This is Day 2 of the 21-Day Journaling Challenge held in Nov 2011. The challenge is now over but you can do the tasks in your own time. Visit the overview page for all the challenge tasks.
Hi everyone – Welcome to Day 2 of 21DJC! :)
Yesterday’s question was an age-old question – “What would you do if you have one million dollars?” Many of you had interesting responses. Some of you wanted to buy a nice, large house. Some of you wanted to use it to invest and grow more money. Some of you wanted to renovate your current home. Some of you wanted to start up a charity / NGO / organization that supports a humanitarian cause of your choice. Some of you wanted to travel around the world. Some of you wanted to give a portion to your family and friends, to enable them in their goals.
Whatever it is that you wrote, know that they represent inner wishes that you’ve been wanting to fulfill, but have yet to do so. Yesterday’s question was actually to draw out these innermost desires and bring them to your awareness.
And the interesting thing is, you don’t have to till you have $1 million before you can fulfill these desires.
What do I mean?
Goals represent your inner desires. One way to satisfy these desires is to achieve the actual goals themselves. However, you can only do that when you have $1 million in your arsenal (since it takes time to manifest). By having a goal that has to be deferred (i.e. you can’t work on your $1 million goals yet because you haven’t achieved $1 million), it’ll only disempower you and prevent you from living in the now.
The more empowering way is to (a) distill to those very desires and (b) find ways to realize them this very moment.
Look at what you wrote for yesterday’s $1 million question. Ask yourself – (a) What desires do these goals represent? (b) How can I realize these desires, right away today?
For example, say one of your $1 million goals is to travel around the world. In reality, you may not be able to travel to any country that you want now because of financial reasons.
However, remember that this isn’t the point. If you look at the desire this goal represents, it possibly reflects a desire to break free and take a breather, due to a prolonged period of not resting. The answer to realizing that then, would be to start taking breaks, even short vacations or just having the weekend off (see Habit #2 of 8 Habits of Highly Effective People). It may reflect a desire to be exposed to new cultures and grow from the multitude of experiences, of which you can already start doing now by getting out there to meet people of other backgrounds.
Another example – Say one of your goals is to allocate $X to your parents, as gratitude for bringing you up. You can already realize that now by sharing $Y every month, where $Y is a smaller amount than $X, adjusted to reflect how much you can spare for this purpose. You can be more generous towards them in your daily life. You can treat them to lunch/dinner/vacations, more so than you’re already doing now. Or if money isn’t a commodity at your disposal, you can do other things like prepare meals for them, write a card, spend more time to them, as acts of gratitude.
And so on and so forth the other $1 million goals.
There’s no need to put life on hold till [X event] happens. That’ll be to put off living. Think about how you can make your desires happen now. This is what it means to live in the now.
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21DJC Day 2
Day’s 2 question is one of my personal favorites:
If You Are To Do Something For Free For the Rest of Your Life, What Would It Be?
Would you sleep and do nothing? Would you pursue a certain passion? What would that passion be? Would you be pursuing a particular craft? What would that be? Would you be traveling around the world? Would you be blogging? What about? Would you want to pursue a humanitarian cause? What would it be? Would you be writing? What about?
Update: Some readers seem to have some confusion over how to interpret the question. Is the question supposed to mean what you would willingly do without receiving money for? Or is it suppose to mean what you would want to do because it does not cost anything?
My answer? The former. If I were to rephrase the question: “What would you want to do for the rest of your life if you are never paid for this work?” In other words, your life passion. Your life purpose. Hope that helps!
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Nice question, Celes! It’s easy but tough at the same time.
Anyway, in answer to the first two questions: What desires do these goals (related to yesterday’s 1 million question) represent? And how can I realize these desires, right away today?
– Car and house. Desire: have a comfortable place/car. Now: just make my house more comfortable and ‘homely’ by putting up more cushions, etc.
– School funds. Desire: education. Now: study and study and study to get a scholarship :D
– Parents. Desire: let them live a comfortable life. Now: just study hard and make them proud. Try to save money by spending less for meals.
