I was thinking about something very similar yesterday. People have goals for what they want to do in life. Maybe it's what they want to become -- their own boss

I was thinking about something very similar yesterday. People have goals for what they want to do in life. Maybe it's what they want to become -- their own boss, a missionary or an independently wealthy person. Maybe it's what they want to do -- fish, drive fast cars, or see every continent in person. Regardless, people should come up a plan for how to do -- or become those things. And the goals they set for themselves should be ones that really do get them closer to what they want. Any time spent doing things that don't really help you toward your goal (this includes surviving in order to meet your goal, duh!) is basically a betrayal of one's self. As for me? I just want to help people. I do it by learning things well enough to teach them to others, by honing my writing and speaking skills, by writing and speaking about helpful things, and -- of course -- by lending a hand to people whom I know how to help.