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We all have something we want in life. We have dreams and aspirations–whether it be a dream job, dream holiday, have a family, study something you are passionate about, an experience you want to have, etc.
Feel free to share what your dream or aspiration is with the Bored Panda community. We would love to hear it.
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#1
I want to be a human that this world needs.
Final score:
16points
Roadkill The Brave 5 years ago
You already are a human that this world needs, that I can guarantee you Dew.
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Are you a kind and honest person? If the answer is yes, then you are a human that the world needs.
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#2
I want to keep this website alive.
Final score:
12points
#3
I want my online store to be successful, I started just before lockdown and am barely getting any sales. I want to hopefully become successful enough so I can buy my own house and a cute dog. My aim is to get there by time I'm 30, I'm currently 24.
Final score:
10points
Sara Stone 3 years ago
Cut you deadline in half to put some pressure on yourself. Get an expert at search engine optimization so your store is in the top three of what comes up when people search for what you have. Make sure your graphics and photos are full of color, joy and success, because, ultimately, THAT’S what people are buying from you! Last, BELIEVE IN YOURSELF LIKE NOTHING ELSE MATTERS, because without that, you will not get out of yourself the precision target- takedowns that you MUST have in order to make it. Now, GET GOING or I’m going to come over there and light your favorite silk pants on fire!!!
Sara Stone 3 years ago
Breakdown what “success” means to you into specific parts and shorten your goal time to 3 years; figure out how to put some real pressure on yourself. Hire a proven master at optimizing your online search results (so your website/store shows up in the top three when people search for what you’re selling. Make sure your graphics/photos vids are charged up with color, action, joy, success. That’s what people are wanting to get, so give it to them. Believe in yourself, like all the results in your life depended upon that belief, and go knock ‘em out of the ballpark, kiddo! YOU GOT THIS!!!
#4
I would just love to get out of depression it would be so nice to see happy days😔
Final score:
10points
Stannous Flouride 5 years ago
It never seems like it at the time I know, but depression is a temporary state. There are come fairly simple, non-pharmaceutical, techniques that help. For me, it's doing something that helps someone else.
Sara Stone 3 years ago
Study Andrew Huberman’s YouTube videos to see if something clicks for you. For me, it’s SLEEP, BLOOD SUGAR (it drops too low then so do I), OXYGEN - throughout the day - even a 20 minute morning walk going slow makes a HEAP of difference. Avoid conflict; no stare-downs...avoid anger - it gets Adrenalin going and that sets us up for drop in blood sugar levels. You can do this! Go for it!
Squirrelflightisawesome 5 years ago
Yep. We will all do this. Find something to do to help make you happier. I write poetry and talk to friends. All people with depression, unite!
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To go to the navy as a doctor, come out of the navy, hsve 3 or 4 kids, become a dermatologist, and work as a doctor. I'm only 12 and that's what I wanna do with my life...
Final score:
9points
Roadkill The Brave 5 years ago
You trail off like its a bad thing, that's a good aspiration to have. Clear goals and a want for the future will help you more than you realize as you get older.
Cat Nip Gal (Submission author) 5 years ago
I wasn't trying mean it as a bad thing.
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Unfortunate beauty? 5 years ago
Wow I'm almost 12 and I don't have barely any goals compared to you :)
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Wow, good on you. I had no idea what I wanted to do at 12 along with so many other people. Good luck.
#6
Ive always wanted to go on americas got talent because ive always loved to sing but due to my experience with bullys I only sing to my family now but im seriously considering it again because my great-grandma has just passed away a few days ago and when my grandma (her daughter) asked what she wanted meaning like water or food or whatever she said she wanted her to call me and my parents and tell me to go and follow my dreams cause she will be there with me every step of the way and then an hour later she passed. I love you GG
Final score:
8points
#7
I want to be a published Writer. I'm already a writer but most of my work hasn't seen the light of day yet. My sister is helping me work on one of my stories which is a major boon because I have a small issue with staying focused on just one thing at a time. I handed out one of my pieces, just a couple of sample chapters to get critiqued on it. I wanted brutal honesty, what I got was a fan club which made me finally realize that I might just be good at this writing stuff. I did get some constructive criticism as well, which I adored, and has helped.
