Not looking good for me this year regarding achievements. I guess I will have achieved nothing. My motivations levels are low since the gf and I broke up. I've pretty much given up on everything.
I hope you will soon get back on your favoured track
What have you achieved in 2017?
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I hope you will soon get back on your favoured track
Maybe, but I like working less than full time with a very flexible schedule, even without pay. And if we can nail down some work in China, it will pay well and be a stepping stone for visiting the rest of Asia.
Gori the Grey
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I've extended by one year my long-running streak of getting nothing significant achieved.
civvver
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Realistically, well this year felt like kind of a bummer, mostly because I’m not making as much money as I want. Due to our incompetent sales team at work sales on our flagship product line are super low and we’re losing money so all our overtime got cut and so did any prospects of bonuses. I did manage to negotiate 8% in raises in 2017 but considering I had shown them market research to support and ask for 20% that wasn’t close to my goal. But not everything is money I guess. I do like some new projects we have which seem like winners which I will get a lot of credit for when I pull off.
Home life, I got a vasectomy. The experience was awful but I was back to normal in a few weeks and now trust me it’s quite worth it. I’m married with two kids already so we’re quite finished.
My oldest started kindergarten so that’s cool. She is changing a ton. My youngest started walking and is insane. Jumps on and off everything and has so much personality. And she’s only 16 months.
Home life, I got a vasectomy. The experience was awful but I was back to normal in a few weeks and now trust me it’s quite worth it. I’m married with two kids already so we’re quite finished.
My oldest started kindergarten so that’s cool. She is changing a ton. My youngest started walking and is insane. Jumps on and off everything and has so much personality. And she’s only 16 months.
Terxpahseyton
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I kept on posting on OT. My prospects are looking very well.
...vasectomy....
Is it so common to have one in the US? I think it is pretty rare overall in the west (and likely a lot rarer in Saudi Arabia
)Still, horrible and i read it is a brutal experience.
Disgustipated
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And the thing is, why must we be achieving anything anyways? I know I may seem un-unambitious and I probably am. But I'm pretty happy with where I am in life other than the lack of love in the romance department. I make enough money for my needs, though I am disappointed in the new owners of my property, a big corporation which will mean really jacked up health care costs for my new insurance. So that amounts to a pay cut for me. I complain, but I still have more than enough. I just like to go up, not down.
Back when I was on dating sites, it always bothered me women would write stuff wanting a goal orientated man. Or career orientated man. What does that even mean? I'm happy with my career, why should I be striving to be boss? I have no desire for any advancement whatsoever. And what does goal orientated even mean? I have a suspicion women write that implying the man better have a job. No unemployed losers. But I always avoided women that wrote that, because I have no goals. And what is so bad about not having goals? Why must we always be doing something? Why can't we just kick back and relax? To me, having excessive goals just means you are unhappy with yourself or your career situation. I'm not.
Back when I was on dating sites, it always bothered me women would write stuff wanting a goal orientated man. Or career orientated man. What does that even mean? I'm happy with my career, why should I be striving to be boss? I have no desire for any advancement whatsoever. And what does goal orientated even mean? I have a suspicion women write that implying the man better have a job.
No unemployed losers. But I always avoided women that wrote that, because I have no goals. And what is so bad about not having goals? Why must we always be doing something? Why can't we just kick back and relax? To me, having excessive goals just means you are unhappy with yourself or your career situation. I'm not.
Nice post
My comment may seem very soft and childish, but I live it.
IDK how strong this goal, financial status orientation is in the US....
I only know that external goals as something tangible that you balance with who you are.... are a poor substitute for intrinsic being the you, you are and are going to be, that you balance with the tangible necessities around you.
And that said...no negative from me on people going for their career and finding someone likewise. Everybody his own.
Raising a family together... sure... some secure money for a good portion of your life, is really good.. but that goes without saying.
My experience is that there also many women who love it if you can share, communicate your path of life the way you do it, with all the stones and the sunshine on the road, and be open to her in the same sense... really connect.
Be somebody to her.
Not only in the big things, but all small and usually not shared. That trust, that confidence.... that security of building your love together is more reliable than objective goals, I believe.
And attractive
My comment may seem very soft and childish, but I live it.
IDK how strong this goal, financial status orientation is in the US....
I only know that external goals as something tangible that you balance with who you are.... are a poor substitute for intrinsic being the you, you are and are going to be, that you balance with the tangible necessities around you.
And that said...no negative from me on people going for their career and finding someone likewise. Everybody his own.
