Topic Three.

Things I Would Like To Achieve.
1. Be successful.
2. Impact someone's life.
3. Stay true to myself.
4. Have a family.
5. Be truly happy.

Being successful is important to me because it doesn't have to mean being wealthy or famous. To me it would be accomplishing my goals, specifically right now that goal is to become a professional photographer. If I achieve that goal in my mind I will have been successful, although that's not to say I won't set other goals for myself. I think that the common idea of being "successful" is being wealthy or famous. It's a shame that that's what the term as come to because that's is not everyone's idea of success. Sure people like Brad Pitt and the Olsen twins are successful with what they do which happened to get them both popularity and money but to other people things like opening a tiny hair salon or becoming a head chef or to fall in love is success.

To have impact on someone else's live no matter how big...or small it may be. I think that changing someone's life, for the better, is the greatest thing that could happen to a person. Things happen all the time that change the way that people see things in life. From books, to movies, to loved ones, or even pets all have an effect on someone. For me to be able to alter someone's view on something and make them a better person, and to be aware of it would make me extremely happy. People in the world are usually out to change or do something for themselves and that has had a lot of impact on me because I'm not like that and I love to do things for others. Although I have my own goals and dreams, I don't believe, unlike so many others, that I'm being held back by doing a deed for another person along the way.

Staying true to who I am is extremely important for me. Not to say that changing is a bad thing, because it isn't always but just to be aware of myself and knowing that if there's something I don't like I have the power to change it. I know I can't completely change another person, no one can, but I firmly believe that there's always something you can do for yourself, to help yourself out. Letting someone else change you into something you don't want to be is wrong to me. I'm secure with a lot of things about myself, I know what I like and what I don't, who I like and who I don't, and who I want to "grow up" to be. I also know that I have things to improve on that I wouldn't have been aware of had an outsider not pointed them out to me. It's not as if help isn't welcome but if something doesn't feel right to me then I'm not going to go along with it and just pretend it's "me".

Having a family is what narcissistic people do, having little clones of themselves run around. Then label me a narcissis. I would love to have a family one day. I don't think there's anything else in the world like it. To have your own kids, is probably one of the most rewarding feelings out there. I think it's an important part of growing up too. Just because you're technically an "adult" doen't mean that you're done learning and experiencing new events. Having a family teaches responsibility, trust, and so many other things. A lot of people in the world have families, a lot don't, a lot have had one but not appreciated it and lost it. Obviously it's not for everyone and not all 6 billion people on earth would agree with me but I think if a person decides to have a family then they should treasure it like nothing else because not everyone is as lucky.

I honestly don't even know if this is possible, but I'm certainly going to try. Happiness to me isn't material in the least; I don't require the best brand clothing, newest piece of technology, or the tastiest, most expensive food. In life all it would take to make me "happy", probably the happiest I could be, as of this point in my life or within the next few years, is getting myself an apartment, it could be one room for all I care, and sharing it with person I love. I would also need my camera, because I love that too. I think simplicity is what makes people happiest and a lot of people can't, or just don't, see that. Sure I'd love to have top of the list things but I don't need them to be happy.

I'm not sure how people figure out if their life has value. For everyone it's different I think. Each person has a different of idea of what would make their life most valuable. I'm sure going through these entries a lot of people's will be similar but no one's will be exactly alike, unless of course someone just copy and pasted. I think that living life to the best you're able should give life value. Everyone also will make this desicion at different times. For someone it may be when they finally graduate from Yale, or finally getting your band on a huge label, or having kids. There isn't, and can't, be a set time where you sit down and decide "oh, my life is valuable now, now I don't have to try anymore." The purpose of life is to live it. I don't know anyother way to put it. The purpose of life is to not waste it.