Final score:
7points
#8
To write a bestselling book series.
Final score:
7points
#9
i want a record deal and my album to be successful :))
Final score:
7points
#10
Sadly my dream is one that will never happen. I would love to create a Homeless Hub. Somewhere that has all the services needed in one place. One big issue with homelessness is that it is often a very complicates issue and the people need numerous services to get back on their feet but the services aren’t always easily accessible. The homeless hub would have most if not all the services needed in one place. There would be five small gated communities 1. Rehab 2. Families 3. Women 4. Men and 5. Youths. The residents will help with cleaning and maintaining their own areas as well as the communal areas in their block. The communal blocks would include kitchen, dining, laundry, shower blocks and a small entertaining space with things like TV, deck of cards, some books etc. There will also be a roster where residents will cook dinner for the other residents in their block. The services included are rehab, youth centre, access to GP and dentist through outsourcing, job networking and training services, education courses, financial councelling, family connections and reunions, psychology and councelling services, connections to disability services, computer room for studying, job search etc. Access to hairdresser/barber through outsourcing, help in finding permanent accommodation, get them in the community to volunteer and gain skills, domestic violence services, access to library books through outsourcing, organise forms and payments through centrelink, outsourcing pet care like kennel/cattery etc. A large donation area with clothes, shoes, household items, food etc for the residents to choose some items to help them get back on their feet.
Final score:
7points
Foxxy (The Original) (Submission author) 5 years ago
Me too, unfortunately it would cost a lot of money to run and the government is unlikely to want to foot the bill. The homeless crisis doesn’t seem to be very high on the priority list. I have a few ideas that I believe will be HUGELY beneficial to the homeless community it’s just the people I need to listen and fund these things annually are extremely unlikely to step up.
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Irina Rachow 5 years ago
Private corporations would probably be open to being a apart of this (naming opportunities on the various 'houses' - it just needs a team to put the plan together with hard costs, etc. getting thew place donated or on a practically free lease, etc. Please look into getting it done - It CAN happen if you follow your passion - others will join you!!
Foxxy (The Original) (Submission author) 5 years ago (edited)
I have absolutely no idea where to start. I know what I want to happen but I have absolutely no idea of how to implement it, the logistics, red tape, laws or the skills to write an actual plan etc. And unfortunately those kind of these confuse the heck out of me.
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I've always wanted to meet George Lucas and thank him for all the memories he gave to me as a child
Final score:
7points
Hunter (Submission author) 5 years ago
i actually have 15 times to be exact
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I want several things: 1) I want mankind to be able to reach Pluto before the year 2045 (This is improbable, but anything is possible if you put your mind to it) 2) I want to go to space, either on Mars or one of the gas giants' moons. 3) Meet Neil deGrasse Tyson. 4) Join the marching band before I graduate high school (I'm currently in middle school) 5) End racial injustice. #BlackLivesMatter
Final score:
7points
Regina Phalange 5 years ago
ur a**s is a gas giant (sorry, not trying to be rude, i just love that joke, im very immature(also, great goals))
Wolfstar (Submission author) 5 years ago
bWAHAHA lol same im VERY immature, and thank you!
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I want to be able to live in a small cottage in the woods somewhere with my wife and our animals. I want to be able to live a peaceful life, free of troubles and cares.
Final score:
7points
MiraiJack 5 years ago (edited)
So, in summary, you wanted to be dead, and buried in a forest? That's the only way the "free of troubles and cares" might happen.
Arientis (Submission author) 5 years ago
I mean.. not necessarily. But death would be nice, too.
Load More Replies... *eats pancake* 5 years ago
just wanna know....do you listen to girl in red....or more specifically hozier???
