Poll
Question:
Describe your level of self-discipline
Option 1: 1-2: I wake up, turn on the computer, and eat free food. My life is awesome!
votes: 0
Option 2: 3-4: Does using an alarm count? hey, at least I go outside sometimes!
votes: 1
Option 3: 5-6: I have a job. It's called being a babysitter.
votes: 1
Option 4: 7-8: I'm self-sufficient, and I make problems disappear... yep, those roaches are gone whenever I walk into the room.
votes: 5
Option 5: 9-10: Whatever I touch turns to gold. I've got more food stamps than you've got lost hours of sleep.
votes: 1
Sometimes self improvement involves taking unpleasant measures into action.
Is your life perfect? If your answer is "no", have you ever thought about why that is, or what you can do to change it?
No, this isn't an infomercial, nor am I trying to kill your buzz. I'm just offering a little food for thought. I'm sure you've seen more than a few people out and about who seemed to be having a good life. Without exhibiting a degree of jealousy, a simple comparison among lifestyles might prove educational.
Before we continue, I think we should state for the record that being awesome at life doesn't necessarily equate to being wealthy... but I do think living above the poverty line helps.
Another question to ask your self is "What do I really want out of life that I can realistically obtain?" Where there's a will, there's a way. Most people don't want a whole lot, but they want more than what they have. Some people just want a perfect family. I think most of the rest are stuck in apathy or want something unhealthy.
I think I've done enough babbling... so what do you want out of life?
Honestly shin, I'm getting to the point where I want to stop fixating on fixing myself. My life is fine all things considered. There are things I can't change and just have to accept. I think telling ourselves we constantly need to improve does our heads in.
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Is your life perfect? If your answer is "no", have you ever thought about why that is, or what you can do to change it?
No, this isn't an infomercial, nor am I trying to kill your buzz. I'm just offering a little food for thought. I'm sure you've seen more than a few people out and about who seemed to be having a good life. Without exhibiting a degree of jealousy, a simple comparison among lifestyles might prove educational.
Before we continue, I think we should state for the record that being awesome at life doesn't necessarily equate to being wealthy... but I do think living above the poverty line helps.
Another question to ask your self is "What do I really want out of life that I can realistically obtain?" Where there's a will, there's a way. Most people don't want a whole lot, but they want more than what they have. Some people just want a perfect family. I think most of the rest are stuck in apathy or want something unhealthy.
I think I've done enough babbling... so what do you want out of life?
I chose the last option shin. I bitch a lot, but all things considered I'm pretty happy with my life. As senator Al Franken would say, gosh darn it, people like me. :001_tongue:
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Is your life perfect? If your answer is "no", have you ever thought about why that is, or what you can do to change it?
No, this isn't an infomercial, nor am I trying to kill your buzz. I'm just offering a little food for thought. I'm sure you've seen more than a few people out and about who seemed to be having a good life. Without exhibiting a degree of jealousy, a simple comparison among lifestyles might prove educational.
Before we continue, I think we should state for the record that being awesome at life doesn't necessarily equate to being wealthy... but I do think living above the poverty line helps.
Another question to ask your self is "What do I really want out of life that I can realistically obtain?" Where there's a will, there's a way. Most people don't want a whole lot, but they want more than what they have. Some people just want a perfect family. I think most of the rest are stuck in apathy or want something unhealthy.
I think I've done enough babbling... so what do you want out of life?
As an old guy, I am not making any big changes now. It is the way it is. Besides, how many high school educated farm boys from Saskatchewan have seen as much of the world as I have. And I don't mean from a five star hotel in the capital city with car and driver like reel.
Stop calling yourself an "old guy". You're 45 FFS!
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I'm 48. D.O.B. January 4 1968.
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I'm 48. D.O.B. January 4 1968.
Ya that is old...
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I'm 48. D.O.B. January 4 1968.
Ya that is old...
I don't think so Keeper.
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I'm 48. D.O.B. January 4 1968.
That isn't old either FFS.
80+ is OLD
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Just as long as you don't give up on maintaining a reasonable standard behind your continued happiness, I don't see anything wrong with that.
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I'm 48. D.O.B. January 4 1968.
That isn't old either FFS.
80+ is OLD
Old is when middle age ends and elderly begins. For most it's around 60.
By global standards, 80+ is not just old, its fucking ancient.
The average age of mortality world wide is around 68 for men and 73 for women. We here in modern western civilization live longer so we have a skewed POV on the subject.
