Indulgent Materialism

I’m bored of researching for PSY432. How does one answer the question ‘what is the study of happiness and misery and why is it important’? If I wasn’t balding I’d be tearing my hair out as it is. Quick quasi-important distraction below:

Things to accomplish by 2007

 Save money to go to Sydney for World Youth Day
 Organise group to go for World Youth Day
 Get some semblance of guitar skills
 Spend quality time with Diane
 Celebrate 3 years of being in a relationship
 Graduate with 1st Class Honours
 Make a difference in someone’s life

Things to accomplish by 2012

 Graduate with Masters in Clinical Psychology (at least)
 Decide on whether to stay in Perth or return to Singapore
 Get full accreditation as a clinical psychologist
 Get meaningful decently-paying job
 Get married or enter a seminary (whichever is applicable)
 Improve guitar skills
 Own a Fender Stratocaster and related gear
 Own a high-end digital SLR
 Own a decent car
 Get published in a psychology journal
 Publish book of prose, poetry and photography
 Spend a month in Europe with girlfriend/wife
 Make a difference in someone’s life

Things to accomplish by 2032 (assuming marriage)

 Have two or three children
 Write pretentiously philosophical fiction (and get published)
 Own a 1967 Ford Mustang
 Own a Harley
 Have mad guitar skills
 Own a home
 Have own private psychology practice
 Lecture at university level
 Make a difference in someone’s life

Things to accomplish by 2032 (assuming priesthood)

 Write book on reconciling secular psychology with faith and spirituality
 Have mad guitar skills
 Been involved in ecumenical initiatives
 Lecture at university level
 Graduate with a Masters in Theology
 Make a difference in someone’s life

Okay. Now that all that is sorted out. Back to the means that will get me there! I hate exams, don't you?