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Photographer

Simmons Tobias Photo

Posts: 105

San Francisco, California, US

Not Career wise.  Life wise.  What do you ultimately hope to accomplish in life, be it through your career or just personal goals. 

My goal in life is to retire young and travel the world doing surf photography, but on my terms, not as a job.

Jul 07 06 06:29 pm Link

Model

Adrienne Aurora

Posts: 2745

Atlanta, Georgia, US

To be happy smile

Jul 07 06 06:39 pm Link

Photographer

Andrei Ku

Posts: 83

New York, New York, US

To never worry about, or need to define, what my goal is smile


I'm 34 now, and my life has been pretty goalless so far, I look back at it and I like what I see...

Jul 07 06 06:44 pm Link

Photographer

Robert Randall

Posts: 13890

Chicago, Illinois, US

I want to live to be a fireman.

Jul 07 06 06:45 pm Link

Model

Cristal Steverson

Posts: 1423

Atlanta, Georgia, US

To be influential

Jul 07 06 06:46 pm Link

Model

Xochitl

Posts: 46

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, US

To be successful & financially secure making stuff I love.  Modeling is fun but I know one day I won't be doing it anymore.

Jul 07 06 06:50 pm Link

Model

Xochitl

Posts: 46

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, US

To be successful & financially secure making stuff I love.  Modeling is fun but I know one day I won't be doing it anymore.

Jul 07 06 06:50 pm Link

Photographer

George Butler

Posts: 327

Marietta, Georgia, US

To raise my children to have the foundation to fulfill their dreams and to have made a positive influence on someone's life.

Jul 07 06 06:50 pm Link

Model

Kizzy

Posts: 12249

Tulsa, Oklahoma, US

I want to have a job that I love to go to everyday, a family that loves me, and enough money to pay the bills.

Jul 07 06 06:50 pm Link

Photographer

SayCheeZ!

Posts: 20637

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

Just like the American World Cup soccer team, I have no goals in life.

Jul 07 06 06:57 pm Link

Photographer

D. Brian Nelson

Posts: 5477

Rapid City, South Dakota, US

Someday I want to be a sidewalk character, getting around with my walker, with an old Pentax around my neck, approaching young women and saying, "Hi there little girl.  Wanna be famous?"

And not spend any time in jail for it.

-D

Jul 07 06 07:08 pm Link

Photographer

Beatbox Jeebus v2

Posts: 10046

Palatine, Illinois, US

D. Brian Nelson wrote:
Someday I want to be a sidewalk character, getting around with my walker, with an old Pentax around my neck, approaching young women and saying, "Hi there little girl.  Wanna be famous?"

And not spend any time in jail for it.

-D

Winner! tongue

Jul 07 06 07:16 pm Link

Photographer

BlindMike

Posts: 9594

San Francisco, California, US

To enjoy it. What else?

Jul 07 06 07:18 pm Link

Photographer

Image K

Posts: 23400

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

D. Brian Nelson wrote:
Someday I want to be a sidewalk character, getting around with my walker, with an old Pentax around my neck, approaching young women and saying, "Hi there little girl.  Wanna be famous?"

And not spend any time in jail for it.

-D

Couldn't have said it better myself!

Jul 07 06 07:21 pm Link

Photographer

Natalie Photography

Posts: 161

Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

To keep breathing for as long as possible. To see the world, to party, and have a good time. EAT DRINK AND BE MARRY!!

Jul 07 06 08:17 pm Link

Model

ANNABELLA

Posts: 1642

Atlanta, Georgia, US

To be happy, self-publish my own collection of self stories just cause agents are sooo overated smile

and go skinny dipping with my boyfriend in Brazil smile

Jul 07 06 11:15 pm Link

Artist/Painter

jerantino

Posts: 2780

Kirkland, Washington, US

Bob Randall Photography wrote:
I want to live to be a fireman.

Aw, man, it's fuckin' Friday!
Now, this FireStation 5 IPA sounds good...

Jul 07 06 11:18 pm Link

Photographer

Mortonovich

Posts: 6209

San Diego, California, US

"What is your goal in life?"

To figure out what the fuck my goal in life actually is.

Jul 08 06 01:56 am Link

Model

Krystin

Posts: 286

Friendly, Maryland, US

I want to be happy and make a difference in the lives of at least a few children

Jul 08 06 09:20 am Link

Model

Bailee Martini

Posts: 648

Jacksonville, Alabama, US

Andrei Ku wrote:
To never worry about, or need to define, what my goal is smile

thats probably me...in a world where you are supposed to have your career picked out at 12, your AA by 18 and be a successful business person by 25, ive come to enjoy the fact that i love many things and would be content to do them all. i love speaking other languages, writing books, cooking, drawing, cutting hair, working with computers, modeling, photography, clothing design, and many more, and i hope i get to pursue all of those fields, even if only a little. happiness is not a stable career, but a pursuit of things you love.

my ultimate goal in life is to become a wrinkly old person with my husband. if thats the only thing i ever had, i think i could die happy.

Jul 08 06 10:16 am Link

Photographer

Moraxian

Posts: 2607

Germantown, Maryland, US

To provide a comfortable life for myself and my family, and if I can have some fun on the way, all the better.

