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I Achieved My Life-Goals At 23. Here Are The 2 Lessons I Learned.
It’s far from being the happy-ending often imagined.
When I was 7 years old, I established a list of four life-goals I wanted to achieve.
The first one was speaking English fluently. I had been learning colors for a while and it was fun to say that “rouge” actually was “red” in English.
I achieved this goal when I was 19 and left to live in Australia for one year.
I subsequently studied my entire higher education in English and wrote three theses.
It’s safe to say that even though my English isn’t (and will never be) as good as native speakers’, I did achieve my goal.
The second life-goal was to live in Australia for a year as a backpacker.
I got this idea when my dad went to Australia to assist in a car race in Perth. He had come back with a suitcase full of presents, among which giant calendars representing the beauty of Australian nature. That had fascinated me.
This idea never really left me and I realized my dream at 19.
The third goal was to play in at least one movie.
I had begun in the cinema industry as an extra at 11 and had progressively climbed my way to…
