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Life goals and objectives give us a sense of direction. When setting goals, people focus their efforts to reach them, with more or less success. This allows them to get a clear sense of what is important. Thus, goals cause obstacles to arise, but they also create the motivation to overcome them. Today, we want to use the movie ‘Up – Altas Aventuras’ to reflect on the theme.
Life goals vary between each individual in a society. However, goals make it possible for people to focus their efforts. Thus, each individual’s actions are generally consistent with their goals. Goals allow us to set a path and assess our progress. Fulfilling the goals gives a sense of satisfaction and personal fulfillment. This increases our happiness and self-esteem.
Up – High Adventures
‘Up – High Adventures’ is a 2009 animated film directed by two Oscars winner Pete Docter and produced by Disney and Pixar. In the first part of Up, the character Carl Fredricksen is introduced. Carl is a shy boy with an idol: the explorer Charles Muntz. Muntz’s adventures are shown in theaters. One day, Muntz is accused of fabricating or inventing his archaeological discoveries. Little Carl is devastated after hearing the news.
However, Carl meets a girl named Ellie. This girl confesses that she is also a fan of Charles Muntz, and is the founder of his fan club. Ellie reveals her plan: moving the clubhouse to Paradise Falls. Carl knows that Paradise Falls is where Muntz explores the Amazon rainforest.
Ellie and Carl promise to work together to make this trip. They remain friends throughout their lives, get married and move into the old house where Ellie founded her fan club.
Carl and Ellie save over their lifetimes for the trip to Paradise Falls. However, different events force them to spend their savings. The promise of the journey becomes more and more distant. When they are old, Ellie dies of an illness without ever having made the trip of her dreams to Paradise Falls.
Mr. Fredricksen: a life focused on goals
Carl Fredricksen, now old, widowed and grumpy, is deeply saddened by the death of his wife. When he is forced to leave his home, where he has lived all his life, he decides to act.
Carl Fredricksen manages to inflate thousands of helium balloons until the day he is supposed to be dumped. Your home soars into the air, flying to freedom. Carl is finally on his way to Paradise Falls. With the help of little Russell, a Boy Scout, Carl manages to reach Paradise Falls. Additionally, Carl meets his childhood hero: Charles Muntz.
Carl Fredricksen’s life is an example of long-term goals. Carl and Ellie lived a full life, full of happiness. Both worked to achieve this dream trip, but failed to make it together. In his old age, Carl keeps his promise to Ellie and travels to the Amazon. Carl Fredricksen achieves his goal and also gains a new family.
goals in old age
A person has different goals and objectives throughout his life. These goals change when a person’s skills, abilities, and interests change. In old age there are constant losses. An elderly person must constantly adapt and modify their goals accordingly, as only in this way is it possible to have a successful aging.
In old age awareness of time as a limited resource increases. This knowledge will modify a person’s actions. Knowing that there is a limited amount of time allows you to reframe goals to adapt to this new direction.
This makes, in many cases, the goals in old age to be different from the goals during the youth. In general, young people’s goals are focused on their education and friendships. On the contrary, goals during old age are more associated with leisure and recreation, as well as with your health.
Thus, setting personal goals in old age is extremely important. We think that the profession is one of the elements that most influence the meaning we give to our existence. Goals provide the necessary motivation to face this stage of life.
Several studies have found it healthy for older adults to regain goals they had in their youth. Old age goals can be associated with leisure or our interests in adulthood. So it can be easier to find the motivation to use energy and resources on these new goals.
The importance of optimistic people
Optimism is still a positive thing in old age. People who are able to preserve and take care of this characteristic act as an anchor, supporting us in difficult times. For the elderly, these people can represent an additional motivation and the perfect travel companions to reach the goals, as in ‘Up – High Adventures’.
Perhaps age distances us from certain goals. However, there is always the possibility to adapt to new conditions or possibilities.
At 60, we are unlikely to be Olympic gymnastics champions, but what we can do is enjoy the possibilities and movement of our bodies and even compete with people our own age who share our interests. In any case, we can always take on a new goal. This goal is none other than to improve ourselves and overcome our fears. As we see in ‘Up – High Adventures’, age is not an issue.
