Goals
I will probably add to this list from time to time, but here goes in no particular order :)
-Get into shape and stay there. My intentions are not for aesthetic purposes, I just want to be healthy, especially during the latter years of my life. Doing Anaerobic exercise 3 times a week, aerobic 5 times a week, and yoga atleast once a week.
-Graduate with a bachelors degree in education, most likely from Eastern Michigan University. I may go on to get my masters, but that will have to be something I figure out in the future.
-Learn Japanese, Spanish and Hindi. Hindi I am not altogether sure about, I may learn Arabic, Hebrew, or Gaelic instead.
-As of this post I am growing out my hair to as long as I can stand it, lol. The purpose is not for aesthetics, even though it is important that I keep it healthy. Once I am satisfied with the length, I plan on getting it cut as short as would look good on me and donating what was chopped off to a charity that makes wigs for chemo patients that lost their hair called Locks of Love. I would like to repeat the process as much as possible! (My youngest sister has already donated to the charity herself :D )
-Find someone to spend the rest of my life with, if that is what is meant to be.
-Travel to as many places around the world as will be possible.
-Teaching English through a program in Japan, hopefully for a couple of years, after graduating.
-Join the Peace Corp, most likely after I retire.
-Join the Coast Guard reserve if it is a possibility, most likely after I go to Japan for teaching.
-Once I am in the house I will be settled in, I want to have a garden somewhere. My dream is to have a greenhouse that I can grow vegetables, fruit and herbs in, all in an organic way, year round. If I am feeling really ambitious, I would have a Japanese garden.
-To eat as healthy as my budget will allow me. One of my fears is that I will be forced to eat ramen and macaroni and cheese all the time sometime while I am in college or any other situation were I am not making much money.
-Donate my one of my kidneys once I have made the decision that I will not be pregnant again. If one of my loved one's needs it, then it will go to them (if its a match, of course ;) )But I am totally comfortable giving it to a complete stranger (an altruistic donation) It will hurt, but I think that I can be brave enough to help someone improve their quality of life. If I am feeling even more brave, then I will donate bone marrow also, it doesn't matter if its before I would plan on having children though :)
-If I have children, I want to raise them with as much respect for themself and others as possible. It doesn't matter to me if my kid can make the Dean's List in an Ivy League school, if my child treats any of his fellow man with contempt because of race, religion, sex, nationality, handicap, class, sexual orientation, species, etc. then I will feel as though I failed as a parent. I realize I won't be able to make my children do something, but I want to teach them how to be compassionate human beings.
-As a high school teacher, I will be in a position to help children get an education beyond high school. I realize not every one is wants to go to college, thats okay with me. But if a child wants to go, but doesn't think they can do so because they won't have enough money, or that their grades are not good enough, then I would like help them make that dream possible as much as I can.
-If I have children, I would like to adopt children that are either in foster care, or from impoverished countries. If my husband wanted a child of our own, I would oblige that, but I would hope that rest of the children we feel we can raise will be adopted. I won't force this idea on my future husband, but it would be so awesome if he felt that adopting children that are already in the world that don't have parents would be something we could do. I think 2-3 children is my limit, but I will see :)
-Speaking of children, I hope that I will always have the wisdom and patience to be a good parent. I hope that I will be able to balance my career, marriage, and parenting so that I don't have to compromise any of those areas, since I think they will all be important. I don't know what my life will be like 15 years from now, so no need to make decisions in stone now :D
-I will try to do what I can to treat this planet with as much respect as possible i.e. recycling, taking public transportation, walking/biking/blading, buying environmentally safe products and appliances, cleaning organicly, and composting. I want our planet to be around for the next generations, and I do think that my efforts will help make a difference.
-Learn as much that is in the world and about the world that I can fit into my little brain :D
-To always be able to treat everyone with compassion and respect, this is hard, but I think that I will feel better about myself at the end of the day if I can do this.
-Have a meal with my grandmother every other week while I am still in the area.
-Donating my organs/tissue when I die, and donating my entire body to science.
I don't want to think that I didn't have enough time in my life to do what I wanted, that would be selling myself short. My goals may seem as though I am coming off as trying to be a goody goody, which is why I was apprehensive about putting this up. I realize that I don't view the world the same as every one else, this is totally cool with me, but I want to live my life always being myself, and making a difference (for the good :D) is a big part of me XD.