Raising a family together... sure... some secure money for a good portion of your life, is really good.. but that goes without saying.
My experience is that there also many women who love it if you can share, communicate your path of life the way you do it, with all the stones and the sunshine on the road, and be open to her in the same sense... really connect.
Be somebody to her.
Not only in the big things, but all small and usually not shared. That trust, that confidence.... that security of building your love together is more reliable than objective goals, I believe.
And attractive
Chukchi Husky
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ever closer to solving the riddle of the B-Wing . That's one of the most noticeable shapes of Star Wars , which is quite a thing to accomplish with all those odd forms and weird looks . Pretty sure first time ı saw it was a catalogue of SW figures , you know Ewoks and Javas and Stormtroopers with all out of my range of pocket money . And practically made no sense at all , nor ı could remember seeing it . Took me almost a decade to figure out they were the crosses that opened up when the Rebel Fleet was jumping to Endor . But then this is a thing that takes time ; was a really out of touch kid at school , drawing stuff on the margins of the textbooks . ı was probably a 10th grader when something touched me and ı had this X-Wing hovering over a very 20th Century destroyer , refulling with very this worldly petrol . ı knew my X-Wing had to be a glorified Harrier , and actually had a quite satisfiying series of posts in some modelling site , like fully 20 years on . B almost matches in longevity , say in contrast to ARC-170 which was like over in months . Only because it's officially stated that it's based on the P-61 .
the thing to remember is of course am a loser , Have Civ III back and ı think ı had anything between 10 to 14 hours of computer time on this Saturday and can't remember anything except ı played the game . So , this has to be full in the fullest sense and like ILM has been lying and stuff . The canon , aka The Return of the Jedi in this case , clearly establishes the cockpit on top . This stems from the failed wish of having the Millenium Falcon riding upright but no one could justify building 3 storey sets and they would be cramped and stuff . The shape of course comes from x versus + , with plus becoming a cross with the lower part elongated , but really it has to be a P , but vocalizing that could be real troublesome for the family minded wholesomeness of the company . But making it a B , or b in minor , would require it to be at least "stored" , you know , on an Imperial TIE Fighter "rack" .
not exactly my concern . With form follows function and blah blah blah . It's kinda difficult anyhow , inspired by stuff to solve a thing that obviously concerns like nobody else . Just like reading the wookipedia page and the like to see it was buit by the Slayn Korpil company . ı know the French for Destroyer is Contre-torpilleur , so it must be torpille , so there you are , a torpedo bomber which is so WW II . ı can really put two R-2800s there , or 3 Merlins , but there's no place to hang a prop on the damned thing ... So , a dead end , where ı left it like 3 or 4 years back .
and all the while as ı assemble and reassemble , my inner voice keeps whispering "Ptah" . Have no idea on what that's but surely must have read it somewhere . Is that an ancien Egyptian letter , preferably like a T , a bulb on top and a curve or maybe a hook underneath ? Would surely explain the odd location of the big guns on the SW variant ... And uh , the British Areospace have served their heads on a platter with repeated attempts to muzzle yours idiotly ; no corporate rants of "We don't deserve this." will be tolerated , let me remind you in my rambling way .
the thing to remember is of course am a loser , Have Civ III back and ı think ı had anything between 10 to 14 hours of computer time on this Saturday and can't remember anything except ı played the game . So , this has to be full in the fullest sense and like ILM has been lying and stuff . The canon , aka The Return of the Jedi in this case , clearly establishes the cockpit on top . This stems from the failed wish of having the Millenium Falcon riding upright but no one could justify building 3 storey sets and they would be cramped and stuff . The shape of course comes from x versus + , with plus becoming a cross with the lower part elongated , but really it has to be a P , but vocalizing that could be real troublesome for the family minded wholesomeness of the company . But making it a B , or b in minor , would require it to be at least "stored" , you know , on an Imperial TIE Fighter "rack" .
not exactly my concern . With form follows function and blah blah blah . It's kinda difficult anyhow , inspired by stuff to solve a thing that obviously concerns like nobody else . Just like reading the wookipedia page and the like to see it was buit by the Slayn Korpil company . ı know the French for Destroyer is Contre-torpilleur , so it must be torpille , so there you are , a torpedo bomber which is so WW II . ı can really put two R-2800s there , or 3 Merlins , but there's no place to hang a prop on the damned thing ... So , a dead end , where ı left it like 3 or 4 years back .
and all the while as ı assemble and reassemble , my inner voice keeps whispering "Ptah" . Have no idea on what that's but surely must have read it somewhere . Is that an ancien Egyptian letter , preferably like a T , a bulb on top and a curve or maybe a hook underneath ? Would surely explain the odd location of the big guns on the SW variant ... And uh , the British Areospace have served their heads on a platter with repeated attempts to muzzle yours idiotly ; no corporate rants of "We don't deserve this." will be tolerated , let me remind you in my rambling way .
