Your future

[It's Snake Pliskin]

What do people feel about their future and where their life is heading?

What are your main concerns and hopes?

 

[Sean K]

What do people feel about their future and where their life is heading?

What are your main concerns and hopes?

Interesting thread Snake.

Is this like a reality check, or a goal of life question?

If goal of life, I could add a whole bunch of things that would add up to my ultimate goal:

Contented happiness...

This cake is difficult to bake......

 

[skyQuake]

cake is difficult to bake......

Flour + egg + milk + sugar does not turn into cake..

It turns into FIRE...

 

[Ageo]

What do people feel about their future and where their life is heading?

What are your main concerns and hopes?

As long as my family is healthy then i am always grateful. If life came to living off the land then i would welcome it with open arms

 

[agro]

a girlfriend would be nice

 

[nunthewiser]

a girlfriend would be nice

.........Wont find one here hombre

 

[Rob Cole]

I just sat out the back of our house, shared a beer, lit a fire, looked at the stars and enjoyed the evening. The most important thing to me is making the most out of each day. Trading and the markets will probably be there forever, life won't.

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

Interesting thread Snake.

Is this like a reality check, or a goal of life question?

If goal of life, I could add a whole bunch of things that would add up to my ultimate goal:

Contented happiness...

This cake is difficult to bake......

Hi Kennas,

It could be whatever you want to add. Reality checks, failure, success, anything. Happiness or lack of due to social pressures, I'm interested in what people think.

Cheers...

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

I just sat out the back of our house, shared a beer, lit a fire, looked at the stars and enjoyed the evening. The most important thing to me is making the most out of each day. Trading and the markets will probably be there forever, life won't.

That sounds good Rob.

 

[It's Snake Pliskin]

As long as my family is healthy then i am always grateful. If life came to living off the land then i would welcome it with open arms

Sounds cool. I would love to go gathering for the daily food everyday and then sit around with the family.

 

[wayneL]

I was listening to Harry Chapin on the way home from London this evening and it struck me that he asks the same question, in a round about sort of way:

There you stand in your dungarees
Looking all grown up and so very pleased
When you write your poems they have so much to say
When you speak your dreams it takes my breath away

You know I want to be a ball player
A regular slugging fool
But both our dreams must wait awhile
Until we finish school

And so you and I
We'll watch our years go by
We'll watch our sweet dreams fly
Far away, but maybe someday

I don't know when
But we will dream again
And we'll be happy then
Till our time just drifts away

There you stand in your wedding dress
You're so beautiful that I must confess
I'm so proud you have chosen me
When a doctor is what you want to be

You know I want to be a painter, girl
A real artistic snob
But I guess we'll have our children first
You'll make a home, I'll get a job

Listen to the seasons passing
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the children laughing
Where do broken dreams go?

There you stand in your tailored suit
So many years gone by, but your're still so cute
We take the car to go and meet the bus
When our grandchildren come to visit us

You say you should have been a ballerina, babe
There are songs I should have sung
But I guess our dreams have come and gone
You gotta dream when you are young

And so you and I
We'll watch our years go by
We'll watch our sweet dreams fly
Far away, but maybe someday

I don't know when
But we will dream again
And we'll be happy then
Till our time just drifts away

This is what he reckoned in another tune:

All my life's a circle;
Sunrise and sundown;
Moon rolls thru the nighttime;
Till the daybreak comes around.

All my life's a circle;
But I can't tell you why;
Season's spinning round again;
The years keep rollin' by.

It seems like I've been here before;
I can't remember when;
But I have this funny feeling;
That we'll all be together again.
No straight lines make up my life;
And all my roads have bends;
There's no clear-cut beginnings;
And so far no dead-ends.

Chorus:

I found you a thousand times;
I guess you done the same;
But then we lose each other;
It's like a children's game;

As I find you here again;
A thought runs through my mind;
Our love is like a circle;
Let's go 'round one more time.

In a whimsical mood.

 

[Nyden]

Life without high expectation from others ... that would be just lovely

 

[fimmwolf]

lmao @ nun

wealthy men hire girlfriends

 

[Julia]

Life without high expectation from others ... that would be just lovely

Nyden, this can be a burden. We often accept such expectations from others and gradually make them our own, setting impossible levels of achievement just to feel we are justifying our existence.

Better for one's health and happiness, imo, to believe that modest aspirations are enough. I personally found when I stopped accepting others' expectations we were all better off. A driven, striving person doesn't usually have the energy for good relationships and the enjoyment of the simple pleasures like a garden, a sunset, or just watching the ocean.

And one other suggestion: have a dog. We can learn so much from the 'in the moment' approach, loyalty and love of dogs.

 

[marcadrian]

I just want to make enough money to have four kids and still be able to travel.

 

[white_goodman]

my own business with multimillion dollar turnover by the time im 25, obviously a medium term life goal

 

[wayneL]

my own business with multimillion dollar turnover by the time im 25, obviously a medium term life goal

Turnover is vanity
Profit is sanity

 

[white_goodman]

Turnover is vanity
Profit is sanity

i know hence why i said turnover, makes the goal more attainable

 

[Green08]

And one other suggestion: have a dog. We can learn so much from the 'in the moment' approach, loyalty and love of dogs.

Completely agree Julia! They are by your side no matter what! Seriously thinking of buying land to have freedom, clean air, healthy food and a grounded place for my children to grow up.

 

[wayneL]

This isn't directly answering Snake's question, but draw your own conclusions from what I say.

I've had the unusual opportunity of mixing with a massive range of people in terms of stature and wealth. I don't want to drop names, but me and the old man used to drink piss with Many of the WA Inc boys. Missus has a few titled relatives here in the UK, so are invited to "society" do's sometimes.

We've also mixed with some of the so called "lowest" in society as well.

My observation is that the best and most interesting people to be around are ordinary "middle class" folk, so long as they don't suffer from status anxiety. They work, or have a business and have enough money to enjoy themselves without being classed as "rich". (Status anxiety is a horrible blight on the middle class. Those afflicted should be avoided at all costs)

The "upper class" and "nouveau rich" are just the most obnoxious bores to be around. The poor generally have a chip on their shoulder; doesn't mean they aren't nice people, they just don't see the world the same way as people who are achieving a little bit.

Obviously there is a hell of a lot of overlap there, but you can see where I'm going with this.

Great comments from Nyden and Julia too IMO.