My Goals Of My Life In 30 Years

Einstein once said, “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” I look at this quote as inspiration as to what it would take for me to consider my life successful in 30 years. I think what Einstein is trying to say is that life is too short to worry about what others think and constantly be trying to accumulate better “stuff”. To be truly happy one needs to look at all of what life has to offer and decided what they want out of it and not what others tell them they want. Personally, I view life as a series of experiences, some good some bad, but I view all these experiences as new opportunities to learn and grow.

All of life's experiences have a profound effect on the individual and all experiences are …show more content…
I am no exception to that rule. I want to create a life for myself that is worth living. For me that means following my heart and following my passions wherever that may take me. I want to help create a future that is sustainable for …show more content…
I honestly feel as though it is better for me to have the broad goal of helping to create a sustainable environment then for me to have the very specific goal of in 30 years “I want everyone to drive hydrogen powered cars,” because what if that doesn’t happen. Would my life be a failure? No not at all, because what if I choose to do something different, but something that still has a positive effect on the Earth’s environment. In that case I would absolutely consider my life a success. Or what if I follow my current passion of helping to create a sustainable environment but through new experiences and I develop new passions that I choose to follow. Would my life still be considered a success? Once again, most definitely. For myself the most important thing is to do what makes me happy and whatever that may be as long I am constantly learning and growing then I will be able to consider my life a