What goal or desire (or hypothetical desire) is the strongest in your life? Making your family (parents, spouse/lover, children) proud of you? Helping them be more comfortable? Saving them from harm? Making a lot of money? Seeing the world? Expressing yourself? Finding a true companion? Determining the most rewarding work?

To what lengths would you be willing to go in order to achieve this goal? Put your life on the line? Work at a job you hated for 10 years? Give up television? Learn new skills that may be difficult to learn?

Could you exert this determination in getting a college degree?