I've been thinking a lot for the last few days about what I want in my life, short and long term, at a very high level; mostly in terms of employment. I attended the MS Women's Conference last week and it made me think about things I could be doing to be more successful professionally. But this weekend I talked to my Aunt Lin about materialism and our tendency to spend So much of our lives making money to buy things that we don't need (and may not be making our lives any happier or better). So I'm thinking about what I want in my life. Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs comes to mind.