What is the best accomplishment of your life so far?

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It was HUGE wrote:

My first BJ

Will never forget that taste

Jamin, please don’t post anonymously.

Owning a very small private jet. ( Cirrus Vision SF50 ). The rest is commentary.

Lernin to reed

first in my famly to do it.

In wood or plastic?

https://www.amazon.com/Cirrus-Vision-Mahogany-Desktop-Airplane/dp/B07RR39JTX

Let's put it this way...I don't have to rely on an airline schedule anymore ; )

Woody Woodpecker wrote:

In wood or plastic?

https://www.amazon.com/Cirrus-Vision-Mahogany-Desktop-Airplane/dp/B07RR39JTX

Let's put it this way...I don't have to rely on an airline schedule anymore. Unlike you ; )

(fixed it for ya!)

8 hour shift at work , they could have put a sea Otter in my chair and have the same results.

When I was 16 and a sophomore I was getting beat to hell by dear old Dad in our basement since I got third in the state in the mile at 4:10. High grades and board scores also didn't seem to change his impression of me as a loser. It was vicious.

Despite being 60-70s pounds lighter, I struck back. I was terrified as this guy is a monster and well, you are supposed to honor your mother and father. To my shock, he recoiled. I had two epiphanies: 1) bullies hate when you fight back and 2) you are not your blood, you are what you will yourself to be.

Narcissists are often superficially educated. Dad did not know the phrase "kicking against the goads" and probably still doesn't, but at that moment he understood the feeling.

Never laid a hand on me again. Basically abandoned the family soon afterwards.

From that moment on, I didn't give a damn what he wanted or said and often thought the opposite of his commands made more sense. My way was not perfect but far better as it was based on some sort of integrity. I realized I would be broke for a long time but it was going to be worth it.

Like all moments like this, time was not linear and that minute seemed to last for hours. I don't know whether Jesus actually spoke to Saint Paul during his conversion from a killer of Christians, but time slowed for me as just as it did for Paul, and for me, the event was equally life-changing

Nothing I did in later in life-Ph.D., wealthy, eventual great woman, great daughters -would have been possible without this moment. I think very few people have such a concrete Oedipus conflict break, but I quit being a victim that day.

When you are young, you think having lousy parents means that you are lousy. Simply not true.

doctorj wrote:

Let's put it this way...I don't have to rely on an airline schedule anymore. Unlike you ; )

(fixed it for ya!)

I am a woodpecker, I can fly on my own anyway.

Thank you for sharing this.

1. Marrying my wife because she is the greatest human being I know and I am incredibly fortunate to have one as supportive and care-taking as she is.

2. Getting my bachelor's degree because my oldest (and book worm) sibling sister never did and my older brother dropped out so that meant a lot to achieve. Got it in Finance and have been working in Finance since a month before I graduated in 2015. I am 31, as Tommy Callahan said "a lot of people go to college for 7 years."

3. Crawling out of the hole of depression and anxiety I was in shortly after my brother committed suicide in 2015 and seeking mental help via psychiatrist and cognitive behavioral therapy. Took a ton of time and focus to do it all and a lot of getting frustrated but paid off huge.

4. Trying running a 5k beginning of 2016 with my wife's work and finding out how much I was missing out on. I think going through a lot of tough adversity in life and growing up skating (slamming on concrete for 15 years) allowed me to figure out just how much tolerance I had for pain and it translated well to running long distances, which is my favorite.

5. Going sub 3 (2:58) this past October in Chicago on my 6th marathon after less than 3 years of running and exactly 2 years after going 3:58 in my first ever attempt. I'm still slow by LetsRun standards but I definitely learned a lot about myself and how much you can dedicate to something.

Riding my Peloton for the first time. I was SO nervous, but I’m so glad I did it!

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Single and Proud wrote:

As for me:

1. Earning 100K a year before 30

2. Buying a house by 25

3. Graduating from college loan-free

4. Summiting Aconcagua

5. Running a sub 2 800

6. Flying across the country in a single engine Cessna

7. Writing a program that plays grandmaster-level chess

8. Visiting all 50 states

9. Getting in the local news a few times

10. Being able to understand 4 different languages (would have rated this higher if I was very fluent in all of them)

Sounds pretty lame to me.

Run the sub 2 800 and the chess program seem to be real achievements the rest is just part of your privilege upbringing.

They still require some effort even if you have the cash. Any bum or meth head can get married and have kids. Just check out your local trailer park or Walmart.

Climbing Aconcagua, on the other hand, isn't that easy even if you choose a non-technical route and hire porters to carry all of your stuff. And the experience is way better.

that's awesome man. I can't imagine what that must have been like growing up. Congrats for sticking up for yourself and working hard to become what you are!

Answering the question:

in running--becoming an NAIA All-American. Sounds lame on this site, but for me at the time, it was incredible. I was told my senior year of high school that I wasn't good enough to make the college team. I think I broke 5 minutes for 1600 about 4-5 times, and nothing under 4:50. 2 years later i was running low 15's for 5k, and I had other major victories, but that top 30 XC place was a good day.

Also in running: trying, and failing to qualify for the 2008 olympic trials. I worked hard for a few years, and failed, but I finished way higher than I ever thought I would have been when I started running in 1996. Even that failure was a victory--if that makes sense, because i had accomplished so much to get to that point. I probably could have stuck with running and qualified for the 2012 Marathon trials--most of my running friends competed in it and I was as good as them in 2008. I do not regret quitting.

Non-running: I got married, had children and bought a house, which were major goals for me that I accomplished before .

-learned how to ride a skateboard in a pool + drop in.

-learned how to surf a shortboard (I had been a longboarder for years). I'm decent at it, not great, but decent. I can hold my own in overhead surf and fly down the line. learning to do a cutback now.

I need new goals though as my body and outlook on life are changing.

Single and Proud wrote:

Hog wrote:

My wife and 2 daughters. Couple Olympic medals come after that.

Dafaq? I've never even come close to getting in the Olympics, and I'd rate my running accomplishments over any (hypothetical) wife and kids. I'd even consider it a negative accomplishment since you're losing your time, money, and freedom.

As for me:

1. Earning 100K a year before 30

2. Buying a house by 25

3. Graduating from college loan-free

4. Summiting Aconcagua

5. Running a sub 2 800

6. Flying across the country in a single engine Cessna

7. Writing a program that plays grandmaster-level chess

8. Visiting all 50 states

9. Getting in the local news a few times

10. Being able to understand 4 different languages (would have rated this higher if I was very fluent in all of them)

Seriously. Read the thread title. Most of those things are not impressive at all. Douche.

1. I'm going to list 15 things, because "followed instructions" was not one of them.

2. I'm going to swing my big dick all around the board for a while here, because I can.

Won an individual Big Ten title in a distance event to end my career