Your life goals

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 19 Sep 2014 at 21:17

As one or two may have noticed, i've recently gone through a tough time of being told i'm going to be made redundant. Long and the short of it... I managed to find a new job, doing something very very cool on 5000 a year more.

But anyways, during this time and as you can imagine you look and assess your life. I have a wife, 2 kids and mortgage, i'm a happy guy who loves his family, dont really want for much, just happy enjoying the simple things in life.... During my predicament (potential to lose the job i've worked at for 13 years) i was lucky enough to be given 3 options, 1) accept my new role, 2) potentially work for company where if i hit my targets i could earn up to 2-3 times what i earn now (family own a large telecoms business) and 3rd) start my own business as a reseller and take the risk.... After thinking/dreaming i came to the conclusion that for me, all i wanted was a secure future, where we'd have a nice solid income and happy life, this ofc meant no fast cars and flash holidays, but it meant i wouldn't be thinking "What IF i dont hit my target or What if this contract doesn't come off"..... So while i was thankfully to have a new secure job i couldn't help but try to work out what my priorities were... I broke it down to 4 core elements:

1) Security
2) Money
3) Power
4) Job Satisfaction

Its in this order that i've realized i made my decision on, i realized that any job i do would eventually feel boring and mundane, so as long as i felt proud of what i was doing Money and security were all that mattered.

I'm interested to see what order most of you would put the above 4 in and what your circumstances are..

Stupid thread over

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I'm pretty sure that if i were much older these would be very much different.

Danthus · 19 Sep 2014 at 21:19

World domination and a night in with the Krankies.

smelly_legend · 19 Sep 2014 at 21:21

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 19 Sep 2014 at 21:21

OldCoals said:
World domination and a night in with the Krankies.

So:

1) Power
2) Krankies
3) Krankies
4) Krankies

..... Seem fair!

Randomface74 · 19 Sep 2014 at 21:22

I don't really have any goals. I used to have a goal of advancing my career, but I've already done it as far as I can.

So now it's just a case of earning money to live until I die.

Don't really want family/kids.
Don't really want to travel.

So yea... at least when I think of something I'll have the money to do it...

Mynight · 19 Sep 2014 at 21:23

1) money
2) money buys anything else needed.

[FnG]magnolia · 19 Sep 2014 at 21:23

Job satisfaction is number one for me. The rest I have enough of already. If I get bored of my current role then I'll get another job. I will not spend 40 hours a week being anything less than happy.

nitram100 · 19 Sep 2014 at 21:49

1. Emigrate to Australia
2. Have and raise some good kids

Lartyconshayo · 19 Sep 2014 at 21:51

First you get the money

Then you get the power

Then you get the women

ToxicTBag · 19 Sep 2014 at 21:54

None of those 4 for me ... I just want to wake up to one more sunrise ( and I say the same thing every night)

Narj · 19 Sep 2014 at 22:29

My priorities have been shaken up a bit. I discovered that there's more to life than work recently, and I will say that I do enjoy my job.

I just want enough money to let me enjoy my recreational activities long term. I'm toying with retraining in the next few years and then working as little as possible. I obviously need a well thought out plan that won't leave me financially crippled in old age but I'll work on it.

Halestorm · 19 Sep 2014 at 22:32

I want to play on stage at the Royal Albert Hall with my brass band

Ayahuasca · 19 Sep 2014 at 22:43

Stress free job

Sliver · 19 Sep 2014 at 23:10

Invent self replicating bacons.

Tibbz2 · 19 Sep 2014 at 23:10

Good education, a job I enjoy, enough money to live on and lead a decent life.

del_piero · 19 Sep 2014 at 23:17

1 - become a chemical engineer
2 - find a Mrs
3 - emigrate to Australia
4 - live happily ever after

shifty_uk · 19 Sep 2014 at 23:21

Not really sure, I seem to be chasing this never ending dream. I do well, I'm rising through my career at a fast rate but never seem to be happy, content or settled.

I've pondered the struggle a lot over the years and as I age I've came to somewhat of a realisation of underlying bitterness; I want to say **** you to people; my old man perhaps(where ever he may be), my mother for her constant discouragement and others..I achieved better without you all.

Although, perhaps this is me over analysing, maybe it's just a typical mentality of modern day society? Who knows

All comes down to money.

[FnG]magnolia · 19 Sep 2014 at 23:21

del_piero said:
1 - become a chemical engineer
2 - find a Mrs
3 - emigrate to Australia
4 - live happily ever after

Is this a plot to a terrible movie? It sounds like a crap Bond outline. I'm not saying that I would not watch this film.

tbyeah · 19 Sep 2014 at 23:28

[FnG]magnolia;26929355 said:
Is this a plot to a terrible movie? It sounds like a crap Bond outline. I'm not saying that I would not watch this film.

Would you go as far as to say that you would watch this film?

ElliorR · 19 Sep 2014 at 23:32

[TFU] Thegoon84;26928884 said:
So:

1) Power
2) Krankies
3) Krankies
4) Krankies

..... Seem fair!

There's only 2 Krankies. Well 1.5.