What do you want to accomplish? What keeps you from doing it?

[brain enclosed in flesh]

Well?

 

[RubberDucky451]

I'm interested and want to accomplish so many things it's hard to dedicate my time to one specific thing. If i could get myself to sit down and spend an hour on learning something I'd have a much easier time.

 

[KazeCraven]

I want to make a video game,

but I currently lack the skills.


I want to pass on knowledge about the sciences,

(read: be an accomplished professor)

but I currently lack the expertise.



I suppose what keeps me from accomplishing what I want is a lack of knowledge, and I'm working on it. Well, not at the moment.

 

[Cavallier]

Odd. I was actually thinking about this a lot this week.

I want to get an M.A. or M.S. (the only difference is proficiency in a foreign language) in Publishing.

What's keeping me from doing it is a lack of means. That's a lie. I could pull together the money from somewhere. I have other reasons too personal (read emotional crap) to really detail here.

 

[shadowdrums4]

I want to be a drummer in a band with my friends and play a 24 hour concert like they did in Kaikan Phrase.

What keeps me from doing that: My friend, the lead singer has very conservative parents and we can't actually meet together until the summer. I haven't gotten around to hearing the girl who we are thinking about putting on guitar, and I'm worried about getting too pushy with it so I haven't spoken up on ways to beat the setbacks.

On the concert: 24 hours is a long time to play and I'm mildly hypoglycemic, I can't go that long without eating (and of course microsleeps could kill the whole thing) I'm also pretty nervous in front of people.

Those are my biggest setbacks. I think I will be able to accomplish them but I'm worried about not having time once I start up in college. I'd like to major in music but my dad doesn't like that much. I think I'll wait a year to start on college (Assuming I can do that and keep my scholarships which I haven't gone and checked on.) If I can do that, then we can really get this thing off the ground, hopefully make some decent money, and be able to do it online. I'm really stubborn on this music thing soI should be alright.

 

[Inappropriate Behavior]

What do you want to accomplish?

Write a book.

What keeps you from doing it?

Lots of things like sticking to an idea, writing ability (that's a big one ) and the actual, actionable motivation day in and day out to sit and write. Sometimes the most I can do is focus on it for an hour or two a week. Then some distraction comes along that I'm seemingly more than happy to follow.

 

[Kuu]

I want to write this list, but it would be too fucking long for here.

 

[kantor1003]

I don't even know anymore.. All the obstacles, personal and external, makes every thing worth accomplishing seem like a distant/impossible dream. The bigger your aspirations, the longer the fall - seems to be true most of the time.

I always wanted to be a great, recognized, respected - musician. However, it seems I don't got what it takes in terms of willingness to put in enough hours.. my dream seems to dwindle with every passing day.. so, instead of finding pleasure in music, I find stress, frustration, and generally lots of unpleasant emotions.. not all the time, though. But anyways, I will still try to practice as much as I can and continue my studies. God knows how it will turn out though. I could talk a long time about this.
Every day I get closer to end up like a loser - yeah, loosing mentality I know, so instead I will clap my hands and say "I can do this". I am sure that will solve all my problems.

Oh, I am not feeling depressed btw. I just like to see things from a pessimistic standpoint sometimes.. It gives me a kick in the nuts.. or more frustration... depends.

 

[brain enclosed in flesh]

I am seeing a prominent theme here...

Why do we lack the confidence in our abilities and the drive to pursue our desires? Others seem perfectly capable of doing shit without all this premeditation and defeatist thinking. If we're supposedly so smart and talented, what's the deal?

 

[kantor1003]

*tried organizing my thoughts, addressing the issue - failed miserably*

 

[Latro]

Goal: Doing chemical research as a profession.
Obstacle: Schooling (not at all insurmountable). Getting ideas, talking to professors about doing that, doing independent reading, etc. (considerably harder for me).

