of life?
I've pretty much gotten everything I've ever wanted. I acquired my dream house in the country while I was still fairly young and have lived a quiet, frugal life ever since. I worked long hours for half my life and became financially successful enough to retire at 53. I'm 71 now and hoping for another 8 or 9 years of good life before I kick the bucket. Males in my family tend to die around the age of 80.

About the only things in life that interest me now are movies, weekly Mahjong, and food. I can only hope that my arthritis doesn't get too debilitating. Unfortunately, it's the family curse. The only thing I haven't received, thus far, is a Middle Earth Fan Fiction Award. I've been nominated a few times, but never won.

Goodnight
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
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#12
RE: What do you want out of life?
(April 11, 2019 at 12:21 am)Macoleco Wrote: - To work doing what I like and contribute to it. More specifically, work as a researcher. Hopefully my work will inspire people.

Yeah that was my primary goal as well. I still want it but it's not going to happen for me. I'm now thinking I should just embrace all the experiences that life has to offer before the world burns.
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#13
RE: What do you want out of life?
The question is, what does life want out of me?
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
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#14
RE: What do you want out of life?
I want a three bay shed with a caravan on the left side bay, a 4wd on the right side bay and a little entertaining area in the middle, all on the side of a hill with a long distance rural view.
I want an amenities block on one side and a 50000 litre water tank on the other.
A windmill out the back, next to a fruit orchard and a huge vegetable garden down the front.
A dog, a cat, goats, sheep, chickens, llamas, pigs and a cow.
I'd like the whole lot to be on a 20 or 30 acre property and when my daughter grows up and gets married I give her a large piece of land to build a house on.
Then she has kids and I get to be the grand dad that looks after them when the parents are busy.
Maybe even find a woman who likes to stop in once a week and cheer me up.
That'd be grand.




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#15
RE: What do you want out of life?
That's right. I want out of life. Big Grin
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#16
RE: What do you want out of life?
I want what I've got.  Qualifies me as the luckiest man alive.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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#17
RE: What do you want out of life?
(April 11, 2019 at 2:31 am)Kit Wrote: The question is, what does life want out of me?

What it wants you cannot do.

Now what Dunno
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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#18
RE: What do you want out of life?
Pretty much what I have now (sweetheart/partner, home, dog, friends, books, internet), only retired. I wouldn't mind acquiring more wealth, as long as it doesn't cut into my leisure time too much (not headed for a retirement that involves travel or spacious accommodations) and that the tragedies ahead be bearable.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
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#19
RE: What do you want out of life?
(April 10, 2019 at 11:38 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: A decent sized catamaran.  To have enough money to retire and travel the world.

And to take someone with me when I go.

To take someone with you when you go as in having a traveling companion, or as in bringing about someone's death?



(April 11, 2019 at 12:21 am)Macoleco Wrote:
(April 10, 2019 at 10:38 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Not to die slowly, in great pain.

Such desire requires the will to kill yourself most of the time.

No, it does not.
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#20
RE: What do you want out of life?
What's the difference?  Wink

What I really want in life right now, is a pile of cedar slabs as big as my house.  I've got it in my head that I'd settle for -not- getting all the things, if I can't get all the things....so long as I can chill in my basement and crank out little rowboats. Dorys, maybe the odd panga here and there.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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