-Get into shape and stay there. My intentions are not for aesthetic purposes, I just want to be healthy, especially during the latter years of my life. Doing Anaerobic exercise 3 times a week, aerobic 5 times a week, and yoga atleast once a week.
-Graduate with a bachelors degree in education, most likely from Eastern Michigan University. I may go on to get my masters, but that will have to be something I figure out in the future.
-Learn Japanese, Spanish and Hindi. Hindi I am not altogether sure about, I may learn Arabic, Hebrew, or Gaelic instead.
-As of this post I am growing out my hair to as long as I can stand it, lol. The purpose is not for aesthetics, even though it is important that I keep it healthy. Once I am satisfied with the length, I plan on getting it cut as short as would look good on me and donating what was chopped off to a charity that makes wigs for chemo patients that lost their hair called Locks of Love. I would like to repeat the process as much as possible! (My youngest sister has already donated to the charity herself :D )
-Find someone to spend the rest of my life with, if that is what is meant to be.
-Travel to as many places around the world as will be possible.
-Teaching English through a program in Japan, hopefully for a couple of years, after graduating.
-Join the Peace Corp, most likely after I retire.
-Join the Coast Guard reserve if it is a possibility, most likely after I go to Japan for teaching.
-Once I am in the house I will be settled in, I want to have a garden somewhere. My dream is to have a greenhouse that I can grow vegetables, fruit and herbs in, all in an organic way, year round. If I am feeling really ambitious, I would have a Japanese garden.
-To eat as healthy as my budget will allow me. One of my fears is that I will be forced to eat ramen and macaroni and cheese all the time sometime while I am in college or any other situation were I am not making much money.
-Donate my one of my kidneys once I have made the decision that I will not be pregnant again. If one of my loved one's needs it, then it will go to them (if its a match, of course ;) )But I am totally comfortable giving it to a complete stranger (an altruistic donation) It will hurt, but I think that I can be brave enough to help someone improve their quality of life. If I am feeling even more brave, then I will donate bone marrow also, it doesn't matter if its before I would plan on having children though :)
-If I have children, I want to raise them with as much respect for themself and others as possible. It doesn't matter to me if my kid can make the Dean's List in an Ivy League school, if my child treats any of his fellow man with contempt because of race, religion, sex, nationality, handicap, class, sexual orientation, species, etc. then I will feel as though I failed as a parent. I realize I won't be able to make my children do something, but I want to teach them how to be compassionate human beings.
-As a high school teacher, I will be in a position to help children get an education beyond high school. I realize not every one is wants to go to college, thats okay with me. But if a child wants to go, but doesn't think they can do so because they won't have enough money, or that their grades are not good enough, then I would like help them make that dream possible as much as I can.
-If I have children, I would like to adopt children that are either in foster care, or from impoverished countries. If my husband wanted a child of our own, I would oblige that, but I would hope that rest of the children we feel we can raise will be adopted. I won't force this idea on my future husband, but it would be so awesome if he felt that adopting children that are already in the world that don't have parents would be something we could do. I think 2-3 children is my limit, but I will see :)
-Speaking of children, I hope that I will always have the wisdom and patience to be a good parent. I hope that I will be able to balance my career, marriage, and parenting so that I don't have to compromise any of those areas, since I think they will all be important. I don't know what my life will be like 15 years from now, so no need to make decisions in stone now :D
-I will try to do what I can to treat this planet with as much respect as possible i.e. recycling, taking public transportation, walking/biking/blading, buying environmentally safe products and appliances, cleaning organicly, and composting. I want our planet to be around for the next generations, and I do think that my efforts will help make a difference.
-Learn as much that is in the world and about the world that I can fit into my little brain :D
-To always be able to treat everyone with compassion and respect, this is hard, but I think that I will feel better about myself at the end of the day if I can do this.
-Have a meal with my grandmother every other week while I am still in the area.
-Donating my organs/tissue when I die, and donating my entire body to science.
I don't want to think that I didn't have enough time in my life to do what I wanted, that would be selling myself short. My goals may seem as though I am coming off as trying to be a goody goody, which is why I was apprehensive about putting this up. I realize that I don't view the world the same as every one else, this is totally cool with me, but I want to live my life always being myself, and making a difference (for the good :D) is a big part of me XD.