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What does success look like for you?
- Thread starter slobake
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And what of the Riddle of Steel?
House in the woods, decent career (pays the bills, makes me happy doing what I want to be doing), overall satisfied self and happy wife; the rest is very much choice, I think.
Find and hold on to my proverbial or literal mission in life.
If there is no such thing as a mission in life, find and hold on to my biggest passions in life. So far, the only thing close to it is playing music, but I'm confident there are at least one or two more passions of mine waiting for me to discover them.
Another possibility is to either leave something kinda big with my actions, like a positive change in my community or even society, or just finding illumination (in the sense Buddhists define such concept), mindfulness and complete self-awareness.
I'm a weird guy in that I really don't care all that much for what most other people want: accumulate money and goods (which helps, of course, but I don't see it as an end), having sex with many people (or just a lot of sex), having kids, having cars, having power, having tons of acquaintances (some might refer to them loosely as "friends"), finding a significant other, and whatnot.
If there is no such thing as a mission in life, find and hold on to my biggest passions in life. So far, the only thing close to it is playing music, but I'm confident there are at least one or two more passions of mine waiting for me to discover them.
Another possibility is to either leave something kinda big with my actions, like a positive change in my community or even society, or just finding illumination (in the sense Buddhists define such concept), mindfulness and complete self-awareness.
I'm a weird guy in that I really don't care all that much for what most other people want: accumulate money and goods (which helps, of course, but I don't see it as an end), having sex with many people (or just a lot of sex), having kids, having cars, having power, having tons of acquaintances (some might refer to them loosely as "friends"), finding a significant other, and whatnot.
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Mammogram is down but I'm working manually
Sitting in the natural hot springs at the Royal Corin swim up bar in Costa Rica looking at the volcano last week made my wife and I feel pretty successful, and warm (We highly suggest). Coming home to our 2.5 year old daughter who spent the time we were away with grandma was even better...until she cried and wouldn't get in the car.
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Success:
Making a comfortable living
owning a home
Seeing my children growing up to be caring young adults
Being married to a wonderful woman
having time to include my passion for playing bass
Making a comfortable living
owning a home
Seeing my children growing up to be caring young adults
Being married to a wonderful woman
having time to include my passion for playing bass
For me right now, it's pushing my limits without having having it blow up in my face.
I'm reading this book for class that should of had a trigger warning on the cover. I normally power through readings, but this one...I don't want to say I can't finish it, I want to be strong enough to say I can look at silly, stupid, fictional horror and not relapse.
I'm reading this book for class that should of had a trigger warning on the cover. I normally power through readings, but this one...I don't want to say I can't finish it, I want to be strong enough to say I can look at silly, stupid, fictional horror and not relapse.
Somebody on facebook posted a link from a self-help guru yesterday that said
"Success is doing what you want, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want."
I was thinking it sounds more like the definition of a selfish p$%^k, but what do I know.
"Success is doing what you want, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want."
I was thinking it sounds more like the definition of a selfish p$%^k, but what do I know.
Sorry to hear about your wife. I lost mine about a month ago and I am now alone with my two eight year old girls.
I can tell youve had lots of success, Eric.
Theres only 5 steps there.
Hey! That's obviously an allusion to the one time you and I disagreed about something trivial in a discussion that had already strayed off the original topic. I'm offended at you referencing that in an obviously derogatory manner, and I'm planning on making my distaste for you generally well known with the over use of eye-rolling emoticons. Because obviously not fighting is the way to go....
Seriously though, Success to me is having quality friends, few enemies, a roof over my head, and a job that lets me live my chosen lifestyle without worrying about making ends meet every month.