Survival is still quite a big thing on this planet.
Which brings me to answer the OP: I havent achieved much of anything this year even though I am bit ambitious and competitive by nature. Thanks to my spirituality I have become less success oriented but more value simple progress. Not giving up is a big thing in my book.
More specificaly I always wanted to get to see more of Asia and thanks to the fact that my laptop has broke down earlier this year (and getting new one is going to be my achievement for 2018) I am not going to have the usual winter gaming-orgy fest and do some traveling through southeast Asia instead. I start in Bali next month and will be visiting Java, Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos.
Lohrenswald
世界的 bottom ranked physicist
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Well I am a greedy bastard as you can see.'Isn't he the richest who has fewest wants?'
On the positive side some desires are better then others - namely the ones which allow you to expand your knowledge or capacity...That being said itsnt totally unusual to do some kind of "epic" travelling in Asia since good number of countries there offer great deals in terms of value vs. price and the local fligts can be dirty cheap too. On the top of that there is a lot to see: I am going to be visiting some 13 UNESCO sites and many more unique cultural and natural places.
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Leifmk
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Job: Same.
Social life: Spartan. Have seen a few old friends though.
Home life: Got a ton of work done on home improvement; we're doing all three bedrooms, have replaced walls and floors, put up new (bespoke) closets, etc. Nearing completion on this project now (biggest thing left to do is put the sliding doors on the closets, then there's some detail work like floorboards and such).
Also home life: Impregnated my wife once again. Baby #4 due in March/April. Think that will be the last one.
Nerd life: Logged a reasonable number of hours on Civ 6 and Europa Universalis 4.
Social life: Spartan. Have seen a few old friends though.
Home life: Got a ton of work done on home improvement; we're doing all three bedrooms, have replaced walls and floors, put up new (bespoke) closets, etc. Nearing completion on this project now (biggest thing left to do is put the sliding doors on the closets, then there's some detail work like floorboards and such).
Also home life: Impregnated my wife once again. Baby #4 due in March/April. Think that will be the last one.
Nerd life: Logged a reasonable number of hours on Civ 6 and Europa Universalis 4.
civvver
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...vasectomy....
Is it so common to have one in the US? I think it is pretty rare overall in the west (and likely a lot rarer in Saudi Arabia
Still, horrible and i read it is a brutal experience.
It's super common in the US. I'm probably on the younger side of having one but I know tons of guys in their 40s with them. It's effective, relatively inexpensive, with no side effects and controlled by the man. From the male side you really have only two options, barriers or vasectomy. Women has the pill but it has inconveniences like remembering to take it at same time every day and being able to, and iud's are very expensive and also can have unwanted side effects. After our 2nd child we found out my wife's uterus wall is very thin so they told us any future babies would be extremely high risk and she'd go on bed rest and the baby would have to come out via c-section like 8 weeks early to prevent rupturing. We didn't want a third kid anyway but that definitely sealed the deal. Basically she could die if she ever got pregnant again. So she is using an iud and I got surgery. My surgery cost half of what her iud did which just seems crazy, but since obamacare iuds are covered 100% so we didn't pay anything for hers. I'm just saying what they billed insurance for.
The procedure wasn't bad really, it's mostly mental just being afraid of anything going on down there, but you get a little shot, it feels like someone squeezing your balls real tight and then it's done. Then I was super afraid that some horrible pain was coming but it never did. I iced for a day or two, took ibuprofen and was fine. The thing was I had lingering soreness for like three weeks, nothing awful, just felt like your pants were always too tight, but everyone kept saying man you should be over that by now and it made me feel down like something was wrong with me and I'd never feel normal again. But after three weeks I did feel perfectly normal. It just took longer than the drs said and my friends and wife didn't really understand. So like I said mostly a mental thing. I would recommend it to anyone looking for something permanent just be prepared that it takes a while to fully recover.
Leifmk
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Man, if not for modern medicine, so very many of us would be widowers because of various pregnancy-related issues. (And back a few generations ago that's how it used to be.)
