Do you feel you've accomplished anything in life?

[Cali]

However you measure that. Success may mean something different to everyone.

Another thread (career one) on here got me wondering about this. Whether it's personally or personally, do you feel you've actually done anything with your life so far?

 

[bikeama]

Successful marriage and "we" raised 2 great girls to adulthood.

Sure I have had a successful career. President/Chairman of a couple of local clubs/organizations. And served as a director on the local Chamber of Commerce. Looking back the family is at the top of the list.

 

[littlebeast]

i LOVE this question! i left home when i was 17. ran off with a boy i fell in love with when i was 15, who my (well to do) parents said had no prospects. they said it was him or them, and their money. and when i chose him, they proceeded to disown me. he and i lived like paupers for the first 10 years or so - but applied ourselves and worked our asses off. it was recognized by every one of our eventual employers, and eventually we both came to be working for fortune 100 companies in positions of very high compensation, and much responsibility - we contributed to their success, and were recognized for it. after a period of time, my parents made amends and admitted they were wrong about us.

but that’s just gravy, and not what i’m most proud of. what i feel i have accomplished, is living my life on my own terms. i forged my own future. and i’m hugely proud of that.

 

[Bowling4Bikes]

yeah, one time in another BARF thread a dude said "I'm hard 24/7" and I replied "well, if you're hard more than 4 hours you should see a doctor" and many people :laughing and :rofl...so there's that

 

[Climber]

Money is the least of my measures, it's never been a goal of mine.

I have 3 kids who love me and who know I've given all of my love to them. They have the world in front of them, the knowledge to achieve their dreams and I know that I've given them everything I could.

I also have many other kids that I've coached, plenty to top 20 in the nation and five to top 10. I've given them the skills and knowledge to achieve scholarships an follow dreams that they might have not otherwise had.

I have taken over 100k pictures of athletes with more than 20% of them being near studio quality that have given hundreds of young athletes pictures that they can treasure and show their kids for the rest of their lives.

I have given more than I've received, I can look people in the eye and know that I've ripped off none.

By the standards that I live by, I've been successful and will continue to be successful as my skills in coaching and sports photography continue to develop.

 

[Brokenlink]

A timely thread. I may have just reached my life goal.

I'm in fucking Hesperia, which sucks.

Anyway, I'm walking in to my hotel and I see some jackass toos his fast food bag out his car window. I've had a beer or two and I'm like "Oh fuck this guy" so I walk over and grab his bag of fastfood bullshit and walk up to his car. Lo and behold, like a fucking miracle his passenger window is open and he has no idea I exist. I wind up and throw the bag into his car, hitting him smack in the face.

"Mwhaahshsdhsh" he says.

"Throw your fucking shit in the garbage" I reply.

I saunter away while he weeps.

My life goals are compelte.

 

[byke]

^^^Now that's what I'm talking about. I saw some asshole toss a plastic bottle full of piss out the window of an rv into the parking lot once. I was going to send it right through the side window, but they burned out before I could get to it, so I'm living vicariously through your badassery.

This question brings out instant pessimism in me. We're probably not drilling wells in some poor village in the middle of nowhere, or building schools, or whatever. So our circle of impact is probably very small and ultimately meaningless on all but the smallest scale. Keeping the autofellatio in check, I have no choice but to say, no, I'm almost completely squandering all of my time/efforts/life.

 

[bikewanker]

I’ve ridden some, raced a little and most of the time successfully. I rode into the city today and was successful!

 

[mosquito]

Crazy question.

And my answer is "Yes, but no one ever really knows what they're doing with their life."

 

[KWeezyXB12]

A timely thread. I may have just reached my life goal.

I'm in fucking Hesperia, which sucks.

Anyway, I'm walking in to my hotel and I see some jackass toos his fast food bag out his car window. I've had a beer or two and I'm like "Oh fuck this guy" so I walk over and grab his bag of fastfood bullshit and walk up to his car. Lo and behold, like a fucking miracle his passenger window is open and he has no idea I exist. I wind up and throw the bag into his car, hitting him smack in the face.

"Mwhaahshsdhsh" he says.

"Throw your fucking shit in the garbage" I reply.

