Yes, I know you are behind on your posts but I am going ahead and posting the next activity. Sorry. Get on it! :) We've both discussed how some of these activities end up being way too long. So I'm keeping the next one another simple one. There was a scrapbook that was created to help keep our individual and combined goals in writing. The first page was a general page of our story. The second was a list of my goals with some artistic touches. This activity concerns the next page: figuring out what we see as our common goals for our lives. The task is to write out what you envision for our future and the goals you see us accomplishing together. Raj if you could take a picture of the scrapbook and post them, I think it would look cool. Ready...set...go! :)Astha's Goals In Life:
> Become a compassionate and competent physician who doesn't let the system win
> Become a compassionate and competent physician who doesn't let the system win
> Learn Kathak and relearn Bharatnatyam in India - ideally I want to stay at a place where all I do is dance for a few months of my life
> Take piano lessons again
> Take piano lessons again
> Learn Spanish
> Join Doctors Without Borders
> Become involved in the global health world and whatever that means
> Run a marathon again
> Spread joy
> Go to some part of Africa and understand the community there
> Live in another country for an extended period of time
> Learn to paint/sketch... real painting and not paint by numbers
> Learn photography?
> Go back to India - live, work, learn
Raj's Goals:
> With like-minded folks, start an equitable education initiative that is about harmonious living (with oneself, society, and nature) in U.S. or India
> Be happy
> Become an organic gardening expert and grow my own food in U.S. or India
> Go on a longish backpacking journey (hike and camp)
> Learn Table
> Dance!
> Fluency in Spanish, Hindi, Gujarati, and English
> Learn more yoga, praanayam, and natural health practices
> Feel connected with everyone and everything around me
> Live my principles while at the same time, always exploring, sharing, listening, redefining, understanding, innovating, and growing
> Walking journey in India with little or no money per day
> Walking journey in India with little or no money per day
> Journey across the U.S.
> Struggle for those that are oppressed
> Continue working with young South Asian-Americans
> Inspire and be inspired
Combined Vision:
So we talked about this (this is Astha...and Raju you are failing miserably at this blog) and I don't know we couldn't really figure out specific goals that we wanted to accomplish together. I think we both agreed its not about checking something off a list but more about the process of going through it together. The overall theme goes along with the theme of this blog. I think we would both like to live a life that continues to push us to grow and learn on a daily basis. We would like to be part of the community that we live in and strongly integrated in what takes place there. We want to live simple, sustainable lives. We want to raise a family :) That one is definite. Well all of them are definite but babies make me happy. We want to teach our kids good values and then watch them as they battle us like we battled and are still battling our parents. (I know raj u probably wont' like the word choice of battle) We would like to live in India at some point together. I think those are the basics. You can add whatever I've missed. And as I look at this in the midst of the hellish intern year...I smile...we have so much to look forward to. This is just the beginning :)