Arientis (Submission author) 5 years ago
i think that this is satire?? but yeah, i do.
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My biggest dream is to take my parents for world tour. They both have worked hard to give us comfortable lives.
Final score:
7points
#15
I want a new body or to be without pain for just one day and to be able to get a good night's sleep in a bed again instead of a recliner. I miss sleeping on my side.
Final score:
7points
Paige Jordan 5 years ago
Me too. Fibromyalgia and need multiple surgeries on my neck and spine.
#16
My biggest dream or aspiration is being a designer if i cannot accomplish to be a designer i have something else planned, a graphic novel author
Final score:
6points
#17
I want to have a successful marriage where we are always growing
Final score:
6points
#18
I want to emigrate to Scotland from the U. S. but need to figure out if it's even feasible and how to support my family. I grew up there during US Navy base operations and my heart never left.
Final score:
6points
les 5 years ago
what type of work do you do? if you have any experience with renewable energy you will easily find work. note of warning though, the government changed the elegibility criteria for emmigrating so you will need a fairly well paid job for you and your spouse if you have one.
J.L. Martin (Submission author) 5 years ago
Unfortunately thanks to the job market I've been a stay-at-home-mom since Oct 2012. My son received his autism diagnosis around the same time, so I consider it a mixed blessing that I got laid off at the time. I work in IT; 8 years as a computer programmer in the USAF and then I got a bachelor's degree in Technical Management with an emphasis in Project Management. Best job I ever had? Being a scheduler in a project management office. That was a BLAST. I got paid to be the good control freak that I am. I'm a bit of "jack of all trades" though. You hire me and I will eventually be able to do a little bit of everything from every department you have because I kind of come in and, if I see something not being taken care of or done well then I *am* going to step in and take over. In a nice way. :) Husband comes from a similar background: 20 years as a computer programmer in the USAF and now solid 10+ years under his belt as a program manager as a government civilian (and he's darn good!)
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for right now? for 2020 to be over
Final score:
6points
J.L. Martin 5 years ago
I feel you... but also the wisest and snarkiest part of me is loudly grousing BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR ;b (all said in good humor, I assure you!)
#20
My biggest dream is to be a fashion designer or interior decorator. I am thinking of doing a tafe course next year in some sort of design. Still trying to decide. My biggest issue is that I am not a very good drawer so trying to get the ideas from my head to paper is difficult.
Final score:
5points
Podunkus 5 years ago (edited)
Betty Edwards’ classic book “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” is the best place to start if you want to learn on your own how to draw. https://www.drawright.com/
Heaven Lee (Submission author) 5 years ago
Thank you. I will have a look.
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I really want to be a baker. I like baking a lot and yeah.
Final score:
5points
#22
My biggest top 3 dreams are being a pro golfer, being popluar, and not being alone. ( I have been alone a lot.😭).
Final score:
5points
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
That’s sad to hear you are alone a lot. I hope you find something or someone to fill that loneliness.
#23
To be able to retire in 2 years with a mortgage free home. I'd like to then buy a camper or RV and do some small travels with my dog Zoe. Would love to drive the coast and up to Canada-I live in California.
Final score:
5points
#24
To get to retire no later than 12 years from now. (I’m 56 now.) To stay out of trouble until I’m allowed to retire.
Final score:
5points
#25
I would love to become a marine biologist, and live on a large rural property that is mostly forest. I would also love to have a horse.
Final score:
5points
#26
I want to help destroy facism to make a better world for everyone. If it takes toppling a government so be it. we can build it again and make it better for everyone because its not about your religion or skin colour, its about whats inside you and our current government are happy to let the right and left have their fights in the street because then we aren't watching while they f*** us all (and dont even have the decency to kiss us after)
Final score:
5points
#27
I would love to go to college and university to become a Veterinarian! I love animals and nature so I would love it.