– Needy/underprivelleged. Desire: help. Now: if I can, participate in anything that will help them (for example, today my school held a ‘stall’ selling things to raise money for the MINDS (Movement for Intellectually Disabled of Singapore) and I bought notebooks to help). Donate money if possible.
– Myself. Desire: live a comfortable life. Now: save money from my pocket money!
– Laptop for GLB. Desire: help others. Now: just write when I can use the computer.
– Rainy days. Desire: live a debt-free life. Now: save money…?
— Anyway back to the main question.
If I were to do something for free…I will pursue my passion – blogging to help others and myself. Currently I have two blogs that do both that for me (I won’t insert the link here…):
– Others: Great Life Blog (GLB) (concept similar to PEB)
– Myself: Aspiring Amanda (AA) (for PE challenges and my self-hosted challenges)
I will continue blogging at these two blogs (both are hosted at wordpress.com so it’s 100% free) even if I am not paid (it’s similar to now though) for the rest of my life.
Basically it’s like my ‘heart and soul’ and I always lose track of my time when I work on either blogs. It’s really fun and inspiring.
Although GLB is more ‘aimed’ at helping others I still learn a lot when I research for the stuff I’m writing. Again, AA, more ‘aimed’ at helping myself, it still helps other people since they can also participate in the challenges and grow themselves. :dance:
I checked out both of your blogs and I think they’re amazing! :clap:
Although I recommend joining both of them in a single blog.
I’m also planning to make a post out of all the answers to this challenge and publish it on my blog :D
Thanks Bilal! I’ll see how it goes… And I recommend you publish the posts on your blog and do a short reflection at the end (that’s what I’m going to do) so that you can learn more. :D
Hi,
If I were to do something for free for the rest of my life, it would be service. To be of service, every single day of my life for the rest of my life.
To no group or individual in particular. Just to whoever I can, on a daily basis, whether its through volunteering or listening to somebody talk about their problems.
No amount of money can compensate the joy and satisfaction received through being of service.
Free……
for me free would not be in the sense that not costing anything but rather the sensation of being compensated of any realms or reservations that would bind me to not doing what i deeply want to do……
Free would be the flight that my wings would take once their clipping are taken off, it doesn’t matter whether these wings are cheap or expensive, what matters is that they eventually do the same thing, give me the power of flying so high….
So free in that sense and for the purpose also free as without any cost, my wishes for such a scenario would be…..
Travel to the worlds most soothing place, probably a calm yet fiery beach where i’d reflect with myself completely at par with nature…….I’d do all want there without the….sic….lingering emptying pocket……
Then with being freed from social limitations i’d want to do what has been a deep seated wish for ages, i’d counsel, i’d volunteer to voyage the needy and weakened mind to pave the right way forward, i’d help those who would come forth and open their fears and together we’d learn and navigate
I’d like to conclude by a heartfelt epilogue….somebody dreams about bliss every single night, somebody needs that nirvana, somebody holds that feeling of calm and spiritual growth as top-priority, and that somebody will definitely reach what she seeks….that somebody’s me…..
I would definitely be cooking! simple as that. I would cook for everyone, anyone who wants to eat. I would tell them stories through my food.
I would pursue my love of photography! I would take picture of anyone, anywhere.
I would go travel and see the world. Visit the most remote areas of the world and experience and share cultures.
I would just be happy in service of others too. I love being able to help and see the smile of the kids being well fed.
There is so much food, but yet, there are still a lot of kids go hungry. If I could do that, cook for them and feed them. I would be happy.
Do something for free for the rest of my life?
I can understand this question dually. What would I do for the rest of my life without being paid for or what would for the rest of my life without paying for?
Second question is definitely so much easier – I would travel around the world, getting to know different people, cultures, music, food, religions, traditions.
But what would I do for the rest of my life without being paid for? That need to be something which I love doing and would never be bored with… At this moment I would say volunteering in animal sheleter and always be there for people whatever they will need, but who knows what I will say in a couple of years.
