If you are fortunate enough to live to be 75 years old, you will have lived for 900 months. Of that, 300 months would have been spent in sleep. Another 300 months would have been spent in the shower, stuck in traffic, at school or work, eating, brushing your teeth and arguing with your parents. That leaves you with 300 months. If you are 15 years old, you've already spent 180 months on this beautiful planet. That leaves you with 120 months to do something that really matters.
If there was one thing you'd like to do in the 120 months you have for your self, what would it be?
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I'd say that because so many people have helped me to get this far and encouraged me to do so many things showed me new possibilities and opened my mind to new ideas, I'd want to give that back to someone. I want to at the end of my 120 months be able to say that I helped someone make a difference and become what they were truly meant to be. It's Something I always thought about and wanted to accomplish. Then there's always the ideas for self accomplishments I always wanted to fulfill but I'll leave them for some other blog. :p
Yet, if that's all the time I got left makes you wonder if it's really worth the trouble because how wouldyou know your work would be continued or even appreciated after your dead, by that time it doesn't matter anymore (Iguess).
You know, breaking your life down in months, days, hours, minutes, seconds...It really puts so many things in a different perspective. And I guess everyone should do that once in a while.
120 months, I would want to distribute even further. I want to see the world, live with my best friend, go sky-diving or snorkeling, go back home to Pakistan for at least a couple of years, know what it's like to have to make ends meet, take one night of my life off to be a complete idiot, do something for the world, live an eco-friendly life, be a world-renowned lecturer... jeez, 120 months really isn't a lot.
But for the purposes of this question, I have to be nit-picky so I guess I'd want to go on a holiday to some far off place with my family - my parents and my brother - and just, I don't know, lay waste to the claims that families are too materialistic nowadays <:
Oh wow, that's difficult. To be honest if I were to actually pick one thing, I would just leave it to fate or luck, go with my instinct at that second or ask a friend or family member.
It's just because I'm horrible at choosing something when I have a bunch of options, that said the one and only thing I would want to do now after a week of exams or studying is take a nice, relaxing holiday somewhere. Just relax and not do much.
I'd love to do any absolutely random and spontaneous experiences without fear, and just live the moment. Make a difference in the world and set it on the rigth track. Tell my family and friends how much I appreciate them and everything they've ever done for me. Become famous:P Donate something meaningful to charity. Go sky-diving, white-water rafting, scuba diving in the Marianas Trench, go surfing in Australia, write a bestseller, make meringues, learn to play the lead guitar, have a family reunion, go back to Disneyland and act like a complete kid!, do 10 push-ups, swim with dolphins, bunjee jump off the Golden Gate Bridge and find a cure for cancer.
I will probably do all those things, except maybe find a cure for cancer though...and maybe 'become famous' unless writing a book helps me with that, but everything else is DEFINITELY on my Bucket List!
*Note: I just re-read the post and saw the 'ONE THING' bit, but I can't change anything because I have 120 months left. I only wish I could get insomnia for those few months so I could fit in everything. Wierd thing to wish for but there you go.
If there was one thing I would like to do in my last 120 months, I would want to spend as much time with my family as possible. They have always been there for me. They have allowed me to choose my career without judgment. They tell me the truth which makes me a different person. I have learnt so much from them and I would want to remember those lessons. My grandmother inspires me. My father encourages me and also supports me and makes me laugh all the time. My cousin is an independent woman, she is role model. My sister loves challenges and always gets her way. I would like to become all these things but I would only be able to achieve that if I spend time with them.
For one thing i would drop school, go to magrudys grab as much as novels as i can and buy them. (ill get the money from somewhere)
Then ill do the things i've always been wanting to do but never got the chance to; Go parachuting, Swim with a whale, learn to surf and somehow meet J K rowling.
I'd tell my brat of a sister whom i always fight with that i truly love her. Ill tell everyone else how much they mean to me.
Ill get a ticket with my buddies and go to new york and do something i've always dreamed of doing ; Lick the toes of statue of liberty.
In the last few weeks, id donate everything i've ever had to charity and maybe do some voluntary service. I'd do the wildest things that are worth doing before its all over.
Im going to apologize to everyone i've ever been mean to and start being super nice (: In the end of it all, I hope that me and my loved ones have a smile on our faces.
If there was one thing i would want to do is TO HAVE FUN :)
I used to think that until I reach 25, I would simply just like to do good in school, university and have as much of fun as I can, stressing on leisure and enjoyment way more than on "responsibilities".
But after having my sister hear my future plans, she managed to shove a lot of sense in to me, speaking sweet words of wisdom.
The privilege of having less responsibilities shouldn't be spent on partying, messing around and enjoying ourselves all the way. To be honest I think the majority of our time should be spent on participating in benefiting our society or world, arts, hobbies, sports, Educating ourselves, reading and trying to know just about everything we can while we have the time!
When we're finished with school and university and hopefully start working,
the free time which we once had to enjoy a novel or perhaps strum a guitar will be no more, or at least extremely shortened. The only book we'll be able to read will most probably be related with our work. We will be so busy with our work that we won’t even be able to keep up with any of our hobbies or simply just read a book to learn various things!
Having said all of that, in my last 120 months left till I turn 25 and start working, I want to volunteer in helping our environment and its people, studying in all its forms, reading, learning, playing in my band and to enjoy and appreciate every single moment, seizing every joyful day. =]
But right now for this very moment.... IGNORANCE IS A BLISS!! =D
Well, estimating the time we have left to live can sure make it seem so much shorter.