Finally. Nothing.
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I'm 48. D.O.B. January 4 1968.
That isn't old either FFS.
80+ is OLD
Old is when middle age ends and elderly begins. For most it's around 60.
By global standards, 80+ is not just old, its fucking ancient.
The average age of mortality world wide is around 68 for men and 73 for women. We here in modern western civilization live longer so we have a skewed POV on the subject.
My father-in-law is in his 70s and I don't see him as being old. My dad is in his 60s and I don't think of him as old at all.
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I'm 48. D.O.B. January 4 1968.
Ya that is old...
Positively ancient.
Surprised he can operate a computer.
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As an old guy, I am not making any big changes now. It is the way it is. Besides, how many high school educated farm boys from Saskatchewan have seen as much of the world as I have.
I can't figure out if that was a dig at me or not. :sad: I'm about 50/50 between travelling that way to meet clients or go to conferences and going to shipyards, which are rarely in big cities and even more rarely comfortable places to be.
To answer the question, I need more time. I think I'm sort of front end loading things. The pace is frenetic most of the time now, but I don't plan to keep it up longterm. I really don't know if it's the right choice, but it's where I'm at.
And you guys are all old! Except maybe Shen. I can't remember how old she is.
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I'm 48. D.O.B. January 4 1968.
That isn't old either FFS.
80+ is OLD
Old is when middle age ends and elderly begins. For most it's around 60.
By global standards, 80+ is not just old, its fucking ancient.
The average age of mortality world wide is around 68 for men and 73 for women. We here in modern western civilization live longer so we have a skewed POV on the subject.
My father-in-law is in his 70s and I don't see him as being old. My dad is in his 60s and I don't think of him as old at all.
That's a perception. My parents are in there 60s and I don't see them as old either, mostly because they are still very active. But I'm talking in terms of mortality.
By global standards of mortality, they are old. Sorry, it's unavoidable.
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I'm 48. D.O.B. January 4 1968.
Haha, from one old bag to one old fart, we aren't old until you can't remember where you put your teeth :laugh: My hubby is turning 56 soon and I don't think he's old.
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I''ll be 32 in September. I'm a fucking a sweetiepie.
I'll be 46 next month, ac_dance I just did my roots and dyed ALL the grey away
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Old bag!! :001_tongue:
haha, that's what my hubby calls me!
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I'm 48. D.O.B. January 4 1968.
Haha, from one old bag to one old fart,
lol, I like that GrAnnie.
Fucking coffin dodgers clogging up our forum.
I think old is where you start with if you count the years of your life backward from death.
Is that grim?
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Is that grim?
No easy task.
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I keep my hair short. I got a retreating hair line.
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Never heard that one before. :roll: funny.
I will forever be in denial.
Nothing is preventing me, just because I may not yet have achieved all that I plan to, doesn't mean that it has been prevented. Parenthood has derailed me from a few goals, but they're not forgotten, just paused.
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Morning Mona. Parenthood comes with tons of responsibilities. It's a huge task. Remember that a day will come when your life will be awarded back to you. The best is on its way.
Aka you'll be blessed with grand kids :)
All I can say is, I am honest about my age but no one believes me. ac_biggrin
I can believe that Azhya.
When I get older, I'm going to lie and say I'm way older than I am then everyone will think I look awesome for my age haha
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Morning Mona. Parenthood comes with tons of responsibilities. It's a huge task. Remember that a day will come when your life will be awarded back to you. The best is on its way.
When though? I have a son who will be twenty five soon and he still cannot stand on his own two feet.
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His family name is Wu, but he writes in Korean?
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:laugh: That was a comedy sketch. This is the real Tom Vu:
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:laugh: That was a comedy sketch. This is the real Tom Vu:
This seems like comedy too.
He ended up going to jail for it. :laugh3:
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Oh my goodness.
:ohmy:
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Oh my goodness.
:ohmy:
Yes. I guess he must have overlooked some legal technicality.
I got this from Wikipedia..
In the early 1990s, Vu was sued by former students and investigated by the government for alleged violations of securities laws, fraud and false advertising.[2]
Formerly of Longwood, Florida[1] and later a California resident, Vu has retired from real estate and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Professional poker career[edit]
Vu continues his parallel career as a tournament poker player. As of 2014, he has won more than $1,800,000 in casino poker tournaments, including a second-place finish in a no limit Texas hold 'em event at the 2007 World Series of Poker[3] and a 22nd-place finish at the 2005 World Series of Poker championship event.[4] His 9 cashes at the WSOP account for $827,562 of his lifetime tournament winnings.[5]
In April 2006, he finished ninth in the Season Five World Poker Tour championship event, earning $216,585.