That's a long-term goal, and is pretty much at the center of things when I'm in school (atm I'm not; I have a couple more weeks off). I have some shorter term goals:
Goal: expand social horizons, up to and including romantic ones.
Obstacle: Poor social skills, poor self-confidence, some depression-like things, already small social circle making it hard to meet new people, lack of an interest in any of the student activities that my college has. More to the point: complete inexperience with how people my age befriend one another as RL friends. Also resistance to some of the things that I understand people DO do, e.g. asking an acquaintance to add them on facebook.

Goal: Learn Lojban.
Obstacle: Wisp wanting me to study with him despite his not having time to do it :P

I am seeing a prominent theme here...

Why do we lack the confidence in our abilities and the drive to pursue our desires? Others seem perfectly capable of doing shit without all this premeditation and defeatist thinking. If we're supposedly so smart and talented, what's the deal?

Sample bias, perhaps? The kind of INTPs that would go on an INTP forum might be these kind of flaky, hesitant INTPs.

 

[brain enclosed in flesh]

Sample bias, perhaps? The kind of INTPs that would go on an INTP forum might be these kind of flaky, hesitant INTPs.

No, I totally agree. I'm not saying this is an INTP thing across the board, but definitely prominent on forums of all types.

So what's the best way to progress? Do people on here want to, or are they happy to be flaky and hesitant?

 

[Cavallier]

I am seeing a prominent theme here...

Why do we lack the confidence in our abilities and the drive to pursue our desires? Others seem perfectly capable of doing shit without all this premeditation and defeatist thinking. If we're supposedly so smart and talented, what's the deal?

*suspects this was brain's intention all along*

I suspect it's the usual INTP hatred of failing.

I beat myself up for it horribly. I will give up and "fail" on my own terms before I'll give a project my all and discover at the end that I still failed. In return I get a short lived false feeling of superiority.

I've recently been given a chance to get closer to my goal. I will go for it though it means quitting my current full-time job and moving to a new town. I've learned patience during the last two years because I've been forced to wait for an opportunity to come along. While defeatist thinking did make the last two years hell it didn't keep me from looking for opportunities to advance myself. I will not clap my hands and say "I can do it!" will false optimism but I won't let any opportunities to get closer to my goal pass me by.

^
l Sounds like a declaration...now I'm feeling tentative. Mostly I'm afraid I'm getting too old.

Edit:

Do people on here want to, or are they happy to be flaky and hesitant?

No. I hate this in myself more than I hate my willingness to give up.

 

[bluesquid]

I want to comprhend everything that is important. important ='s knowledge, insight, skills for world domination.

I will fail, but no other goal seems intresting.

 

[Chimera]

I would have liked to be an artist.
Unfortunately, I've learned early that I'm hardly good enough to be professional, income would be an issue, I don't have the passion to go to school for art, and I would be trampled in the art field because I don't like being the center of attention.

I would have liked to be a musician.
But I can't perform in front of others, I can't record, I don't have the patience to write down songs I come up with (and forget them soon after), I lack passion, and again I don't like being the center of attention.

I would have liked to write a book.
....Actually, this one is still a possibility.


My main blocks are lack of passion and of willingness to say "Hey look at me, I'm good at this."

And true, I say "would have liked" as if my chance has gone...but once you've given up, haven't your chances really disappeared?

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[ijustprotectedmyidentity]

I want to comprhend everything that is important. important ='s knowledge, insight, skills for world domination.

I will fail, but no other goal seems intresting.

lol

i think that doing that is the only goal that is worth anything and the other goals are all un interesting

 

[Audentia]

I want to accomplish getting my bachelors/masters in health care administration, so I can run the business end of hospitals or at least branches within a hospital. I like the business end of things and only want to work in health care. But first I want to be a Sonographer (do ultrasounds and digital scans). What's stopping me? Unexpected medical issues kind of sucked me dry for a while. And the fear of going back to school after being out of school for a long time!