Joanna, that’s deep thinking and i like it.
DItto, deeeeep thinking, I loved this post.
Oh, the overused working for free theme, that people tend to take so stright and manipulate with in creative fields. After all – shouldn’t one choose creative profession just because it’s so much fun?
Reality on other hand reminds me of this t-shirt picture: http://www.theshirtlist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Artist_Work_For_Free_CloseUp.jpg
Yes, I really enjoy my profession. Yes, I’ve spent countless hours practicing it and doing free projects even after graduating. No, I’m not going to do it for free (I came to that decision around half year ago).
However – let’s theoretically assume, that most of needs in Maslow’s pyramid steps are satisfied and all that is left is the very top and 24 hours per day to work on satisfying the top needs – for free, of course, for self satisfaction only. And all of the needed matherials are provided. What then?
I wouldn’t make a great changes, but some still – I would pick my projects even more carefully and work only for those, for whom I have a big trust. I would probably slightly shift the balance, spending less time on some creative activity in favour of another and would probably push through some of the crazy ideas, that people I’m currently working with are not able to understand. But I still would need several things in my life.
Learning something, then teaching it to others.
There’s a beautiful feeling of achievement that comes with learning. It’s how most of us spend our lives anyway – in our jobs, or about our friends and loved ones – but when you set out to learn something actively, it’s amazingly fulfilling.
After you’ve learnt something though, there’s nothing quite as personally rewarding as imparting that knowledge on to someone else and watching them grow. It’s great. Not only does it affirm your personal skill, but it helps you leave your mark on the world around you. Some of the greatest figures in my life are people who have taught me things – lessons I will never forget.
Just what I want to learn, or what you want learn, will be different though and will inevitably change over time – I can’t forecast it.
Here’s a wee list of the things that stand out as most important now, but I’m sure that will transform and develop as I age:
1. The most important thing in my life (and this is one thing that won’t change), are the people I love. I can’t wait to learn more about my girlfriend, family and friends, as life goes on. I relish the opportunity and I’m sure I’d spend a great deal of time doing this.
2. I’m a writer & a creative (as are you, most probably) so I’d spend a lot of time learning new techniques and creative skills – creating unique things & leaving a mark. Once learnt, I’d take pride in imparting these skills to others.
3. Snowboarding is great. I’d spend so much time up there if I could, would love to spend ages on the hill.
4. I’m a Christian – I could spend a lifetime learning about God and never get done. I don’t learn about these things enough as it is.
5. I have numerous hobbies, which certainly don’t see the light of day at the moment.
6. I’m also an academic. There’s a never ending horde of information to learn about the world around us.
(I’m assuming this question means “if I didn’t have to worry about finances, how would I spend my life?” A little confused on the wording.)
I definitely agree with you on learning something and then share it to others. :) I think its the best gift we could ever give. :D
Thomas learning something and teaching it for free would be the best ever, like I have no idea how to do blogger and blogging with amy is the closets I come to trying to figure it out. It’s funny how I learned wordpress from scratch, I guess I could help others with wordpress dot com. Great inspiration today. Thanks for your post, ~Jackie
Thanks for the comments guys, glad you enjoyed it.
Here I have a bit confusion in this question.
By ‘Something for Free’ do we mean:
A. ‘Something for which we are not paid for’?
OR
B. ‘Something for which we are not charged for’?
I think that we are looking at (A). Anyway, I will try to attempt both cases.
A. Something for which I am not paid for – I would love to work on real life complex problems. I would love to work on some of my ideas and create (eco)systems to address latent needs of a lot of people. I would love to innovate and bring in new products. I would do something to improve ‘Quality of Life’ of people.
B. Something for which I am not charged for – I would love to learn subjects like arts, music, philosophy, humanities, psychology and design. I would love to travel to places to learn different cultures and to compile/consolidate their best practices in philosophy, faith, belief, growth, values, etc. Again, I would love to apply these learnings to create meaningful ideas (new understanding of human psychology and modern philosophy) and create systems / products to enhance human experience.
