Right now I live my life based on my income and the opportunities I’m pursuing. For example, my partner is in school, and I am paying for both of our lifestyles. This is limiting the way I really want to live, but I know that it’s an investment for our future, and in one year’s time we will be able to take giant leaps forward towards our ultimate goals. As for what those goals are, some are concrete goals which we agree on, some are goals we pursue individually. Some change from time to time, new ones added on, old ones taken off. They change based on our life experiences, what we learn, and what we observe going on in the world. But there is always a goal. It is what keeps me going during the darkest of times.