What's your proudest achievement?
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gadgetgirl85
macrumors 68040
Getting top of the class in Social Cognition in my honours year last year
blackbelt534
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Getting My Black Belt in Taekwondo, then Getting my 3rd degree black belt
acfusion29
macrumors 68040
Making my first in-game dunk just this past Wednesday. I've been dunking for a while, but never had the opportunity in a game. It was the greatest feeling, had such a rush right before I jumped.
Btw.. I'm only 6'2 and I'm white
Btw.. I'm only 6'2 and I'm white
petermcphee
macrumors 6502a
I just graduated law school today. So that.
Decrepit
macrumors 65816
I just graduated law school today. So that.
Congratulations!
Decrepit
macrumors 65816
Personal achievement:
Going back and finishing my Bachelor's degree over 10 years after I should have graduated.
If I somehow stayed in school when I first went, my GPA would have been on its way to a negative number. I had an attitude problem.
After working for 15 years, I went back and finished up in 4 semesters and graduated Magna Cum Laude, so that was cool.
Societal achievement:
While I was working, I trained hundreds of people in how to troubleshoot and support corporate desktop and workstations in DOS, Windows, Linux, etc. And many of them went on to get real jobs. I used to run into folks who would say how happy they were that I trained the technology and not just the product. That let them take the skills and apply them outside of the company. Some became sysadmins, some started their own companies, etc.
Going back and finishing my Bachelor's degree over 10 years after I should have graduated.
If I somehow stayed in school when I first went, my GPA would have been on its way to a negative number. I had an attitude problem.
After working for 15 years, I went back and finished up in 4 semesters and graduated Magna Cum Laude, so that was cool.
Societal achievement:
While I was working, I trained hundreds of people in how to troubleshoot and support corporate desktop and workstations in DOS, Windows, Linux, etc. And many of them went on to get real jobs. I used to run into folks who would say how happy they were that I trained the technology and not just the product. That let them take the skills and apply them outside of the company. Some became sysadmins, some started their own companies, etc.
opinioncircle
macrumors 6502
You mean like outside of being me ?
I think this would be to have been that successful up until now without working that much !!!
I think this would be to have been that successful up until now without working that much !!!
comictimes
macrumors 6502a
Doing a 100,000 meter piece on an erg (rowing machine). Finished in 6 hours and 52 minutes, only 4 minutes behind the world record for my age group (set by one of my team mates a couple weeks after I did mine).
followme
macrumors regular
I have a feeling that my proudest achievement is yet to come.
But up to this point, I'm quite proud of myself for accomplishing a Level 2 certification in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). I'm aiming for Level 1 this July, but have a feeling it'll be close if I manage to pass at all.
But up to this point, I'm quite proud of myself for accomplishing a Level 2 certification in the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). I'm aiming for Level 1 this July, but have a feeling it'll be close if I manage to pass at all.
toolbox
macrumors 68020
Mine are
1. Getting my A+ certification
2. Working at a computer shop (doing what i like fixing / selling)
3. meeting the Bee Gees and having a photo taken
4. Getting a Autographed Rodney Rude T shirt at his concert
5. Buying my first mac in 2006
6. Buying my first house.
1. Getting my A+ certification
2. Working at a computer shop (doing what i like fixing / selling)
3. meeting the Bee Gees and having a photo taken
4. Getting a Autographed Rodney Rude T shirt at his concert
5. Buying my first mac in 2006
6. Buying my first house.
dukebound85
macrumors Core
graduating college
63dot
macrumors 603
When I was 17, getting my first girlfriend.
Stuff like finishing high school, university, getting married, getting first small rock band gig, first large gig, finding a faith, first car and passing driver's license, and other stuff ranks very high but in context of high school, puberty, and until then a lifetime of awkwardness with girls, getting a girlfriend was the biggest high.
I can't think of any feeling where for a sustained amount of time, I actually felt complete and totally high. The other highs were dampened with fear of loss on some level, but not this one.
Realistically, I never expect to match that same high again since I think more with my rational mind and not my teenage raging hormones which only amplified the effect several times over. I do miss the highs of my youth, but don't miss the depths of despair that can plague many a teenager, and usually over pretty banal stuff.
Stuff like finishing high school, university, getting married, getting first small rock band gig, first large gig, finding a faith, first car and passing driver's license, and other stuff ranks very high but in context of high school, puberty, and until then a lifetime of awkwardness with girls, getting a girlfriend was the biggest high.
I can't think of any feeling where for a sustained amount of time, I actually felt complete and totally high. The other highs were dampened with fear of loss on some level, but not this one.
Realistically, I never expect to match that same high again since I think more with my rational mind and not my teenage raging hormones which only amplified the effect several times over. I do miss the highs of my youth, but don't miss the depths of despair that can plague many a teenager, and usually over pretty banal stuff.
