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Need for goals unrelated to money

February 26th, 2007 at 11:16 pm

Most goals require money and it is necessary to plan for them financially. But one can get too obsessive that way.

It is good to have parallel goals that will make one feel good accomplishing and would not require money to achieve.

I will make a serious effort towards one of mine: studying Mandarin.
I am taking classes 3 hours a week (free from my employer) but need to spend more time studying at home.

My major money-related goal is to save enough for a fun year of studying and traveling in China. (and not working!)

I also hope to go this year for 3 weeks (pending employer approval).

I can maximize what I get out of it by getting my level as high as I can before going. (And it is not easy).

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3 Responses to “Need for goals unrelated to money”

  1. Amber Says:
    February 27th, 2007 at 03:52 am 1172548376
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    I agree with you, I tend to find myself obsessing over my finances. I am constantly checking the balance, calculating if I deposit this much or that much and my balance will be this. It’s crazy

  2. fern Says:
    February 27th, 2007 at 04:14 pm 1172592842
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    What kind of work do you do, and what kind of company do you work for? I would think knowing how to speak Mandarin would be a very valuable skill to have, job-wise, as i understand it's difficult to speak.

  3. nika Says:
    February 27th, 2007 at 04:41 pm 1172594489
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    I work for a very international organization and they offer many language classes. French would actually be more useful for my career, but since I started learning Chinese (and once spend about 8 months in China) I decided to continue with that.

    I had no idea how hard it would be when I started. Because I learned English in 6 months I thought I had linguistic talents. Ha!

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