• Question: What is your biggest goal ?

    Asked by anon-280377 on 15 Feb 2021. This question was also asked by anon-280726.
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      Kat Hunter answered on 15 Feb 2021:

      This is a good question – but I’m not sure I have one goal. I really enjoy my job and being able to do the things I do in my social life (marathons, hiking, biking, kayaking, hockey). I have small goals all the time but I’m not working towards one big goal. Maybe a ultimate goal would be to conquer a big adventure challenge but I don’t have one in mind yet. I’ve always just worked towards smaller goals – go to uni, then get a phd, work in an area that is working towards helping the planet, buy a house, spend time with friends and family. I don’t think I’m the type of person who has one big aim in life – the fun is in the journey, all the experiences along the way. My goal when I was younger was to be able to live a good life – I came from a poor family and we often struggled for money and i saw the stress it brought my mum so I made a promise that i would try to avoid being in that situation with my family if I could.

      I also used to want to climb Everest but after seeing how touristy, littered and busy it has got, (people have died from queuing along the mountain trail) then actually i don’t want to do this anymore.

      Maybe one day I would like to go to space…

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      Katie West answered on 15 Feb 2021:

      Hi Sofia,

      I think my biggest goal at the moment is to complete my PhD (a degree which you can do after your undergraduate which makes you a Dr).

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      Alin Elena answered on 16 Feb 2021:

      to keep being curious… and ask why questions…

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      Viviene Dela Cruz answered on 16 Feb 2021:

      At the moment it would be to stay in the science/engineering community and get a house which I would fill with lots of plants 🙂

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      Amal Lavender answered on 17 Feb 2021:

      Wow – great question – Personally my biggest goal is to support my 2 sons and work out where to live next to secure them a great secondary school.
      Professionally – keep driving improvements and land the Lab Information Management System project.

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      Kate Dobson answered on 17 Feb 2021:

      Right now… probably getting back in the lab and finishing the current piece of work. I try to be really responsive in my research – by definition we don’t know what the next big thing will be – and so I guess my goal is to help as much as possible with what is needed next.

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