I am not ambitious, but I am passionate, and what I am passionate about is appreciating life, and part of that is engagement in seeing with new eyes, learning how to do things which I regard as meaningful to me - and perhaps others.
I am ambitious in terms of wanting to be able to continue to do those things I regard as meaningful for as long as possible by staying in good enough shape to be able to do them. To the best of my ability I will aim to avoid morbidities that will make that difficult at best and impossible at worst.
Being old does not mean that I have to conform to a role of what it is to be old. I plan to be the geezer who walks trails, hang-glides, reads, writes, plays music and engages with life until I am worn down and broken. And if I need help turning off the light at that point, I will ask for it.
I like it. I'm seventy five, a striving senior. Not born ambitious, but getting more so. I have grand-kids and so do a lot of us. I wanna live a bit longer. Influence the outcome.
I have modest ambitions. The next photo exhibition. A book (which is underway). And, they can be done as long as you can sit or walk so they seem manageable. Ambition doesn't need to be about recognition. It can be about learning, understanding, appreciating.
I am not ambitious, but I am passionate, and what I am passionate about is appreciating life, and part of that is engagement in seeing with new eyes, learning how to do things which I regard as meaningful to me - and perhaps others.
I am ambitious in terms of wanting to be able to continue to do those things I regard as meaningful for as long as possible by staying in good enough shape to be able to do them. To the best of my ability I will aim to avoid morbidities that will make that difficult at best and impossible at worst.
Being old does not mean that I have to conform to a role of what it is to be old. I plan to be the geezer who walks trails, hang-glides, reads, writes, plays music and engages with life until I am worn down and broken. And if I need help turning off the light at that point, I will ask for it.
I like it. I'm seventy five, a striving senior. Not born ambitious, but getting more so. I have grand-kids and so do a lot of us. I wanna live a bit longer. Influence the outcome.
...reminded me of a N Yrkr cartoon; man sitting on couch, his internal dialogue: ‘Get up!......No!’
I have modest ambitions. The next photo exhibition. A book (which is underway). And, they can be done as long as you can sit or walk so they seem manageable. Ambition doesn't need to be about recognition. It can be about learning, understanding, appreciating.