High Expectations

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[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I can finally be more specific about my career aspirations. I’m very happy about this.[/quote]

Ha ha ha.

Ok, I guess you want us to ask:

And, what are they?[/quote]
Nah man. I was just saying lol. I’ve narrowed it down to defense, aerospace, and energy. I want a PhD in astrophysics, but that’s not career driven.[/quote]

Gotcha.[/quote]
What do you do for a living?[/quote]

Explain things in Japanese, and things that are in Japanese.

Sorry, I don’t like to share too much personal stuff publicly.

If only we had PMs…[/quote]
lol it’s cool. I can infer from that pretty comfortably.[/quote]

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I can finally be more specific about my career aspirations. I’m very happy about this.[/quote]

Ha ha ha.

Ok, I guess you want us to ask:

And, what are they?[/quote]
Nah man. I was just saying lol. I’ve narrowed it down to defense, aerospace, and energy. I want a PhD in astrophysics, but that’s not career driven.[/quote]

Gotcha.[/quote]
What do you do for a living?[/quote]

Explain things in Japanese, and things that are in Japanese.

Sorry, I don’t like to share too much personal stuff publicly.

If only we had PMs…[/quote]
lol it’s cool. I can infer from that pretty comfortably.[/quote]
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lol

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I’m bumping this thread just to say that I’m very happy with how things are going for me. I’m taking a full course load, starting an internship, have a job interview tomorrow, getting into the groove of training, family is doing well, have friends all around me, etc. I’m very grateful for what I have and very optimistic and excited about where I’m heading. I’m making it happen.

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[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I’m bumping this thread just to say that I’m very happy with how things are going for me. I’m taking a full course load, starting an internship, have a job interview tomorrow, getting into the groove of training, family is doing well, have friends all around me, etc. I’m very grateful for what I have and very optimistic and excited about where I’m heading. I’m making it happen.[/quote]

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[quote]csulli wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I’m bumping this thread just to say that I’m very happy with how things are going for me. I’m taking a full course load, starting an internship, have a job interview tomorrow, getting into the groove of training, family is doing well, have friends all around me, etc. I’m very grateful for what I have and very optimistic and excited about where I’m heading. I’m making it happen.[/quote]
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I’m convinced that is the last son of Krypton.

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It’s good to hear you’re doing alright.

I think it’s natural for many men to be ambitious. However, at times in my life I practice goal-free living. Some might want to try it sometime.

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[quote]BrickHead wrote:
It’s good to hear you’re doing alright.

I think it’s natural for many men to be ambitious. However, at times in my life I practice goal-free living. Some might want to try it sometime. [/quote]
Thank you. I definitely agree with that sentiment.

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Well man, I’ll be honest with you. That burning feeling that wakes up in the middle of the night is a blessing and a curse. As you age you’ll probably learn to cope with it in more productive and focused manner. Aim high, work hard, and kick ass in life. Don’t let the negative assholes in your life. And don’t take failure too hard as it will happen.

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[quote]Captnoblivious wrote:
Well man, I’ll be honest with you. That burning feeling that wakes up in the middle of the night is a blessing and a curse. As you age you’ll probably learn to cope with it in more productive and focused manner. Aim high, work hard, and kick ass in life. Don’t let the negative assholes in your life. And don’t take failure too hard as it will happen.

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Yeah man. Failure and I have our own special dance by now lol. I’ve been learning a hell of a lot.

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I’m making pretty solid strides towards all of my goals and I’m enjoying the process, so I feel fulfilled in my life. No complaints here.

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[quote]csulli wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I’m bumping this thread just to say that I’m very happy with how things are going for me. I’m taking a full course load, starting an internship, have a job interview tomorrow, getting into the groove of training, family is doing well, have friends all around me, etc. I’m very grateful for what I have and very optimistic and excited about where I’m heading. I’m making it happen.[/quote]
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God what are you a 40 year old house wife that posts on facebook all day?

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[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I’m bumping this thread just to say that I’m very happy with how things are going for me. I’m taking a full course load, starting an internship, have a job interview tomorrow, getting into the groove of training, family is doing well, have friends all around me, etc. I’m very grateful for what I have and very optimistic and excited about where I’m heading. I’m making it happen.[/quote]

Hey make sure you update how the interview goes! Leave your heart on the battlefield every day - it isn’t a good one unless you’re dragging your dirty sweaty scarred self in the door every night with a smile on your soul

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[quote]optheta wrote:

[quote]csulli wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:
I’m bumping this thread just to say that I’m very happy with how things are going for me. I’m taking a full course load, starting an internship, have a job interview tomorrow, getting into the groove of training, family is doing well, have friends all around me, etc. I’m very grateful for what I have and very optimistic and excited about where I’m heading. I’m making it happen.[/quote]
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God what are you a 40 year old house wife that posts on facebook all day?[/quote]
lol

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[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]pushharder wrote:

[quote]BrickHead wrote:

…I think it’s natural for many men to be ambitious. However, at times in my life I practice goal-free living. Some might want to try it sometime. [/quote]

I happen to understand what you mean.[/quote]

I clearly recall a point where I said to myself, “Maybe it’s time to stop trying to ‘achieve,’ and time to start enjoying some of the fruits.”[/quote]
Actually that is kind of where I am at in my life, in the very near future some professional changes BUT in personal life even more changes.