Rahul,
That is a great insight. I will apply it. Thanx for sharing, Master
Wow you are so analytically in tune… just go for some of those things you wish to do, thanks for posting.
Hey Rahul and everyone! What I meant by the question is ‘What would you do for the rest of your life if you’re not going to be paid a single cent for it?”.
However, it doesn’t matter even if you have interpreted it in another way, because it should ultimately all converge into the same place.
For example, looking at Rahul’s answers for either question A or question B, you will find threads of commonality (growth, exposure, creation, helping others). This is a clue as to what you should pursue next (see the foreword for Day 3’s post on this).
I would like to teach living in the present because nowdays the life we live is pretty much boring we keep fluctuating from Happy to Sad. And this takes the toll on our body and mind, the best way to come out of this is to teach each nd every one how to live in the present through mindfulness.
Even though still im a novice in mindfulness but i have experienced the many benefits it has started to show.Its a really nice thing if we can master the art.
Also becoming a monk may be a good way to do this, helping others and living in peace with this world
I would have to pick travelling: seeing different countries and cultures, meeting new people, trying new foods. I’d be able to take my time exploring places, and immerse myself entirely in different cultures for lengths at a time. It’d also be amazing to have the time to study new languages abroad, and hopefully become fluent in one or two. It would be such a privilege to do this, just jet off anywhere I want to in the world and experience everything it has to offer, for free!
If I were to do something for free for the rest of my life, I would be a motivator to young people.
We do not encourage young people enough to be the person that they are supposed to be. I have attained reasonable success in life. Over time one learns to adapt to the changing times in one’s life. And often this knowledge comes a bit late. Our intentions seem to be marred by excuses as to why one cannot do something “NOW”. We tend to wait for the right moment which almost always never comes.
My reason for wanting to do this is that I am continually encountering youngsters that do not have a clue what they want from life, let alone how to get there. In a way this wanting to motivate youngsters for a better future for themselves is to make them realise that “life is what you make it”. To have the desire to accomplish something is of no use unless you act on it. If we act on our dreams we empower ourselves for a better future.
Now, wow, I am also reflecting on my own vision and beliefs: I am passionate, creative, love life. I am very religious and believe in the common good of all people. I belief in the acknowledgement and the enhancement of the quality of others’ work. I especially belief in honesty and the benevolence of doing good to others!
Celes, this 21DJC is a fabulous activity. As you say, we encounter some forgotten dreams, intentions and ideals that were “good” some time ago but never acted on. Lovely stuff!
By doing something for others, we let ourselves in for others to do good for us.
This is nice, Jonathan! Being a youngster myself, I gained some knowledge from your comment. Thanks for sharing! :hug:
Wow, that’s a thoughtful thought Jonathan! Being a youngster myself, I have observed that there is a lack of motivators for us. Many people find fault in youngsters, but don’t care about motivating and showing the right direction.
Being a motivator to young people is a great idea and work to be doing. All the best :)
WOW Jonathan – this is fantastic. You should start a fundraiser or charity or something to get yourself out there and help these kids who need direction and inspiration in their lives. You should follow this dream because you CAN make a DIFFERENCE is someones life and changes hundreds.
All the Best,
Ezza xx
Monisha, Iva & Ezza. Thanks for the encouragement. Laters
It is my utmost desire to be able to travel all around the world and act as an ambassador between cultures. If I had free travelling and research opportunity, I would learn about the different cultures and ethnic groups, their mentalities, by spending long periods of time researching, immersing myself into those cultures and languages, and at the same time working with youth, promoting tolerance and finding a way for everyone to keep their identity but live in peace with others. Of course I do it now, on a smaller scale, but I would like to do much much more.
Q) What desires do these goals represent?
1. Desire to help my parents to pursue their passions
2. Help the needy
3. Desire to save the money for future purposes, in case I want to do something when I am grown up.
4. Desire to beautify my room.
Q)How can I realize these desires, right away today ?
1. I have been stopping myself a lot from asking my parents to buy certain things for me, so I am already working on it! I started this maybe from the age of 10-13 maybe, I forgot.