Jul 08 06 04:16 pm Link

Photographer

Brian Diaz

Posts: 65617

Danbury, Connecticut, US

To keep passing the open windows.

Jul 08 06 04:19 pm Link

Photographer

former_mm_user

Posts: 5521

New York, New York, US

to learn the language of my own aesthetics

and to have lots of extremely deviant sex

Jul 08 06 04:28 pm Link

Photographer

Bill Gunter

Posts: 547

Daytona Beach, Florida, US

I'll think about it tomorrow or next week or maybe next year.

Jul 08 06 04:31 pm Link

Photographer

His Name Is TAJ

Posts: 99

New York, New York, US

My goal is not necessarily be RICH, but to be COMFORTABLE and financially secure enough to travel whenever and wherever I want to and to also give to the less fortunate as well as perform volunteer work (which I sorta already do now).

I don't know what the future holds, but I am absolutely sure who holds the future...

-Taj

Jul 08 06 04:36 pm Link

Model

ANNABELLA

Posts: 1642

Atlanta, Georgia, US

baelie wrote:
thats probably me...in a world where you are supposed to have your career picked out at 12, your AA by 18 and be a successful business person by 25, ive come to enjoy the fact that i love many things and would be content to do them all. i love speaking other languages, writing books, cooking, drawing, cutting hair, working with computers, modeling, photography, clothing design, and many more, and i hope i get to pursue all of those fields, even if only a little. happiness is not a stable career, but a pursuit of things you love.

Very well said!

Jul 08 06 05:24 pm Link

Photographer

Frank Tammen

Posts: 203

Sacramento, California, US

...I'm 53...my goal has always been to keep learning and growing and keep my "gangsta" in top form...that means owning my own businesses, working only with contractors (no employees; I'd most certainly see a harassment lawsuit for having a sexy wall calendar!) and not backing down when a fight is necessary. Many friends now dead due to corporate ass kissing/inability to say no/excessive political correctness and poor diet: not enough cigars, tequila, gambling, chocolate cake, pussy, exercise...poor FICO score definite killer, too.

Key: don't sweat the petty stuff; pet the sweaty stuff!!!!

Jul 10 06 12:15 am Link

Model

Wynd Mulysa

Posts: 8619

Berkeley, California, US

Allegiance Design wrote:
Not Career wise.  Life wise.  What do you ultimately hope to accomplish in life, be it through your career or just personal goals. 

My goal in life is to retire young and travel the world doing surf photography, but on my terms, not as a job.

To do Steve Buscemi.

After that, it is to travel to Germany and Transylvania [Romania - Carpathian Mountains.]

Jul 10 06 12:17 am Link

Photographer

Far West Imaging

Posts: 436

Laguna Hills, California, US

I want to live forever...and it is working so far.

Jul 10 06 12:19 am Link

Photographer

R Michael Walker

Posts: 11987

Costa Mesa, California, US

To Make Art As Long As possible and have it live on after me!
Mike

Jul 10 06 12:20 am Link

Model

Aeon Elysian

Posts: 59

Kalamazoo, Michigan, US

To be known worldwide making good music

Jul 10 06 12:22 am Link

Photographer

Ransomaniac

Posts: 12588

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

To live happy and healthy doing something I love with someone I love.

Jul 10 06 12:23 am Link

Model

Suellen

Posts: 213

Arlington, Georgia, US

to be loved, admired, influential, have fun,  to never stop learning....
and most of all to be surrounded by those that i care for/love while going thru this
adventure........yiiiippppeee!

Jul 10 06 12:24 am Link

Photographer

nathan combs

Posts: 3687

Waynesboro, Virginia, US

to work for a news paper

Jul 10 06 12:27 am Link

Photographer

Frank Tammen

Posts: 203

Sacramento, California, US

Suellen wrote:
to be loved, admired, influential, have fun,  to never stop learning....
and most of all to be surrounded by those that i care for/love while going thru this
adventure........yiiiippppeee!

Love that word for life: "adventure"...rich, full of zest and celebration...you're way ahead of the game.

Jul 10 06 12:34 am Link

Photographer

William Kious

Posts: 8842

Delphos, Ohio, US

My ultimate goal in life?  Avoiding death.

Jul 10 06 12:34 am Link

Makeup Artist

MakeupForLattes

Posts: 390

Pullman, Washington, US

my life's goals...to pass along my passion for music to the youngsters ( i'm studying to teach band)...to be loved, and love in return...and to see the world (hard to do on a teachers salary, but i'll make it happen!)

Jul 10 06 12:39 am Link

Photographer

lll

Posts: 12295

Seattle, Washington, US

I don't think we have a choice.  The final goal is always: to die.  smile

While I am living though: Do no harm.  It's surprisingly hard to do.

I never want to live long, I don't understand why people want to, to be honest.

Jul 10 06 12:40 am Link

Digital Artist

Koray

Posts: 6720

Ankara, Ankara, Turkey

my answer would change every day smile

Jul 10 06 12:46 am Link

Photographer

ChrisCorbettPhotography

Posts: 252

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US

To enjoy each day.To have something, big or little, to show for each day. To not miss the sweet stuff.

Jul 10 06 08:14 am Link