Final score:
5points
J.L. Martin 5 years ago
DO IT! You can totally do this! And so many pet owners (and pets) would be grateful to have another wonderful, compassionate vet in the world on their side! :*
Kat.I (Submission author) 5 years ago
Ummm I mean I would love too lol...
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i also want to get into stanford. i am only 14 but it has been my dream ever since i saw high school musical. ive been working hard on my studies since then.
Final score:
5points
#29
My biggest dream... is to be able to move out of this awful row-house and into a detached structure, in a quiet (maybe rural) area. I deeply wish to finally experience peace & quiet, as well as a feeling of privacy and agency. I have no other ambitions in life other than to have peace of mind and no longer be suffering from constant fight-or-flight anxiety due to being surrounded by obnoxious, selfish, and ignorant people and their noise/smoke/litter/etc. I should NEVER have bought this horrible house. I’ve been trapped here, financially, since 2005, due to being traumatized into disability by my former employers. I want to stop hating my mere existence. I’d probably be able to work on creative projects again if I wasn’t constantly in a state of hyper-vigilance and distraction. Shared surfaces and densely populated living spaces are fundamentally inhumane. Dense population spaces create stress and make people hostile. Noise studies show this. Even if you think you’re fine, you really might not be.
Final score:
4points
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
I am so very sorry, it sounds like an awful living situation. I hope soon you can find a home to be happy in and that will bring you peace.
#30
I have had chronic depression for over 20 years so my dream would be to be free of it, just for a while.
Final score:
4points
J.L. Martin 5 years ago
I've often felt that the Universe shackled us with depression so we'd fit in with normal people. If we didn't have depression not only would we rule the world, we'd be freaking unstoppable. So I feel you. Dysthymia here. For, like, forever. I can't remember the last time I felt truly happy without that feeling that "the other shoe is going to drop". Can't I just enjoy a half-second of joy before you destroy it? <3 <3 <3 You are not alone.
#31
I want to learn how to appreciate myself.
Final score:
4points
Squirrelflightisawesome 5 years ago
You are loved. you are beautiful. You are amazing. You have the right to be proud of yourself. Do stuff you like. Find a new hobby that you think you would enjoy. You deserve to live a full life. Even if no one tells you, there is always someone out there who loves you. I don't know your life but I know that YOU ARE IMPORTANT 😘
J.L. Martin 5 years ago
SquirrelFlight, I see you all up and down this page, and I gotta say, I love your style! Pleasure to meet you :)
Load More Replies... J.L. Martin 5 years ago
Madison, I have a challenge for you! First thing in the morning, every day for a week, wake up and write down the FIRST THING you can think of that you like about yourself. It can be simple (I have an awesome dimple on my right cheek when I smile) or complex (I can recite PI up to 25 places) or silly (I can stick my tongue out and touch my nose). No rules, no judgment. If this works for you, keep going! If it doesn't work for you, Challenge II: ask 3 (or 5, or 10) of your closest friends/family to tell you their ONE favorite thing about you. You could even make it whimsical, write these on slips of paper, put 'em in a gorgeous jar, and pull them out to read on rough days. You *are* appreciated. Appreciating yourself takes a little longer because (if you're not a narcissist!) we're usually focussed on those around us first. <3 Be patient with yourself. And my toughest challenge- practice *compassion* with yourself. <3
J.L. Martin 5 years ago
I appreciate you and I don't even know you. It took a small amount of courage to post here! Give yourself credit for that! Now what other talents do you have? Can you cook? Sew? Make people smile? Are you a good hugger? I bet there are a million things you are good at- in fact, have you considered MAKING A LIST? I'm not kidding. You re-read the list when you're kicking yourself. You add to the list when you're feeling great. (I have one by my bedside table). <3
#32
I am a voluntary firefighter in Germany and I want this to never end. I love helping people and I love to be with my friends who all are firefighters too. It was by far the best decision i´ve ever made to sign in at the fire department and i never wanna leave again. I finally have the feeling to do something useful and I have found so many people I would trust blindly. It is just awesome...