2. Some of my money is being given to charity :dance:
3. I am saving money :dance:
4. As for my room, I will write up a list of things I am grateful for in my room! :angel:
If You Are To Do Something For Free For the Rest of Your Life, What Would It Be?
I think I would pursue a passion :D. But the problem is, I don’t think I know what my passion is, I am not sure what I should write about :(
BTW, Thanks Celes for the extra questions: “(a) What desires do these goals represent? (b) How can I realize these desires, right away today?”. This made the challenge more fun for me!
No problem, Monisha! Glad you found them helpful. :)
By the way, we don’t use the forums bb code here – HTML does work here though. So instead of [b], you should use . I’ve helped you correct your formatting in your previous comment.
Ohhh…..I see. Thanks so much Celes :hug:
I am liking your list you want to write for your room. Don’t stop with the writing, do it girl friend. You deserve it now. It can help you as you are doing all the wonderful things you want to help others for free.
Monisha,
Never let anyone, anything come between you and what you desire in life. Your passion will come to you and you will have ‘Aaah’ moment – trust me it happens. Just think of all the things that make you happy and ask yourself a few questions, from time to time… 1) What are you hobbies? 2) Do want to pursue them or 3) are they just ‘thing’s your interested in?
All the Best, Ezza xx
Wow, thanks Ezza! :D
Yes, I will try to apply your advice, definitely! :hug:
Thanks so much for helping me :glomp: :glomp: :hug: :heart:
Good luck! :cool:
Yes, being grateful for things do help ;) . Thanks for your sweet comment, Jackie!! :hug: :hug:
travel around the world, stop over in countries where there is poverty for people in need and to those who wanna learn english or other languages.
I would love to visit all different places and cultures/ food…
If I were to do something for free for the rest of my life, what would it be?
When I really start thinking about this it becomes even more of a difficult question to answer. For the rest of one’s life is a big call.
Now if I were to choose one of my current passions such as recording music, shooting and editing videos for my music, film making and so on, how would I know if I would still be interested in doing any of these things when I’m older? Twenty years ago I may have told you that I would be dj’ing or scratching records on my turntables for the rest of my life. But now I only have one turntable and don’t even have a phono catridge for it that allows me to scratch records anymore. Somewhere along the line I just lost interest. It’s been 12 years that I’ve been editing videos for now. Will I still want to do that when I’m 60? I don’t know.
Even if I were to choose travelling the world for free, would I still want to be doing when I’m really old? Or would it be too much of a chore?
So I had a good long think about this whilst driving home and stuck in taffic this afternoon. And the one thing I decided upon is something a lot more practical.
If I could do something for free for the rest of my life it would be preparing meals. Either just for myself or for friends and family too. We all need to eat and I have always enjoyed putting together a nice dish. I’m also quite certain that I will still be more than happy doing this when I’m old. It’s also something I would never even consider doing for money, and definitely not something that I would ever take on as a job or career.
The type of meals I always be happy to prepare for free? These could be anything from green smoothies, to curries, salads, juices, raw vegan meals and anything inbetween. Preparing a meal may even just be slicing a piece of fruit into smaller pieces. Tearing a jackfruit apart for example would definitely be something I would always be happy to for free, because it tastes so good!
So preparing meals, that clearly what I would be happy doing for free for the rest of my life.
Glenn, I am impressed by your choice! :cool:
Hey Glenn
I like the choice and do agree that if its a passion it will last you a life time.
Glenn I have seen you in all of the challenges, and you have grown into one resourceful man and someone who did what they said they would do. You inspire all of us.
Thanks Jackie ;) I’ve seen you in a few also. I didn’t get around to doing the meditation challenge though.
Oh wow, 11 likes, thanks guys!
Glenn, I loved your comment whereby you are stating that “how can I know whether I will be still enjoying doing of what I am doing right now…”. This gives a very good ground for thinking. Basically I think that I have already had this thought somewhere deep inside, but had never voiced it.
