Your Greatest Accomplishment

Crimson_Fire
Crimson_Fire Posts: 2,504 Member
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What do you consider your greatest accomplishment so far in your life? And how old are you?
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  • Frank_Just_Frank
    Frank_Just_Frank Posts: 454 Member
    I'm 38. I once helped a kangaroo give birth.
  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    I have a daughter. With a kangaroo
  • levs08
    levs08 Posts: 27 Member
    36
    My greatest accomplishment thus far has been completing my BS degree while working full time as a single mom in a new state where I know no one.
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    34. My girls by far. Distant second is my degree
  • sweetcurlz67
    sweetcurlz67 Posts: 1,168 Member
    47 tomorrow. My biggest accomplishment is my 17 year old son by far!!! Others include: beating cancer, earning two masters degrees, after 22 years divorced a man that was not good for me or my son, then losing a LARGE amount of weight and Lord willing, keeping it OFFFFF!!!!
  • Cudleigh
    Cudleigh Posts: 188 Member
    I'm 22. Maybe not the greatest accomplishment in my life, but the hardest one was deciding I deserved to be happy and removing my abusive ex from my life completely.

    Actual greatest? Probably anything academic that I've done, but I don't count that because it took minimal effort.
  • Crimson_Fire
    Crimson_Fire Posts: 2,504 Member
    47 tomorrow. My biggest accomplishment is my 17 year old son by far!!! Others include: beating cancer, earning two masters degrees, after 22 years divorced a man that was not good for me or my son, then losing a LARGE amount of weight and Lord willing, keeping it OFFFFF!!!!
    Happy early birthday!:smile:
  • sweetcurlz67
    sweetcurlz67 Posts: 1,168 Member
    47 tomorrow. My biggest accomplishment is my 17 year old son by far!!! Others include: beating cancer, earning two masters degrees, after 22 years divorced a man that was not good for me or my son, then losing a LARGE amount of weight and Lord willing, keeping it OFFFFF!!!!
    Happy early birthday!:smile:

    Thank you!!! :drinker:
  • dontdreamit
    dontdreamit Posts: 223
    Well, I'm only 20 so hopefully I'll have some better ones down the line but deciding to go into recovery for an eating disorder and seek help for other mental health issues was by far the hardest thing I've had to do. Not quite recovered yet, but getting there :)

    Other than that, I'm still pretty stoked I actually got accepted into Uni and I feel pretty damn accomplished every time I get more than 90% on an assessment piece I felt sure I was going to fail haha
  • JenniCali1000
    JenniCali1000 Posts: 646 Member
    39. My greatest personal accomplishments are my two children. My greatest professional accomplishment is my masters degree. Next up will be my doctorate!
  • littlebutlean
    littlebutlean Posts: 2,159 Member
    It's really sad but I feel like my own personal greatest accomplishment is my weight loss and physique transformation. Otherwise, I have nothing. I'm amazing with technology, computers but other than that I really need to have that *thing* .. learn a musical instrument, learn a second language, get a degree or start a business.. earn SOMETHING.

    I'm in my mid 30's .. :ohwell:

    Note: I should add that I did raise 2 well mannered, morally sound great children (so far) that are 10 & 7 but that's not me personally, I'm just one of two that did that.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    Gonna be 37 on Wednesday. My greatest accomplishment is my daughter by far.
    Agree. At 50 my DD is the center of my life along with my DW.

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    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    This kind of sums it up for me:

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  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    How are kids an accomplishment? How is procreation an accomplishment? You will say, well my kids are so good and pious and smart and great.....but every parent thinks that about their kid.
  • bcoop911
    bcoop911 Posts: 1,390 Member
    How are kids an accomplishment? How is procreation an accomplishment? You will say, well my kids are so good and pious and smart and great.....but every parent thinks that about their kid.

    lol... is it sad that I thought the same thing?
  • HerkMeOff
    HerkMeOff Posts: 1,002 Member
    Becoming sober and turning my life around.

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  • HerkMeOff
    HerkMeOff Posts: 1,002 Member
    How are kids an accomplishment? How is procreation an accomplishment? You will say, well my kids are so good and pious and smart and great.....but every parent thinks that about their kid.


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  • Trueray
    Trueray Posts: 1,189 Member
    Living past 18 and not being another statistic.
  • embrace_the_dark_side
    embrace_the_dark_side Posts: 236
    I fought the law and the law said sorry
  • Kep2005
    Kep2005 Posts: 57 Member
    How are kids an accomplishment? How is procreation an accomplishment? You will say, well my kids are so good and pious and smart and great.....but every parent thinks that about their kid.

    lol... is it sad that I thought the same thing?

    I'm with you guys. I don't understand how children are an accomplishment.
  • SugarBaby71
    SugarBaby71 Posts: 3,630 Member
    I'm 42. My kids are pretty awesome... and that I let all the idiots who have come into and out of my life live to tell about it.
  • Crimson_Fire
    Crimson_Fire Posts: 2,504 Member
    Becoming sober and turning my life around.

    29
    I'm so proud of you!
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Becoming sober and turning my life around.

    29

    Hellz yeah! :smile:
  • greeneyes0809
    greeneyes0809 Posts: 422 Member
    I'm turning 20 tomorrow so I like to think I still have time. For now it would probably be doing a solo move across the country, away from all my family and such.
  • HerkMeOff
    HerkMeOff Posts: 1,002 Member
    How are kids an accomplishment? How is procreation an accomplishment? You will say, well my kids are so good and pious and smart and great.....but every parent thinks that about their kid.

    lol... is it sad that I thought the same thing?

    I'm with you guys. I don't understand how children are an accomplishment.

    I feel bad for you. Not being able to understand how raising kids, that turn out alright isn't an accomplishment.
  • motivatedmartha
    motivatedmartha Posts: 1,108 Member
    How are kids an accomplishment? How is procreation an accomplishment? You will say, well my kids are so good and pious and smart and great.....but every parent thinks that about their kid.

    lol... is it sad that I thought the same thing?

    I'm with you guys. I don't understand how children are an accomplishment.

    While it is true that anyone can get pregnant and produce offspring it certainly feels like an accomplishment when you look at your grown children and think hey - neither of them have been in trouble, both have turned into nice, well adjusted people who are successful, happy and most importantly, other people seem to like them too. I feel justifiably proud of mine and the roles both my husband and I played in their upbringing. Sex is easy, babies are easy, youngsters and teens require a bit more effort and thought - it's easy to get it soooo wrong!
  • brianfmatthews
    brianfmatthews Posts: 22 Member
    How are kids an accomplishment? How is procreation an accomplishment? You will say, well my kids are so good and pious and smart and great.....but every parent thinks that about their kid.

    lol... is it sad that I thought the same thing?

    I'm with you guys. I don't understand how children are an accomplishment.

    They do not mean just having kids, they mean raising them to be successful, being a good parent, etc. If you have kids, you get it, and if you do not, think about all your parents did for you, every little thing that helped you in some way.
  • embrace_the_dark_side
    embrace_the_dark_side Posts: 236
    Srs post:

    - Making sure my parents' retirement is secure by paying off their mortgage and setting up a fund for their financial needs that will last them until they're 100
    - Transforming how some of the world's largest companies plan and execute their strategies
    - Going from 25% bf to ~12%
    - Graduating top 5% of my classes in college and high school
    - Having visited 5 continents
    - Having lived on 3 continents
  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    Kids growth and adjustment is a bigger variable of school and their environment outside of the home.

    I think people just have no ambition and just settle for something small.

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