Final score:
4points
#33
My biggest wish is probably to be a good artist and/or to stop getting bullied in school. :(
Final score:
4points
Squirrelflightisawesome 5 years ago
You know you can tell your teacher that people are bullying you; it's not snitching evenhough many make it out to be. I have had MANNNNNy encounters with bullying, and telling the teachers help. You can ask them to handle it and not tell the Bullies that it was you that told them that.
#36
Writing a book and maybe getting it published. I came up with the main characters ages ago as a kid, they continued to develop in my mind. I wrote a story with them as a kid and I want to include the story in my book as a prologue. I've started on the book a couple of times, life gets in the way. Studies, work, family. It's not my biggest dream (that came true when I became a mom) but a remarkable dream anyway.
Final score:
3points
#37
1. write the fantasy novel that has been developing in my head for the past 5 years, 2. get a couple of my invention ideas out there from my dog-eared $million idea book, 3. help set up a program for budding entrepreneurs in needy areas to realize their potential and make a difference in the world.
Final score:
3points
#38
I don't know if I have one "biggest dream," but one of my dreams is to read every book on my Kindle. Since I keep adding new ones (love browsing the freebies), it could take a while, but like Rob Thomas said, "one less day from dying young."
Final score:
3points
#39
My biggest dream is to go into something musical and meet my favorite artists and to live a happy life. Recently I've been trying to be more optimistic and every time something goes wrong to learn from it and not keep thinking about it.
Final score:
3points
#40
It has always been a life long dream to be in the Olympics. Of course, it is VERY hard to get in and it takes a lot of training. Also, it has been a huge dream of mine to go to Ireland.
Final score:
3points
J.L. Martin 5 years ago
What sport? Have you researched? This is not an impossible dream- this is achievable!
Squirrelflightisawesome (Submission author) 5 years ago
Thanks, I've wanted to get in the Olympics for swimming. I'm only 13 but I know that if I realllllllly want to, I'm gonna have to train verrrrrrrrrrry hard to get fast.
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1. become a zoologist..? 2. become a singer/ actor (I want to be both) 3. help people in need/ do something big for society 4. have self love.. and ditch anxiety 5. get married with my boyfriend 6. live in a nice house.. near forest/ water (7. get a big doggo or two)
Final score:
3points
#42
I want to be an illustrator. I'm 14 years old, and I've been drawing since I was nine months old. It's always been a huge part of my life - I spend around 10 hours a day practicing. I take commissions and design logos. I also have an online shop where I sell art prints, stickers, shirts, and the like. I absolutely love what I am doing and really hope I can turn this into a career when I'm older.
Final score:
3points
#43
I want to be an author and see the world one day. I really want to live in Switzerland too, it is very beautiful.
Final score:
2points
#44
I just want to be happy. I want to get a decent job, get married, have a kid, maybe adopt. Maybe even write a book! Who knows what the future may bring.
Final score:
2points
#45
I'm almost there. I'm going to finish my book and one way or another see it published.
Final score:
2points
#46
Convert a bus and travel while I make my living as an author.
Final score:
2points
#47
I want to leave this world better than I found it.
Final score:
2points
What do you think ?
Podunkus 5 years ago (edited)
Hey dreamers, consider this advice... the world is full of kind people, so pick up the phone, reach out and ask for the help you need to get you started. “According to Steve Jobs, This One Thing Separates The Doers from The Dreamers” https://link.medium.com/wsir0jS5y7
Julie Hanford 5 years ago
Great advice! i have to finish school first though :)
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Podunkus 5 years ago (edited)
Hey dreamers, consider this advice... the world is full of kind people, so pick up the phone, reach out and ask for the help you need to get you started. “According to Steve Jobs, This One Thing Separates The Doers from The Dreamers” https://link.medium.com/wsir0jS5y7
Julie Hanford 5 years ago
Great advice! i have to finish school first though :)
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