Now that I am thinking about it, I don’t know what to answer on my question of what I might not get bored in 20-40 years… I guess this will be a question to myself for tomorrow.
Thanks for your post !
Thanks Ksenia! Yes, it’s good to always keep things in perspective. Even two years ago, I wouldn’t have even thought that I would be writing journal style posts on a daily basis like this :)
There is something I would do for free… Being compassionate to help others, write and blog about my journey, inspire others and give where I can daily. Honestly, I believe I am already doing this but not enough of it. My biggest “What would you give for free, the rest of my life?” is: HELP OTHERS. I want to travel the world and help where-ever I can.
I believe this makes me who I am and I am not ashamed of wanting to help people and see people smile. I hate seeing sad faces and watching the news knowing that I could be doing something to help others that are facing adversity, while I live in a self-proficient country. Just my few bobs of thought! ;) Ezzy
Nice choice, ezzy! :hug: :heart:
Thank You Monisha! ;)
Do you know what you want to do for ‘free’?
“Do you know what you want to do for ‘free’?”
Haha, no. But I will try to apply the tip you mentioned in your response to my comment ;)
Thanks!
There is a certain feeling i get whenever i am talking to someone about issues that do bring out the very best out of themselves. It humbles my heart with gratitude when i look into their eyes and see that spark of self belief starting to lighten up, that ‘i can do it’ feeling. I again go on to get the same feeling or even massively more when i get buried into reading a self help book or whatever i am reading that is positive. To describe this feeling a little more,it feels like someone with very soft hands and a very sweet scent coming out of them,tenderly holding and massaging my heart or soul. This kind of feeling i get when i do something for someone out of good heart, not expecting anything in return. And out of the blue, they surprise me with a thank you accompanied by a very big smile. I think this is one of the few times i get a chance to excercise my heart and i just could not put a price on it. So if i had to do something for free for the rest of my life, without a shadow of a doubt i will teach,share,inspire,encourage others to achieve towards their highest potential. And simply put, i will learn to win and spend the rest of my life teaching others free of charge, to do so. I just love personal development.
Very touching! I share your thoughts and values – “i will teach,share,inspire,encourage others to achieve towards their highest potential.” and would helping them to fulfil themselves and other people.
I would write. Write online, blog, write… anything. Get my 10,000 hours in and find out what kind of writing best works for me. Then keep writing.
I would travel everywhere, settle make friends and then move on.
I would create art, cupcakes and violins
I would learn and buys millions of books
That sounds fantastic! I would do that, too.
I would travel around the world, I think. Learn new languages, discover new cultures, meet new people. During my travels, I would go to university lectures everywhere because I’m extremely curious and love learning new things – never the same subject though. This is a really hard question, because I don’t have a specific passion (I used to have one, of course, but hurt myself and can’t anymore – I need to find something new !) right now, don’t know what job I want to do… But what I do know is that I love reading (so if I could read new books for free for the rest of my life, I’d immediately seize the opportunity !) and traveling (as I said). So probably these two points, yes – and probably the second one, because reading can get boring at times, but traveling never does !
There are two things I would do with the unlimited resources to do them: study and travel. University has always been my “happy place.” It almost doesn’t matter what I’m learning- I just love to learn. I would accumulate college degrees in every subject that took my fancy and a few advanced degrees in the ones I really love. I’ve often said that I wish going to school could be my job. I’m probably a little weird, in that I think that writing papers and doing problems is fun, not work. I even enjoy tests!
During school holidays, I would travel. I’ve covered most of Europe multiple times, although there are plenty of places I’d love to return to, and have spent time in Japan, but I’m anxious to see Asia, Africa and South America. If I had the time, I’d gladly travel to at least two different countries a year.
That would be the ideal life for me!
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Note: this is my second journal entry today. I have a rather neglected private journal that is calling to me now that I’ve started this challenge. :-)
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If I could do something for free for the rest of my life, it would be
1. Learning
Except violence, there might not be anything that I am not interested in. I love learning new things. But these days all type of knowledge is not free, so if it were free, then I would like to learn everything.
