Achieved your dreams?

[Dr J]

Dude do you know you dug up a thread last active in December 29, 2012 ?

What i really wanna know is have any of the OP's achieved their dreams in the last 7 years?
Calling @Dr J @PolishHeadlock2 @HARRISON_3 @Da Speeit @Damien Karras @Sir Galahad

It’s pretty neat to look back on things like this. Since my last post, I ended up getting and finishing the internship and residency I wanted, enjoy my current practice, added 3 more kiddos to the litter, and am still happily married.

It was a rough, sometimes dark road, but I’m in a really good place now.

Still under a mountain of debt, though.

 

[Satanical Eve]

As a child I had a fascination with ducks. Had a duck blanket I got as a baby that I took with me everywhere as well as stuffed animal duck I got from the mayor of my grandparents town after my first open heart surgery just shy of the age of 2. I wanted to be a duck when I grew up and well that hasn't happened yet lol

My dream job as a child was fixing computers when I grew up and well that has come to fruition. I get paid decently but truth be told I'm getting tired of it really and it isn't the actual repair part but having to deal with the clients. Some of those people are fucking the most mentally challenged individuals I've ever met when it comes to technology. Just like you need a license to drive a car you should have to have a license to use a computer. Seriously some people shouldn't even go near them. I mean just recently dealt with a person who I specifically told them that if you get a phone call from anyone stating your PC has virus to hang up on them because its a scam. What does this person do he not only doesn't hang up on the person but ends up allowing the person access to their PC and ends up giving them $700.

I should be grateful though that I have a job and a steady income because some people are truly struggling. The thing is I never thought I would live to see my 30th birthday because of my major depression and near crippling heroin addiction I had for the vast amount of my 20's. I am 35 about to turn 36 in February and have not touch opiates in a long time. Fuck going back to that

 

[Rek Rekington]

Going from a 7k loan to everything you stated is awesome, dude. The fact that you started with so little is what makes it so impressive. Why do you feel dead on the inside?

Not sure, possibly the crippling existential depression.

 

[IIIIIIII]

after visiting the rockies a few years ago, i decided that i wanted to establish myself in denver, and find a job, etc. and it's been confirmed that my job will transfer me there, so that feels pretty cool. i know it's not a huge dream, but it's a dream nonethless haha.

 

[A.S. Deep]

Not sure, possibly the crippling existential depression.

Lol something that helps me with that is realizing that since death is guaranteed, we're free to take more risks than if we were unable to age. Like instead of going hardcore party mode when I'm in my 20s like most people do, I'd rather do that in my 80s since I'm gonna die soon anyway. I'll habe absolutely nothing to lose from snorting coke every day lol.

Not to say I'll actually do that. I'd still rather spend my 80s writing fiction for 12+ hours a day.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

my dream as a young boy was to be the greatest athlete on the planet, but as I grew older, I knew that was never going to happen, as you have to be born with something pretty special to achieve that, as your peers and competitors are working hard to achieve the same, if only I had been born a girl......

 

[loyalyolayal]

I'd still rather spend my 80s writing fiction for 12+ hours a day.

That's me now sherdogging.

 

[davidlemonparty]

As a child I had a fascination with ducks. Had a duck blanket I got as a baby that I took with me everywhere as well as stuffed animal duck I got from the mayor of my grandparents town after my first open heart surgery just shy of the age of 2. I wanted to be a duck when I grew up and well that hasn't happened yet lol

My dream job as a child was fixing computers when I grew up and well that has come to fruition. I get paid decently but truth be told I'm getting tired of it really and it isn't the actual repair part but having to deal with the clients. Some of those people are fucking the most mentally challenged individuals I've ever met when it comes to technology. Just like you need a license to drive a car you should have to have a license to use a computer. Seriously some people shouldn't even go near them. I mean just recently dealt with a person who I specifically told them that if you get a phone call from anyone stating your PC has virus to hang up on them because its a scam. What does this person do he not only doesn't hang up on the person but ends up allowing the person access to their PC and ends up giving them $700.

I should be grateful though that I have a job and a steady income because some people are truly struggling. The thing is I never thought I would live to see my 30th birthday because of my major depression and near crippling heroin addiction I had for the vast amount of my 20's. I am 35 about to turn 36 in February and have not touch opiates in a long time. Fuck going back to that

this post was a real roller coaster bro. started with a cute little duck story, moving onto a bit of classic american suburban piece about a reasonably paid but frustrating career, then BAM straight to a hardcore heroin piece! Bravo!

also congrats on staying clean brother. I hope you get to tell the same story in your 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's.

 

[Cole train]

Had dreams, realized they will never come true, now i dont have them and i just exist.

Dying before 40 would be nice though

 

[Here's the thing]

I actually dreamed of being a porn star like Randy West. One who had his own popular series. I used to think it wasn't attainable, but now more than ever I feel there's hope. All you need is a decent camera and you can make POV videos. Then you just create a pay-to-play site and advertise on major websites like PH by offering some free content. I still may go for it. I even have a name for the potential series: On your marks, get set...GOO!

 

[MaureenCretis]

I never had any dreams as a kid, nor as an adult. The extent of my aspiration was to be financially comfortable, so I could support myself - and when I got married and had kids, support them too.

I liked lots of things as a kid - skateboarding, playing guitar, windsurfing, technology, among other things - but never aspired to monetise any of them. In fact, most of my hobbies quickly become annoying if I do them to excess.

All I really need from a career is to not feel like I don’t want to go in. I don’t expect to take any particular joy from work, I just don’t want to wake up and think “I don’t want to go to work, even though I know I have to”. I’ve had that feeling a few times in my early career and it’s horrible.

 

[Dr J]

if only I had been born a girl......

Not even a requirement for women’s sports these days.