The greatest achievement of your life so far

[prarieboy]

Originally Posted by Tyler

Having a kid really shouldn't be deemed an achievement.

You're right. It's more of a proudest moment or fondest part of life thing.

My greatest achievement so far..

Getting 100% on my Math 30 departmental exam. That's all I've got.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Minnie

Greatest achievement today? Toss up between getting the husband person to clean out the garage and the hugely satisfying dump I took a few hours ago.

Sorry you had to endure that.

[RedMileDJ]

- Getting married
- Having a kid / becoming a father
- Making beef wellington

[polak]

I guess finishing my degree. Pretty lame now that I think about it.

[TurnedTheCorner]

I suppose my degree is my greatest achievement. Pretty pedestrian. I doubt I will achieve much else in life.

[The Goon]

I took a picture of a girl's boobs on the Red Mile in '04 that made it onto several websites around the world.

[Rerun]

Somehow getting my wife to say yes when I asked her to marry me.. and then she actually went through with the wedding even though I was unemployed at the time...

Its a mystery.

[Reaper]

Being able to stay "Murder Free" for this long.

[calumniate]

Originally Posted by Crazy Bacon Legs

Probably the time I stopped a guy who was dressed like a teddy bear from robbing a bank.

It's kind of a long, boring story though.

Do tell.. I'm all ears

[Stay Golden]

Getting Married.
Having kids
Watching a truck pulling a trailer lose control and flip over multiple times going on the opposite side of the highway. Stopped and helped pull a guy from inside the truck that was on its side before it caught on fire.

[East Coast Flame]

Going from the couch to completing a marathon within 15 months and dropping 70 pounds along the way.

Kept the majority of it off for 3 years now.

[bubbsy]

- my degree
- making the right decision when choosing my wife
- having our son

that being said, i had a pretty good idea of my goals/targets of what i wanted my life to be like by the time i was 30. I worry that i haven't visualized what i want as far as life goals/targets for 40/50/onwards..... My next biggest achievement will have to be setting on a path of my next goals asap.

[JobHopper]

Academic and career achievements are great and all but on the other hand if you live in Canada it's almost like an expectation considering our education system we have here. It would almost be considered a failure and you being a loser if you didn't get something out of it. I know it sounds harsh but it's true. A lot of people do achieve in this sense since Canada is a leader in technology and innovation around the world.

I need some new goals as well.

[Bunk]

dissentowner's was amazing - that had me laughing like crazy.

I'm surprised that not one person's, so far, relates to their career! For me, I'd count being in the Mayor's Office before I turned 30 as a very significant achievement in my life. It's no pencil in a crotchety cat's butt hole, mind you.

[edslunch]

Learning to sing and putting on a concert at age 50

[Bill Bumface]

I expected this thread to be full of marathoners and fractional marathoners. What a pleasant surprise.

Mine was at Disneyland, September 9, 2001.

We were in the Davey Crockett Explorer Canoes pictured below. We see a dad and his kid having a snack on the island shown in the background. It was chicken nuggets. I yell out to them "Can I have one?". The dad takes a nugget, stands up and chucks it. It flies majestically over the calm, glistening waters of "The Rivers of America". I see it, almost as in slow motion, tumbling through the blue sky towards me. I realize it's within grasp if I stretch for it. I grabbed the gunnels of the boat, stretched my torso out over the water as far as I could, tilted my head sideways to compensate for the slight cross-breeze, and caught it in my mouth. The whole boat and people waiting at the dock errupted in applause. The father who I never did meet and I shared a thumbs up. I hope if he was answering this question, he would have the same answer. It was a hell of a throw.

[Ozy_Flame]

Trying life in another country. It requires lots of life changes and a commitment to getting out of a comfort zone. I would say after that, getting a Masters is my second.

Does getting an eagle on a par 5 count?

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Cheese

waking up 20,987 mornings!

Oops, typo! You hit 2 instead of 3.

[octothorp]

Being a father is the achievement that gives me the greatest pleasure in my life, but writing and publishing a novel is the achievement that I'm most proud of. Also, somehow making it all the way from Ulan Bator to Moscow without any money after being pickpocketed is sort of an achievement, even though it amounted to simply not getting off the train. It's more of the moment in my life where things could have gone very wrong but somehow they didn't.

[polak]

One time I shot a Squirrel with a paintball gun.

That was a good day.