I would accomplish as many of the goals I've got as much as I can, travel the world, meet new people, learn how to play all the instruments I want to play, learn how to swim.
Aaah that all sounds so cliche.
But honestly, my motto, now. Is to pretty much try something new everyday, even if it's a small thing, it keeps life (at the moment) from feeling so monotonous as well as making the most of my 120 months.
I would want to travel- I've always wanted to go to Europe- and so that's what I'd do first.
Like Raya said, I would buy all the books possible from kinokuniya, and for one day, I'd just like to be able to peruse without having anyone telling me I'm out of time :P
I'd spend my last moments with all my friends and family,and donate any money I'd have for reasearch in diseases like multiple sclerosis.
I would just want to have an amazing time, and try to absorb as much as I can :)
This one's easy. The one thing that really matters and which I would like to do (after I've got my Automotive Engineering degree from Heriot Watt University, entered the empire of Volkswagen-owned car manufacturers, worked my way up through Seat, Volkswagen and Audi, and finally reached Lamborghini) in the remaining time that I have whilst I'm alive, is to engineer a Lamborghini which will go down, in automobile history books, as one of the greatest cars ever made in automotive history.
The day I finish designing that Lamborghini and it gets the green light for mass production will be the defining moment of my life. That will take a fair amount of time, though. Let's take the example of the Lexus LFA. Sure, it might be Japanese and not Italian but it is, ultimately, a high-performance, precision-engineered, exotic supercar and it took nine whole years to engineer and perfect.
By the time I do enter Lamborghini, the Lamborghini Aventador (which recently replaced the Murcielago as the company's flagship model) would have become quite old and hence I'll probably engineer the Super Veloce (SV) version of it which shall aptly be named - the Lamborghini Aventador SV. For the uninitiated amongst you, Lamborghini has a tradition of bidding farewell to its best cars (when they're too old to continue being made) by developing an SV version of the car in question which serves as a 'swan song' for the car. With the SV versions, every single, last horsepower is squeezed out of the engine, of the car in question, and the car is made as lightweight as possible in order to get the highest level of performance out of the car.
If (when I enter Lamborghini) I'm a little too late for that, I'll probably engineer the successor to the Aventador. I haven't yet thought of a name for that car yet but I guarantee that it will be even better than the Aventador. Ultimately, whichever car I engineer, it will have enough horsepower to cause a sonic boom, generate enough torque to fry an elephant, accelerate with enough force to dislocate the driver's organs, yield enough downforce to defy gravity and have looks that make Megan Fox look kind of ugly. It will probably be remembered for decades for its capabilities and using the car, I might even break the laws of Physics.
Well, its tough to choose just one thing to do in my last 120 months. If you look at it, 120 months is a lot of time so I would rather do numerous things that I've always wanted to do but never got the chance.
I've always wanted to travel all around the world. I would go sky-diving, bungee jumping and climb Everest. I would donate money in the aid of research for medical cures. I would want to live in a village and see how it feels to not have money to spend on unnecessary things.
There's so much more I'd want to do. I would definitely apologise to everyone I've ever hurt and tell my family how much I love them and how VERY MUCH they mean to me. I would make the most out of my time and spend my last days with them.
Most importantly, I'd want to make a difference in this world and stop all those silly wars over money, land and power.
Since I have to choose one thing to do, I say its better to just live the moment, be spontaneous and leave that to fate, like Duwane said.
Mmmm...there are many things I would like to do. But one of the most important one is to make a difference to someone's life and tell and show my parents how much I appreciate them. But these are two things,but I can't make this anymore concise.
Aisha Bashir
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Ah, this all sounds so cliche but I guess I would want to do something that would let me leave my mark on the world. Along with that, I would like to take risks, do something different, accomplish everything I've set my mind to and just enjoy everything I do :)
I'd Go On an Eat. Pray. Love. [Shop.;P] Journey.
And in this journey, I would love to fulfill my deepest desires, Discover my talents, and using that do something
unforgettable. Even If I cant leave a mark on the world, even if I cant chage the whole world, I would love to help just a little part of the world in any way possible!
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I have a whole list... So, I'll start of with visiting every single place in the world. I can't imagine dying without seeing every bit of the Earth.
Well, there are a lot adventurous things too like sky diving and mountain climbing and the list goes on and on.
Spend a lot of quality time with my family. Pull my brother's cheek even more harder >:D
Keep a pet dog later on as I'm not allowed to have one now.
Visit the 'White House' from inside and meet the real president (not the one in Madame Tussuads :P) whoever that will be.
And do a lot of crazy stuff which I cannot list down here because the list would never end :)
First of all, I will drop out of school.
And I would like to have all those weird but adventurous backpacking trips where you carry the least amount of items and just..go with the flow.
I would love to stay over in all the big,fancy libraries in the world, and visit all the monuments and go to all ex-tallest buildings and laugh at them. (:
(I sort if did not read the question so there we go) I just want to spend maximum time with family although it is immensely saddening for both parties. I would want to do something different, just so I can "depart" without the little voice in my head, whining and making me feel bad for missing out on things that I will never,ever be able to do.
Hmm…well we all revolve around the magnificent world and I personally desire visiting each and every corner of our planet earth, however I wouldn’t visit our magical planet alone, my parents and siblings are definitely jaunting along with me, that way I would spend my precious time glaring at the exquisite sites in the world with the people who are dearest to my heart. My life would sort of be complete that way. :P
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