Sep 11
I was messing a little with My 43 Things today and found something I thought was interesting. The all-time top 100 goals of the users of the site 43things.com. In other words, are these are the goals most regularly identified by the world’s people.
The full list is below (no shock that “lose weight” is number one) but what struck me as interesting is two things. First, money isn’t near as importnat as you would think observing day to day society. Nowhere on the top 100 is “Get rich” and the only thing I could see even close was #62 “Become Financially Independent”. More importantly though, does it seem to anyone besides me that people set their sites really low?
The world’s top goals include losing weight, going on a road trip, avoiding procrastination, and getting a tatoo? Glad to see “travel the world” at least made the top ten. Anyway, just reminds of the old quote “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you will land among the stars”. Are we really shooting for the moon? If not, are we scared too? Or are do we just not care? Or.. is that we are just simple beings that don’t need the hyped existance that maybe some of us think we do?
lose weight 31848 people
stop procrastinating 23531 people
write a book 21660 people
Fall in love 21531 people
be happy 19072 people
Get a tattoo 17464 people
go on a road trip with no predetermined destination 16438 people
drink more water 16337 people
travel the world 15652 people
get married 15631 people
see the northern lights 14661 people
Kiss in the rain 13487 people
Learn Spanish 13035 people
Take more pictures 12674 people
Save money 12400 people
Learn to play the guitar 10962 people
Make new friends 10869 people
Buy a House 10647 people
To live instead of exist 9687 people
Read more books 9571 people
exercise regularly 9077 people
get out of debt 9075 people
learn french 8666 people
Skydive 8661 people
be more confident 8564 people
Learn Japanese 8534 people
run a marathon 8428 people
eat healthier 8401 people
get a job 8379 people
write a novel 8279 people
get in shape 7995 people
Start my own business 7365 people
Quit Smoking 7183 people
wake up when my alarm clock goes off 6999 people
Learn to cook 6763 people
have better posture 6717 people
learn sign language 6553 people
Read more 6398 people
decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life 6359 people
stop biting my nails 6334 people
Swim with dolphins 6328 people
travel 6256 people
Learn to surf 6203 people
Learn to play the piano 6197 people
make a difference 6157 people
identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) 6141 people
Lose 20 pounds 6014 people
visit all 50 states 6009 people
Lose 10 pounds 5465 people
learn to dance 5412 people
Go skydiving 5374 people
graduate from college 5248 people
live passionately 5208 people
Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working 5158 people
learn to drive 5127 people
Be a better friend 5120 people
Get organized 4965 people
learn italian 4943 people
Visit Japan 4916 people
Have a baby 4712 people
Lose 30 pounds 4670 people
Become Financially Independent 4524 people
exercise more 4466 people
make more friends 4414 people
get my driver’s license 4406 people
backpack through Europe 4354 people
learn how to drive stick-shift 4217 people
create my own website 4201 people
be more social 4190 people
design my own tattoo 4107 people
travel around the world 4060 people
Worry less. 4031 people
Volunteer 4005 people
learn german 3854 people
Get more sleep 3849 people
meet new people 3768 people
Never stop learning 3698 people
Stop caring what other people think of me 3648 people
Practice Yoga 3619 people
love myself 3559 people
watch Grey’s Anatomy 3549 people
learn to play guitar 3509 people
meditate daily 3509 people
write a song 3487 people
Finish what I start 3452 people
win the lottery 3412 people
go to college 3375 people
go on a cruise 3278 people
get a dog 3263 people
work because I like to, not because I have to 3223 people
stop wasting time 3195 people
be a better person 3179 people
Send a message in a bottle 3139 people
Write more 3128 people
Learn another language 3096 people
live simply 3051 people
Learn to knit 3048 people
get another tattoo 3022 people
learn to sew 3015 people
grow my hair long 3013 people
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