This post isn't about politics. My American dream is to enjoy life as much as possible. My American dream is to enlighten myself as much as possible. My American dream is to maintain a comfortable living standard without compromising my ethics. My American dream doesn't necessarily involve a great job and a house in the suburbs. If your's does, then I'm supportive of your quest for happiness. My American dream is to travel and see as much of the world as possible. This isn't a quest for understanding foreign cultures, this is purely for the visceral experience and memories. My American dream is to quest for spiritual enlightenment without losing touch with reality. My American dream doesn't involve becoming rich, famous, or a rock star. My American dream is to take part in the creation of new ideas and concepts, wherever that may lead. My American dream is to help people progress.
Thus the title. My American dream as opposed to The American dream. There's so many mindsets and subcultures that the traditional american dream no longer applies. This is about your personal dream, what your life means to you and what you want to achieve before you grow old and die. What do you hope to accomplish before you shuffle off this fragile mortal coil.
I want enough money to retire and play golf and travel. I want what I call..."Screw you" money...that is where if someone at work asks you to do something you don't want to do...you can just tell them to piss off, and not worry about making bills. Yep...just want enough to retire...I think 2 million would do it. DD
probably the life i've been privileged to live the my first 21 years on this planet. aside from being way too shy, i can't imagine having it much better. i've grown up in the suburbs, went to public schools but they seemed pretty good, seems like we've always had money though we aren't rich. sometimes when i'm back home from UT and i wake up early on a weekend, i just walk outside and look down the street. sun shining, nice green lawns in front of every house, landscaping on all the lawns, basketball goals at most houses, live on a cul-de-sac so no real through traffic. it's all quiet except for maybe a lawnmower on the next street and the occasional car down the street ours turns on to. it's so typical but that's my american dream and i've gotten to live it so far. if i can have a good job, make really nice money, have a family, retire early, and play golf until i can't take it any more, that'll be perfect.
In contrast to the previous poster - I just want to enjoy life with my wife and NOT have any kids. My dream has always been to have enough money so I didn't have to worry about it. My short term dream: pay off my house and arrive in a situation where my wife only works 3 days a week (and only because she wants to work). My second dream - earn a positive handicap index and play in the U.S. Amateur.
What's with all these golf fantasies? I feel like I'm in duffercity.net My Canadian dream is to see as much of the world as I can with the Navy. Then, I'd like to retire to a nice little spot by a lake which I would work to turn into a fishing resort.
I believe once a community is gated, the proper term becomes "exclusive gated enclave." BTW, A lot of these dreams (nice neighborhood, big house, screw you money...) sound like how my parents live. And I gotta tell ya, they are two of the most miserable people I know. Therefore, my dream is to learn to truly appreciate everything I have at this very minute instead of wishing for things the way they used to be or hoping that things will get better in the future.
My philosophy is that you can't take your money with you when you die so there's no point in working yourself to death to make money that you never get to enjoy. When I'm 70 I want to be able to tell my grandkids about the interesting places I've been and different cultures I experienced. I don't want to reflect back on my life and realize I spent 35 years sitting at a desk.
Marry a white woman with loaded parents, pursue my dream of being the first black president, and enjoy having Rockets season tickets every season of my life. Well, I'm closer to the first one than the others, but I gotta figure out a way to propose first.
I just want to travel the world and meet people and experience all other cultures. I want month long holidays and the ability to not worry about money or bills in the least. Screw you money means having enough to simply relax... DD
In many ways I am living my dream right now..or at least the dream I had when I was younger. I used to envision a future where I would be involved in higher academia, live with a bunch of young women, be in a situation where I pretty much work when I want, play sports when I want, go out when I want, and pretty much do what I want when I want. Aside from not quite having enough money to travel wherever I want whenever I want, I am pretty much doing what I used to want; I am at the University of Toronto, teaching history, classics and other areas of interest, I live with 5 really cool University student gals, in a really nice big house where I have the loft, looking out over the treed back yard and the huge deck outside my back window door, where we have a really cool sense of community and cook together, watch movies together, and go out together a lot of the time...I play sports 3 or 4 days a week in the summer, and on a regular basketball team year round, am healthy, have great friends, etc. I have problems in my life, particularly with family in trouble of one kind or another, and personal immaturities...and the thing is that the dreams I had when younger don't really mean all that much now that I'm sort of living them...but I haven't really solidified others; I have vague dreams of living in a community of naturalists on the Serengeti, of living part of the year about where I am now, and part in a remote cabin in the wilderness writing, and of directing and acting in films I have written, but none of them seem all that remote any more, just requiring of hard work, which is a weakness of mine. I have never really cared that much about money; I made a lot when I was modelling, but spent more, and all the partying didn't make me happy at the time...I didn't have much at all when I was 1st in University, but was happier. I hope this sort of answers your question... PEACE JAG
Like Chance did, I think I'll use Office Space to sum up my feelings on the American Dream: Peter Gibbons: I don't like my job and I don't think I'll go anymore. Joanna: You're just not gonna go? Peter Gibbons: Yeah. Joanna: Won't you get fired? Peter Gibbons: I don't know. But I really don't like it and, uh, I'm not gonna go. Joanna: So you're gonna quit? Peter Gibbons: Uh-uh. Not really. I'm just gonna stop going. Joanna: When did you decide all that? Peter Gibbons: About an hour ago. Joanna: So you're going to get another job? Peter Gibbons: I don't think I'll like another job. Joanna: Well what are you going to do about money? Bills? Peter Gibbons: You know I never really liked paying bills, I don't think I'm going to do that either.
Okay, am I reading this correctly? Are you saying you used to be a model? If so, this may be the one and only opportunity I'll ever have on this board to sincerely utter the beloved phrase: POST A PICTURE OF YOURSELF!!!
Yeah...for a few years...( That was why I lived in NYC ) Not really a high-light of my life...among other things,at the time I got into it through my acting agent, and modelling is really looked down on by serious actors, or at least was at the time...If you really want me to, I can have one of my roomies get my portfolio, or part of it, on the computer, but I don't know how to do it myself, and it isn't worth the effort if you're just kidding. Would a desciription do?