I have a ton of other little accomplishments planned that I'm determined to do at some point in the future.

 

[_whispers_]

I would like to find that thing that would really make me feel accomplished if I do it or it`ll be the end of the world if I fail it.

I don`t know what I want to accomplish. Yes, it would be nice to write a book. Yes, it would be nice to finish my education and get a nice job. Maybe getting a family would be nice too. But none of those really clicks for me. So I keep searching.

@ Brain: I don`t think it`s that we lack confidence, more like the drive. I know I can accomplish many things if I want to. If I can convince my self and be in the right state of mind I can do everything that depends on me. The problem is to convince my self. It`s a lot of hard work and if the thing isn`t important enough for me why do it? Now someone needs to ask what`s really important and we`ll get stuck. Things important for me, 90% of the time aren`t those that are important for others.

 

[Darby]

I need to write an anecdotal "inspirational speech" by tomorrow

whats stopping me? My complete inability to focus my ideas and feelings into words, and when I finally do, I hate it with a passion, because it doesn't describe what I'm trying to say at all.

 

[LAM]

I am seeing a prominent theme here...

Why do we lack the confidence in our abilities and the drive to pursue our desires? Others seem perfectly capable of doing shit without all this premeditation and defeatist thinking. If we're supposedly so smart and talented, what's the deal?

I did a thread on the MBTI sectiong on INTPs and ENTPs where I derailed my own first post and started ranting about this

 

[LAM]

I want to comprhend everything that is important. important ='s knowledge, insight, skills for world domination.

I will fail, but no other goal seems intresting.

My attitude too. World domination OR nothing. Seriously though my actual goal is eternal youth. I garnered up a pretty impressive number of possible ways to do it. ( 8-10, all with scientific logic behind them. The next step is getting enough money to fund proffesional scientific research of this. I am either thinking of doing so by using some of my inventive business ideas, writing books or politics, etc.) I just need to wait another 3 years to finish HS :=/ . I hope I don't flake on it or have a relationship ruin it.

 

[White Rabbit]

I would like to graduate. More specifically, I completely lost interest in school. None of the teaching methods really suit me, it's too defined and limited. Presence of too many criteria for every sort of bullshit. I used to love school, and now that it became about grade percentages, getting a degree and eventually a job, it completely killed the thrill of learning. Current teaching fails at bringing out the potential and variety in perspectives. I guess some of its aspects are necessary, but I can't seem to fully accept it.

On a more general note, my goal is to comprehend. Break and re-build everything, for the sake of understanding the relations between two components rather than components themselves. This involves any aspect of our lives. And that takes only experience. Hence, the ability to predict. Especially human behavior, a rather interesting subject, complex but viable, and I'm on a good path.

Also, to find Valdo.

 

[Luminates]

Anything I find interesting, or anything in my life that I have held interests in for over a year atleast.
I have yet to make an attempt for a career yet, so I'm still pretty bias about what I want to do.

 

[pjoa09]

I wanna hack into the government databases, get rich, own the cars that ive always wanted, destroy a couple of governments, invent evil diabolical machinery... those are a few...i lack the skills so far.. and lack the interest to get as far. someday someday....

 

[Moocow]

I want to invent a monitor that taps into people's visual cortex to display whatever they are seeing, be it during dreams, psychedelic trips, comas, final moments before death, etc.

I don't really know much about how the visual cortex works though or have the slightest clue to making a machine that can process it.

 

[Latro]

I want to invent a monitor that taps into people's visual cortex to display whatever they are seeing, be it during dreams, psychedelic trips, comas, final moments before death, etc.

I don't really know much about how the visual cortex works though or have the slightest clue to making a machine that can process it.

Almost every single neuron participates in visual processing to varying extents if I remember correctly.

 

[Moocow]

Almost every single neuron participates in visual processing to varying extents if I remember correctly.

I'm sure.
That's why it's only a dream for now.