Personal Goals that Inspire and Motivate
Do you want to change the world or just get by? You could accomplish either goal without much effort but sometimes goals that seem impossible can actually inspire us to achieve bigger and better things. People are often motivated by a personal goal that is difficult but achievable. These types of goals don't usually involve a monetary reward, this isn't for everyone, some people find strength in the challenge itself and others like to see instant reward which is fine too. Whatever your motivation you are likely going to find it in one of these inspirational personal goals.
1. Improve your life.
2. Move to a different country for a year.
3. Write a book.
4. Create a web site or product that sells (or free product).
5. Save money each month and retire early at 50, 60 or even 70 years old (this is possible if you are already retired).
6. Form an amateur team and compete with other teams on the weekends in various sports including soccer (a very popular sport these days), football, basketball, lacrosse, ice hockey etc... (this kind of activity is fun for an entire family).
7. Start a new business that makes millions of dollars each month .
8 . Save the environment, water and air by planting trees, turning off lights when you are not using them or recycling.
9. Become a Member of the Peace Corps and work abroad at a foreign country to help them build their nation (this can be a team effort but most likely you will be the only American).
10. Travel to all 50 states in the U.S .
11 . Learn how to play an instrument or sing (any instrument will do).
12 . Start running in a local 5k race once a week with other runners (or join a club and run regularly).
13 . Volunteer for a charity or help out at a retirement home .
14 . Write and publish a children's book.
15 . Build your own house (or design it yourself and decorate it).
16. Convince enough people to adopt your idea so that you can make millions of dollars each month.
17. Tell the world that you are an expert on something (or start your own website or forum where others can ask you questions).
18. Borrow some money from your parents and move out of their house and live in an apartment by yourself, save money each day and then eventually move into your own house.
19... Start a new business (or maybe do it again)
20... Start a blog and write about something interesting or funny.
21... Write an article that is published on the Internet for others to learn from (you can do this with your own website or with your blog).
22 . Become fluent in another language (traveling to different countries, meeting new people and learning a new language can be very motivating and fun).
23... Be successful at something you have always wanted to succeed in.
24... Drive all around the world in one year, see as many different countries as you can, learn their cultures and languages, see how they live, what they're like.
25... Get a part time job, pay off your student loans (or save money each month), contribute to a retirement plan for yourself and your family.
26... Learn to play a musical instrument (or learn to speak another language, learn to dance).
27. Take up a new hobby (using this model, you can let hobbies go when they become too difficult or boring, but then pick up another one).
28. Start making and selling art of any kind (painting, sculpting etc... or maybe you like computers and make websites or create videos).
29 . Start dating someone new each month that interests you and/or knows something about art or music.
30 . Meet a stranger and fall in love with that person and marry him/her.
31... Get a new car (or ride a bike or take public transportation).
32... Take up snowboarding, skiing, ice skating or ice fishing.
33... Turn your hobby into a business.
34... Start painting murals on the sides of buildings and creating sculptures as part of company culture (with other people).
35... Build your own house inside of your yard, design it yourself with your own ideas and make it as beautiful as possible.
36... Try to learn how to sail or kayak.
37 . Buy a used car that is in mint condition without you having to fix anything too major (like replacing the engine).
38 . Start your own website (it doesn't have to be anything big, some people make websites selling things like $1 DVDs and other people are successful with their own niche).
39... Start your own forum where people can post answers to questions.
40... Learn how to ride a motorcycle.
41... Learn how to ride a horse.
42... Buy an apartment that you can fix up and rent out for profit or live in it yourself.
43... Start creating products and selling them online (this can go along with any business, you can start this after you have reached a level of success or as soon as you start a new business).
44 . Learn how to speak another language completely fluently.
45... Learn to play the piano or violin.
46... Learn how to use Photoshop.
47... Start a blog about the music that you love and make it grow by adding videos, pictures, comments and ratings (so your readers will come back again and again).
48 . Make a documentary type film about something that made you laugh or cry.
49... Learn how to ride a surfboard, snowmobile or hang glide (or any other form of motorized vehicle).
50 . Do something embarrassing like eat bugs or drink cups of urine without vomiting (this is funny but also very hard).
51... Learn to speak another language completely fluently and make a second film about that.
52... Start blogging about your life, work, writing, marketing etc... (when you first start blogging you will probably make no money but as your blog grows you can charge people for advertisements).
53 . Take the SATs or ACTs college entrance exams.
54 . Learn to speak another language well enough to be fluent in it. 55 . Start a new business with your friends and make it grow by creating websites or by joining Facebook or Google AdSense.
56.Write a book and self publish it on Amazon (or go to other sites like Barnes & Noble)
57. Learn to operate a crane and become a crane driver.
58. Start your own web design company, mobile app business or video game business (making games is especially fun if you really love it).
59. Learn to be an electrician.
60. Learn how to write code so that you can make your own website and make money off of ads (or learn how to program Android apps, iPhone apps or Microsoft apps).
61.Become rich enough that you can afford to hire someone else full time to do all of your work for you and then just relax on the beach.
62. Start a blog about another activity that interests you and make it grow in readership over the years.
Conclusion There are many ways to be successful in life. This is not an exhaustive list. There are many axes in which to consider success, and it's possible to find some sort of path that works for you and your interests. If you want to continue this quest for success you should consider how much money you want to make, how much time you want to invest in your personal development, what kind of lifestyle you want and how much respect or power do you want in the world. Get a job that is part time if need be so that you can still spend as much time as possible on personal development.