Thursday, October 14, 2010

Goals and Ambitions....

My blog has been long time due and it is in my goals for this year....so finally here it is! Feels good that i can today tick off one item in my wish list.;-) wow! feels good to have accomplished a goal.

Guess from the time, I had been a kid a question that I have been asked was -"what's your ambition?".Guess it was never asked in seriousness and to me it loosely traslated to "what do you want to become when you were big?". My answers ranged from pilot to doctor to engineer, those were the most acceptable ones to say! Now when people ask my daughter who is a smart 4 year old the same question and I hear the same answers...inspite of a generation difference...I reflect back....what really are these goals and ambitions?

My current goals are quite simple - it is a "To Do" list for the day . Or by saying this am i taking away the charm and mystical quality associated with goals and ambitions ?! Well, I am redefining goals as anything which is accomplished on my wish list amidst the chaos and drudgery of routine is still an achievement. isn't it? would that not be extendable for any time frame....week or month or year....guess it could....so i have my goals for week, month and year defined! ;-)

Abt ambition- well, this is tough. Is it uncompetitive, un-lady like to be ambitionless?? Should we all have ambitions? Ambitions are said to be dreams that...you thrive for....blah! blah!. Well, on top of my head I do seem to not have dreams....or well In that case, i think my biggest ambition is to find the purpose of my existence. That sounds a lot...and i bet that would keep me busy for the rest of my lifetime..

So...i think i like goals - they are simple and neat....and i don't think I am the ambitious type....well, this may change.....

1 comment:

  1. purpose of your existence ah?.....i guess Paulo Coelho would be so satisfied to hear this...the book does seem to have it effect..:-)

    BTW way back in school 1 of r biology teachers asked us d same question ...a more general one though..."what is the main aim of human species on earth?"...guess everyone were gearing up to 1 of the usual cliched answers....he surprised us and said " r main aim is to REPRODUCE"...just like other species on earth...!!! :-).....

    i thought that aim seems so much definitive...possible...happenable....than the ones said when we were young.....

    Read Robin cook's books mayb you'll have a different perpective..... :-)

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