2. Travelling
I love visiting new places, trying adventurous sports, tasting different cuisine, learning about different cultures, taking pictures and having fun. So, if it were free, I would like to travel and visit every part of the world.
Right now also I learn new things daily and travel a lot, but if it were free, I would be doing it in abundance without limiting myself due to expenses ;)
Hey! Looks like a few of us would do the learning/travel thing. Like you, I’m interested in so many different topics that the biggest obstacle would probably be trying to figure out which ones I wanted to learn first!
Very creative. Very thoughtful but cheeky (smart)! I love that! I was thinking of doing that but I REALLY thought about what I can and give for free – help others. :)
I wish you the best Iva. xx
@ Christina
Haha…that’s so true! Sometimes when it comes to figuring out which ones I want to learn first, I totally get lost :D Best of luck for your future plans!
@ Ezza
hmmm…thanks for the lovely comment. What could be better than traveling around and helping others. Wish you the best for helping others and achieving your goals:)
@ Iva – your welcome. Thank you for your lovely support too, I am grateful and appreciative!!!
Your comment resonated with me ALOT and I thought it was pretty smart. I thought “Clever girl” lol ;) I cannot think of anything else better than traveling, helping others Iva but there is alot of creative people out there and its amazing at the number of responses about doing something for free…
xx
Help a friend during trying times. There’s nothing more rewarding in life but being able to impart the goodness you have in you to uplift others. Even if it is only by my own simple ways, I shall be willingly giving help to my friends and loved ones. The simplest thing to do is smile whenever you see them. By doing so, they won’t feel alone.
Hi Destiny
I fully agree with you helpig and uplifiting other is more fullfilling than geting the help and somehow it completes the bonds that just makes us human.
That is such a wonderful dream!! I wish more people were like you.
21DJC Day 2 – If You Are To Do Something For Free For the Rest of Your Life, What Would It Be?
If I am free
I won’t take college where I was now
I’ll pursue my passion to become an artist, designer, and illustrator
especially artist in game developing :)
(however far before this challenge I’ve read some of your articles. and I’ve decided to take architectural college next term!)
I wanna be a professional artist
I want to work in my house in front of my computer, working by drawing as an artist (I am a digital artist amateur)
seeing my family everyday, eating my mom’s cook, seeing my lil bo become a fine grown up gentleman, what a happy life!!
Write books and articles to express myself in every way possible. Writing beautiful heart warming books with a theme that guides readers through a series of steps and helps them manifest whatever they want. These would be there like a good friend always full of good advice. They are a starting point for some, a guide to help, a reference point for another. They have depth clarity and weight and perform a function of not only being instructive but entertaining and innovative crammed full of ideas and inspiration. They would contribute to helping people feel better and being able to cope with more skill as they face life.
I would travel around Australia, giving myself time to really see all the different towns and cities have to offer. I would love the opportunity to learn about each place’s cultural heritage and history and I would really LOVE the opportunity to hone my photography skills by capturing landcapes, landmarks, and wildlife as I travel.
Hi Jess,
Hope your dream become true and you enjoy the experience you wanted.
Regards,
gmuthiah
Thank you gmithiah,
I hope that you also get everything you ever dreamed of.
Jess
If I am to do something for free for the rest of my life, I would probably be pursuing my passions which are baking, travelling and blogging.
1. I’d be baking and testing recipes every day without the need to think so much on the money spent for the baking ingredients, various utensils/equipment, books, gas and probably courses too.
2. I’d be exploring new places every other month (or weeks perhaps) with my loved ones – seeing the world together. Sightseeing, enjoying different cultures, meeting new people and tasting local food.
3. If I don’t have to worry so much about the so-called ‘office’ working hours to earn my living – I’d spend more time updating my blog too. There would be no more ‘spare time’ for blogging. There’d always be blogging time for me, anytime and anywhere. For as long as I want to.