Interesting. I always wondered what became of him.
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Morning Mona. Parenthood comes with tons of responsibilities. It's a huge task. Remember that a day will come when your life will be awarded back to you. The best is on its way.
Yeah, I know. My eldest is 21 this year. So I've raised one to adulthood. The other four boys are 10 and 12. So still a way to go with them. And it goes by so fast that I don't want to miss it.
Holy Christ you have 5 boys???? ac_wot You must be a strong woman :icon_wink:
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Thank you. Yes, I have five boys. My eldest is 20, then I have 12 year old twins and 10 year old twins. I separated from their father when the younger two were infants.
The eldest told me that if I had any more kids after that he was moving out. I reminded him that he asked for a little brother for years, and he said yes ONE. So I told him that he'd asked that many times that the Universe got confused and provided him with multiple brothers.
:laugh: He got more than he asked for :icon_wink:
He did, but he's actually an awesome big brother. He's always willing to babysit when I need him to, and the boys adore him. They actually listen to him better than they do me, sometimes. Although, twice in the past week, I've had random strangers commend me on how well disciplined my boys are. When they get raucous in public, I simply count silently with my fingers, and they stop before I get to five.
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My Mom used to count slowly to 3. Then all hell broke lose.
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Thank you. Yes, I have five boys. My eldest is 20, then I have 12 year old twins and 10 year old twins. I separated from their father when the younger two were infants.
The eldest told me that if I had any more kids after that he was moving out. I reminded him that he asked for a little brother for years, and he said yes ONE. So I told him that he'd asked that many times that the Universe got confused and provided him with multiple brothers.
That is amazing Mona.
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My Mom used to count slowly to 3. Then all hell broke lose.
I give mine to five. But I also don't count out loud. They generally notice one by one and freeze when I raise my hand and my fingers start rising. I rarely get past three. But that's in public. At home I usually just take away whatever they're arguing over. That way there's no more arguments. Whatever the item, it becomes mine. Until such time as I choose to return it to them.
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Thank you. Yes, I have five boys. My eldest is 20, then I have 12 year old twins and 10 year old twins. I separated from their father when the younger two were infants.
The eldest told me that if I had any more kids after that he was moving out. I reminded him that he asked for a little brother for years, and he said yes ONE. So I told him that he'd asked that many times that the Universe got confused and provided him with multiple brothers.
That is amazing Mona.
I was and am very blessed.
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Thank you. Yes, I have five boys. My eldest is 20, then I have 12 year old twins and 10 year old twins. I separated from their father when the younger two were infants.
The eldest told me that if I had any more kids after that he was moving out. I reminded him that he asked for a little brother for years, and he said yes ONE. So I told him that he'd asked that many times that the Universe got confused and provided him with multiple brothers.
:shock:
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Thank you. Yes, I have five boys. My eldest is 20, then I have 12 year old twins and 10 year old twins. I separated from their father when the younger two were infants.
The eldest told me that if I had any more kids after that he was moving out. I reminded him that he asked for a little brother for years, and he said yes ONE. So I told him that he'd asked that many times that the Universe got confused and provided him with multiple brothers.
:shock:
I know, two sets of twins.
Two sets of twins is far more common than people realise. The risk of twin pregnancy increases after a twin birth. Most people are sensible enough to stop having children. I, however, wanted to see what would happen if I tried for a girl. Plus, contraceptives don't agree with my body. So it was abstinence or take my chances.
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I don't know anyone in our immediate circle of friends and family, but we have heard of it.
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I don't know anyone in our immediate circle of friends and family, but we have heard of it.
One of my school friends older brother and his wife had two sets of twins and would have had a third but it was medically terminated as her uterus hadn't recovered from the previous birth because she was pregnant at the 6week checkup.
And there's another family at my boys school who have two sets of twins.
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I don't know anyone in our immediate circle of friends and family, but we have heard of it.
One of my school friends older brother and his wife had two sets of twins and would have had a third but it was medically terminated as her uterus hadn't recovered from the previous birth because she was pregnant at the 6week checkup.
And there's another family at my boys school who have two sets of twins.
True, it does happen Mona.