I saunter away while he weeps.

My life goals are compelte.

repost

 

[TheRobSJ]

I never had any ambition to be a captain of industry, an inventor of some life changing doohickey, a blockbuster movie star, or any other kind of high profile member of society.

Never wanted kids.

Didn’t care if I ever owned a home or got married either.

So really, I didn’t have a very high bar set for myself here. Kinda just wanted to put life of cruise control. But somehow I still wound up finding a lady that actually wants to be around me forever, in a house we own. Professionally, I’m far from a household name, but I wound up being one of the very best at what I do. In my mind, I guess I’ve accomplished some stuff. Grand scheme of things, I’m just another cog in the machine.

 

[bojangle]

I was promoted to Barf moderator. So, there's that.

Like Batman, I fight the forces of evil in my city.

I once hiked half dome.

I'm raising two smart, well behaved, awesome daughters.

I just made some Frijoles Charros for some friends that was worthy of bragging rights.

 

[NorCalAthlete]

This question brings out instant pessimism in me. We're probably not drilling wells in some poor village in the middle of nowhere [1], or building schools [2], or whatever [3]. So our circle of impact is probably very small and ultimately meaningless on all but the smallest scale. Keeping the autofellatio in check, I have no choice but to say, no, I'm almost completely squandering all of my time/efforts/life.

- Dropped out of high school and got my GED
- Joined the Army
- Trained Korean military South Korea
- Helped design and build rhino arms to fool IED sensors in Iraq, saving a few lives
- Helped design and build wire guide systems for MRAPs, also saving lives (and pissing fewer Iraqis off...thus saving more lives)
- Caught some bad guys in Iraq
- Built some wells for water in Iraq [1]
- Built some schools for young girls and women in Iraq [2]
- Built some police stations and gas stations in Iraq [3]
- Trained some Iraqi Army and Police
- Obtained degrees in Business Admin and Computer Science
- Helped build / test some software being used in NASA test facilities for astronauts before they go up to the ISS
- Currently help with a few different nonprofits for homelessness, getting nontraditional candidates into tech roles, building houses
- Currently work as a Project Manager...but not really sure I feel like I'm contributing as much as I did when doing the things above.
- Also have a couple other stretch projects going and hope to launch my own company within the next year

 

[Shaggy]

I made it to BARF mod, so my life is complete.

arty

 

[pyramidhead]

- Dropped out of high school and got my GED
- Joined the Army
- Trained Korean military South Korea
- Helped design and build rhino arms to fool IED sensors in Iraq, saving a few lives
- Helped design and build wire guide systems for MRAPs, also saving lives (and pissing fewer Iraqis off...thus saving more lives)
- Caught some bad guys in Iraq
- Built some wells for water in Iraq [1]
- Built some schools for young girls and women in Iraq [2]
- Built some police stations and gas stations in Iraq [3]
- Trained some Iraqi Army and Police
- Obtained degrees in Business Admin and Computer Science
- Helped build / test some software being used in NASA test facilities for astronauts before they go up to the ISS
- Currently help with a few different nonprofits for homelessness, getting nontraditional candidates into tech roles, building houses
- Currently work as a Project Manager...but not really sure I feel like I'm contributing as much as I did when doing the things above.
- Also have a couple other stretch projects going and hope to launch my own company within the next year

our stories are similar (i was 2nd ID at Lewis and i'm guessing that might have been your unit in SK, and i also did 1 rotation in iraq), and after i got out i started over at minimum wage and made it to 6 figures, and i wish i felt as good about myself and enabled to achieve my goals as you do

depression is a bitch

 

[Melissa]

I have actively changed familial patterns!
I remain alive.
That's the best thing I can do in this lifetime.

 

[Removed 3]

but that’s just gravy, and not what i’m most proud of. what i feel i have accomplished, is living my life on my own terms. i forged my own future. and i’m hugely proud of that.

^^ This is what success is

 

[mean dad]

I'm no longer a burden on society, and that's about as good as it'll get.

 

[bojangle]

I have actively changed familial patterns!
I remain alive.
That's the best thing I can do in this lifetime.

Nobody makes it out alive.

 

[mean dad]

Five to one, baby, one in five.