Learning. Is ‘learning’ too vague to be something? As a typical Gemini, I have so many things that i want to learn, so many passion, so many dreams that i want to chase after. But i can’t do all that… I’d thought of studying even when i’m out there working, but it just seem like an unworkable plan…
I think that this is an absolutely wonderful thing to aspire to. I love being able to seek more knowledge and being able to pick up new skills. The best thing about this idea is that I find there is many sources to learn from in my life, whether it be my family, friends, work mates or my boss, or even customers, I find it amazing just how much people will share with you if you can ask them the right questions.
After all, we should strive to learn something new every day, right?
Yeah, and since i’m still in school, I just try to stay around the positive people, the schoolmates that can affect me and make me learn more positively in one way or another. :)
I know, right? There are so many awesome things to learn and research.
I can relate to that. I love studying and learning new things. I love knowing about every topic on earth, engineering, literature, psichology, sociology, mathematics, biology, environmental sciences… It is so hard to stick just to one. I wish I had a million years to live so that I could study and know about every topic, but as I can´t do that, I decided to chose the one thing that I like the most and dedicate my live to that. After thinking for a while I realized that there´s one thing that scored higher than the rest on my list, on which I would love to spend my entire live with. Trying to cover every topic/every dream is sometimes frustrating because there´s just not enough time to do it, but it takes some time to think about what you really want to realize that there is always something that you want more than some other thing, and once you´ve acomplish that, you can move to the next on your list and so on. Good Luck!!
Thanks, i get what you mean. Nanotechnology, Biomedical, Psychology, forensic science… Its hard to choose. Beside, i have interest in the arts, but haven’t really got the chance to try them yet.
and
1 year from now, i would be choosing my tertiary education, two-way route.
Would you advise a 16 year-old to choose an area of studies to embark in?or wait a few years more?
I would suggest trying to chose first between science and arts/literature, etc. That´s the first step. And it´s important that you take it now.
I can´t really give you much advice as I don´t know where you´re from and how the academic system works in your country.
With time you´ll see that there is always something that you like more, something you wouldn´t mind spending your whole live doing. Also keep in mind that you can always change, you can study a career and do a Master´s degree on something different or even study a new career. It is never too late to study something different, and you can also study on your own, buying books, etc.
I prefer focusing on something specific even though there are many many things I like. I´m studying criminology and psychology. Those two careers take many things from others, quemistry, biology, even arts! Psychology is the study of human beings, and it covers so many different things, society, art, behavior, etc. It´s a career that opens you up to many posibilities. I will specialize in forensics/criminal behavior because that´s what I like the most, even though I also like clinical psychology just to give you an example. But that´s just my personal opinion.and my personal experience, and I´m really happy with my choice.
Hope that helps you! Good luck with your studies and hope you choose the field that makes you happy and again, you can always change if on the way you find something that you love even more.
That’s my woe, so much to learn and never enough time! :(
It’s also an INTP trait. I’m not INTP, though, something more like INTJ or INFJ. I want to see things translated into beneficial systems.
I’m a Gemini as well as a number 7 in numerology (seeker of knowledge) and I definitely relate to that! In fact that was also my answer ^.^
My problem is precisely the money and time I would need to spend in order to do everything I wanted (and there are a lot of things that I wanted to do…)
If the “money factor” was out of the way then I wouldn’t waste anymore time and would get myself busy learning something new right now! =D
Sometimes I want to read and learn so much that it’s like a physical hunger. Learning is a need as valid as food or water. And actually, studies indicate that lifelong readers are much less prone to suffer from neurological defects and diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. So learning and the hunger for understanding is the reason I want to be a scientist.
Curiosity
For the gifted child
Is a hunger,
A mental fire
Burning in
The prefrontal cortex…
My neighbor, Mrs. Amber Angel loves to study all the time, too. She told me that if she could, she’d live in a library. I almost wish I owned all the books in the Library of Congress!
If that ‘something free’ was unlimited travel allowance, I’d be in a different country every week for the rest of my life. I love discovering new places, meet people from different cultures, tasting different food & love how history has been written in each place. That’s what I’d do for free for the rest of my life.
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