It’s easy to get caught up in the day to day, but it’s important to stop and ask: what’s the end goal? Knowing where you are trying to go is step one in getting there and so we’ve asked some folks we admire to tell us their end goal and where they want to be by the end of their careers.

Nagihan ozturk | Producer & Songwriter

I believe there’s no such thing as an end. When I reflect on each passing year, I realize that I’ve accomplished everything I aimed for. These goals may evolve depending on the opportunities that arise annually. Time is unpredictable, and our paths can shift unexpectedly. Read more>>

Natalie Dayan Birwadkar | Research Scientist, entrepreneur, storyteller, immigrant, writer

In the last interview I did with VoyageLA, I kinda touched upon who I was/am, what have I accomplished so far, and why I do what I do. I felt like more than for me, it was important for people who were going through similar challenges as me, to know that they weren’t alone, and that it was never too late to go all in, and chase your dreams. Read more>>

Vasilisa Belokon | Filmmaker, director

First of all I hope that there is no end to my career, because I truly enjoy being a filmmaker and a director. What I can say is that the place I am headed towards is being able to direct full-time across a variety of mediums: commercials, music videos and narrative projects. Read more>>  

Teake Zu | Movement Artist and Guide

I don’t think of careers as having an end. I would hope I am always engaged in the same thing, on any given day at any point in my life. Waking up with the tools and resources at my disposal to create and explore this art, a semi-steady outlet to express and display those creations, a forum in which to share and interact with a community of others whose work I can mutually inspire and be inspired by, and a vital, sustainable feedback loop to keep the process going relatively robustly from one day to the next. Read more>>

Kiran Kanwar | Golf instructor

The two end- goals have been, for over 15 years, 1) to be the golf instructor to Tiger woods and 2-3 other leading golf professionals of the world and 2) to have the entire world use the golf swing I have developed based on 30 years of research. This latter project via app-based interactive training. Read more>>