Social Would you consider yourself successful?

[Takes Two To Tango]

Yes. Extremely successful.

I have two beautiful well adjusted children who love me and try their best. I have a beautiful wife who is a perfect mother. If something comes up we can afford to fix it, we own our home, cars etc. I've trained myself to a point where I can take part in the sports I choose to play at a high amateur level even at the age of 45. My beard is long.

The wheels will fall off and everything dies but right now I'm drinking a coffee, smoking a pipe and listening to the birds. I'm about to go continue working on our orchard, burning branches I have taken off, it should last a few generations.

I can't think of much that would make my life better and how could that be anything but extreme success.

That's awesome.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

I'm happy... So... Yes

Short and simple, that's a good way to put it.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

I own multiple successful companies with a couple of my closest friends. We have built two companies with a combined 136 employees total between them which fills me with pride to be able to have a positive impact on so many lives. They are thriving and successful. One has plateaued and isn’t reasonably scale able any further(while still being pretty profitable by most metrics) the other is rising at a meteoric rate. I train 6x a week and am in fantastic physical shape. I am one of the last true sherdoggers on the site. Still im quite a ways from my goals but I genuinely wouldn’t trade my life for any other.

Very impressive.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

This is a tough question - my life is wildly imbalanced. I am very successful professionally, but my personal life and health are in shambles. Years of bad decision making are culminating in an existential (and physical) crisis at 40 years old.

Also, despite being successful professionally, I don't feel fulfilled. The sunk cost of trying to do something different is too high - I literally gave up most of my adult life in the pursuit of being a professor and respected academic. I don't even know what else I would be good at or would enjoy.

With all of that being said, I am very grateful. The fact that I can even entertain thoughts of finding a vocation with purpose is a luxury most people don't have.

Are you looking to settle down with someone?

If you are don't put so pressure on yourself on that. Single life is actually pretty good. More freedom, less stress. Well for me.

 

[cmw43]

I'm 38, been with my girl 9 years and we're getting married in June and very happy.

Just about finished renovating the house so that feels nice.

Career is going well and my work and hours are pretty flexible so I usually WFH 3 days a week.

Got lots of travel plans this year, going round Belgium with the boys for my Stag.

Going to Bratislava with the boys for a couple of days adventing.

Portugal end of this month with my fiance and then in June we're doing three weeks round Thailand.

Got no health issues and still in shape and training BJJ a few times a week so pretty happy there too.

Could always make more money but I feel like I got everything I need and plenty to look forward to this year.

 

[Leonard Haid]

Damn with all those things you mentioned I think you should be higher than 6.

Thank you for those encouraging words. This was not scientific, mostly just based on how I feel about myself.

 

[IanEdwards]

i give myself an 8.5

 

[IanEdwards]

i give myself an 8.5

 

[plataoplombo]

On paper, yes, but I feel like if I was smarter I could do so much better.

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

2/10 - I can't imagine anyone would call me "successful", lol.

 

[chardog]

fairly

five kids, four through private schools, one couldnt due to disability

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even adjusted for age, I'm 90+

 

[560ti]

Very successful.

On paper especially on the financial side it would be easy to say, "oh I could have worked more hours or pushed harder for a higher paying job", but reality is there's over a billion people on this planet that would switch lives with me tomorrow.

Strong sense of self, physical and mental health, and relationships with my faith family and friends have always been a huge priority which to me is the true definition of success.

When I was younger I only considered material wealth as a sign of success but having a high paying job didn't make me happy. Now I make less than half as much but in a job I love waking up and going to every day. I love the lifestyle it gives me and I have a beautiful wife making a lot more money than me who keeps me well looked after.

Exactly. Most of the people I went to high school with that have really high paying jobs are fucking miserable. I played golf 2 weeks ago with a really successful classmate of mine who on paper you'd say "oh he's really succesful" but he's borderline depressed, in a shit ton of debt, and works 60 hours a week. He'd rather have 9 hours of sleep, little to no debt, and more free time to spend with friends and family. The latter to me is success not a big fancy house and a fancy job title.

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Basically, find a rich woman who falls in love with you and do whatever job makes you happy.

 

[BangBang]

I'm about a 7. I'm not financially free, but I can go by.

But I measure my success base on how I am with the relation of the people who are close to me and I think I'm rather successful in that case.

That is what it's all about in my humble opinion. Being with, and living life (the ups and downs) with the people that you love and who love you. If you've got that , and if you have children that you love and love you then that to me is the perfect 10. Nothing else really matters.

I guess looking at everything I think I'd rate myself a 5. I have a good job, well paid and I own my own home. I have a very tight family. My mother, my 2 sisters and my nephews and nieces. They mean everything to me.

 

[Rob Battisti]

Millionaire
Married the prom queen who is the most supportive loving wife in the world
Two beautiful healthy kids
High paying remote job with a lot of responsibility and power
No debt
Surrounded by love
On Sherdog most of the day

That’s pretty successful IMO

 

[Rob Battisti]

Hell no, i have failed at everything that matters or that i ever tried lol

You need to move to Texas