Writing Territories

Fear: Death

Annoyance: Aimless/Reactive criticism

Accomplishment: I am not too cool for school

Confusion: Computer Programming

Sorrow: I make SO MANY MISTAKES

Dream: To permanently improve world education

Idiosyncrasy: Handstands

Risks: Bare-knuckle cougar wrestling

Beloved Possessions: Material possessions are insignificant

Problem: Self-consciousness. Also excessive swag.

Dream, I choose you!

To avoid depressing social commentary or necessary explanation of "bare-knuckle cougar wrestling," I'll explain my dream so everyone is inspired by my splendorous delusions of grandeur.

Given the choice of means or ends, I've always been an ends guy. In other words, it doesn't matter to me how you do it, just what the result is. So my dreams never picture fighting the battle or negotiating the deal, but rather the well-beyond realistic effects of my actions.

So, in the example of my greatest and most long term dream, I don't care how I achieve the necessary wealth and power to execute it... Just roll with it.

After the glory days of my life, when I'm on my decline and well aware of it, I plan to use my exuberant wealth (bear with me here) to promote the one great equalizer of human society: education. Because education is (or should be) at its heart socialist, it brings prospects equally to the impoverished and the wealthy--equalizing everyone's chances of success in our society. Only with the installment of equal opportunity can capitalism function properly. What better way to create a truly free market that to unlock the shackles of inheritance? There is none.

So, its evident I respect education. And I want education to respect me in return. Yeah, I know that's selfish--that's because I discarded selflessness as a motivation when I realized people are inherently selfish. I find it much more respectable to desire gratification than material wealth.

I can't know exactly what will need to be bolstered when the time comes for my donation, but I do know that if I have the chance to donate I will focus on education. After all, I will owe my success to education; and since I don't plan to be an educator, the best repayment I can think of is philanthropy.