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I was thinking the other day that I'm pretty satisfied life wise. I don't have anything I feel I desperately NEED to do before I die. There are things I'd like to do. I'd like to finish and publish my book. I'd like o go to Egypt. But there aren't many things and nothing that I'd feel incomplete without. Despite my tender years I've actually done quite a lot. I've played in a band that did the pub/club scene for a while. I've coached a sport to a good level, that even offered me opportunities to go and coach abroad, which I did. I've played sports to reasonable levels. I went to uni. I've travelled to a lot of different places. Climbed a proper mountain (one where altitude sickness is possible). And tried and experienced a lot of things that people probably wouldn't believe. I've been very blessed.
 
But the question is, what about you? What burning amitions and desires do you have left to fulfil?


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  • Dicconzane said on May 25, 2007....
    Apologies for shoddy typing and all. Slept badly... and I'm crap at typing.
  • Dicconzane said on May 25, 2007....
    Or is everyone else here satisfied with tings too?
  • silverwhisper said on May 25, 2007....
    my burning ambition: finish my novels and get published and become a successful author.

    ed
  • allswell said on May 25, 2007....
    HI Diccon....my life has been pretty boring, I haven't done much or seen much!  So I guess i have alot of things i still want to do...get a college degree,  go on vacation to somewhere exotic...and move out of this boring town i live it!!  Mainly just do something exciting for once in my life!!  But I guess first get married again it just wouldn't be any fun to do that by your self....
     
    alls:)
  • Dicconzane said on May 25, 2007....
    Silver: That's probably the closest I have. But I enjoy writing anyway so if it never gets published I won't be upset.
     
    Alls: Always much better to be able to share things with people... that being said I did a lot of things by myself, that being said looking back on things you do by yourself can be a source of pride.
  • beyondtheveil said on May 25, 2007....
    diccon- I've always been fairly laid back and this is not an ingredient for ambition.
     
    Its a lot easier to be satisfied with life that way. High adventure and ambition aren't always fulfilling. The only thing I'd really like to do is go to certain places in Europe. We will be able to do that in a couple years, but I'll bet we don't.
  • uniquely-ironic said on May 25, 2007....
    I've done a lot of incredible things, and I do have a wish list, but no burning ambitions.  I think I burned myself out early on, so that now I'm happy to take life as it comes rather than go hunt it down.  The closest I have to a burning ambition is to buy a beat up old victorian era house and restore it.  I won't be crushed if it doesn't happen.
  • hotaka said on May 25, 2007....

    Hi Diz and pleased to get acquainted with you. Which mountain did you climb and was it a scramble up or ropes and pitons? I had altitude sickness twice: once on Mt. Fuji and once in Peru in the Cordillera Blanca. I felt like such a wimp compared to others (Peruvians basically) who walked up at 4,600 metres like I do at near sea level. I had to give up because I was alone and not doing well. So one of my ambitions is to visit a high altitude place and get over the headaches, queezy stomach and sleeplessness.

    I would like to see a novel of mine published but it's on the backburner again. I would also like to see a couple of books of my photographs published. I self published two books a couple of years ago but that took a lot of money. And I did my own editing so the writing is a bit dodgy. An exhibition in a prestigious gallery in Tokyo is possible but though the gallery is free once you've passed the selection process, the printing and framing of 50 to 60 photos is expensive.

    Certainly I have a list of places I want to visit and photograph. I made a list of 50 countries and states or provinces a couple of months ago. Yeah, I still have a lot to do before checking out.

    Cool you played in a band. I think if I had not focused my efforts on photography I would have been a guitarist and composer. I still pick up the old sing string from time to time but I don't spend the time coming up with songs anymore.

  • LadyGamer said on May 25, 2007....
     
    I have accomplished nothing yet. So one might say I am chock FULL of ambition.
  • hotaka said on May 25, 2007....
    LadyGamer (LOL), you go girl. Potential is what it's all about.
  • tamareesperes12 said on May 25, 2007....
    mine are to.....
    get married,
    raise a family,
    have my green house,
    horses and a farm,
    publish my writings http://freewebs.com/lotsofsugar20/
    finish restoring my car: 72 Opel GT<----------kick ass!!
    catch a 12 pound bass,
    live till I'm 97,
    figure happiness out.



  • WindRider said on Jun 02, 2007....
    Since I'm about to turn 50, this entry intrigues me...

    We are in accord Dicconzane, I feel the same way. There ARE plenty of things I'd like to do before I finish this tour of duty... but, all in all, I'm comfortable with where I'm at.

    I only have a few rare moments when I need to remember that...


  • mousenphonic said on Jun 05, 2007....

    Dic, You're back, or are you gone again now, damn, can't believe I missed your return.  Great to see your blogging again, have missed your mr. perfect wit. 

    As for my dreams and ambitions, I only have three big things left I want to achieve in my life: Publish a novel, climb Kilomanjaro, and fly a helicopter. Except for these three things my life is wonderfull and I'm happy with everything I've achieved in my life as far.  

    Nice post and have a nice day. <*ms

  • Dahra said on Dec 28, 2007....
    Since my daughter has now found her life, I have to find mine again. And the winds have pointed to a direction that I am pleased to envision and that is to travel overseas and see lands I have only dreamed about. Egypt has always intrigued me for the history there is more than one can imagine but so is France, Germany, Ireland and last but not least Ireland. I see Egypt in my dreams as I do Australia. Australia is well known for the tourists to go back packing and what's a night without sleeping in the outback?
     
    Everything else I have done and do not regret anything in my life. There is still so much more to see but if not, then I am content what I have experienced thus far. Nice to see You Diccon.
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