Can you do both? Can you still achieve but also enjoy the fruit?

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[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]pushharder wrote:

[quote]BrickHead wrote:

…I think it’s natural for many men to be ambitious. However, at times in my life I practice goal-free living. Some might want to try it sometime. [/quote]

I happen to understand what you mean.[/quote]

I clearly recall a point where I said to myself, “Maybe it’s time to stop trying to ‘achieve,’ and time to start enjoying some of the fruits.”[/quote]
Actually that is kind of where I am at in my life, in the very near future some professional changes BUT in personal life even more changes.

Can you do both? Can you still achieve but also enjoy the fruit? [/quote]

I thought I had reached that point. Then took a look around and seen it was time to help pull some family members up a little.

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[quote]four60 wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:

[quote]Chushin wrote:

[quote]pushharder wrote:

[quote]BrickHead wrote:

…I think it’s natural for many men to be ambitious. However, at times in my life I practice goal-free living. Some might want to try it sometime. [/quote]

I happen to understand what you mean.[/quote]

I clearly recall a point where I said to myself, “Maybe it’s time to stop trying to ‘achieve,’ and time to start enjoying some of the fruits.”[/quote]
Actually that is kind of where I am at in my life, in the very near future some professional changes BUT in personal life even more changes.

Can you do both? Can you still achieve but also enjoy the fruit? [/quote]

I thought I had reached that point. Then took a look around and seen it was time to help pull some family members up a little.
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This is EXACTLY the sort of stuff that I’d like to hear more about sometimes!

I undertand that American are all about ambition, accumulating more money and belongings, goals, status, and so on, but seriously, sometimes I just hear enough about it. We are taught endlessly about high powered, influential people and workaholics, and how we should either emulate, worship, or be envious of them. Book after book, expose after expose, we are bombarded with talk about “leaders”, “achievement”, “goals”, and heaps upon heaps of corporate jargon (“going global”, “going digital”, “new markets”) and other “me first” and “look at what I did” stuff to the point in which I said to myself, "Uh, can we give this break already and see what some decent stuff being done by other people or tending to other people or just helping someone out, or being a good family member or friend or whatever?

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[quote]BrickHead wrote:

[quote]four60 wrote:

[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Can you do both? Can you still achieve but also enjoy the fruit? [/quote]

I thought I had reached that point. Then took a look around and seen it was time to help pull some family members up a little.
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This is EXACTLY the sort of stuff that I’d like to hear more about sometimes!

I understand that Americans are all about ambition, accumulating more money and belongings, goals, status, and so on, but seriously, sometimes I just hear enough about it. We are taught endlessly about high powered, influential people and workaholics, and how we should either emulate, worship, or be envious of them. Book after book, expose after expose, we are bombarded with talk about “leaders”, “achievement”, “goals”, and heaps upon heaps of corporate jargon (“going global”, “going digital”, “new markets”) and other “me first” and “look at what I did” stuff to the point in which I said to myself, "Uh, can we give this break already and see what some decent stuff being done by other people or tending to other people or just helping someone out, or being a good family member or friend or whatever?
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It’s interesting how that perspective actually changes based on your environment.

I would say that NYC, and really just the northeast, is far more like that than the midwest. There seems to be a lot more social pressure to buy into that way of thought. The people around you, your “friends”, your coworkers, the people you run into in the street… they buy into some variant of this view that “nothing is good enough, everything should be better; if you’re not part of the solution, get out of the way”.

Even though media is global, and you can choose to be bombarded with the same messages wherever you are in the world, not everywhere endorses or subscribes to that particular way of thinking. Here, there’s plenty of people who don’t feel a compulsive need for betterment, that are perfectly ok with their wife and kids and soccer practices and gymnastics, that don’t feel or share that pressure. The majority of their news comes from friends and family members, and, for some, their church.

Certainly you can spin it to say they have no ambition, no drive, aren’t leadership potential, will never be influential, don’t want to be part of the future, etc. etc. But for the most part, they actually seem pretty happy with their own lives.

I used to think they were wrong for thinking that way; but these days, I’m not so sure.