Accomplishment, Achievement, Life's little goals....

[Mandon Knight]

Do you guys feel you have reached whatever cause, trail, path you set yourself yet or do you feel you are still on the journey towards it in your lives.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

I put on pants and made it to work basically on time this morning so that was def an achievement. As far as life, in general, is concerned I am nowhere near where I want to be with a lot of things but slowly making progress in that general direction.

 

[Kyle]

I have notable film industry mentors at one of the top production companies (one of which is more than highly connected to a film studio as a whole due to familial connections) as well as screenwriters who have sold scripts for million dollar deals that have shown interest in my work and in helping me grow in my screenwriting career. One of my connections who I haven't sent material to yet (I have to be ready, I want to put my best foot forward that he'll respond to) is a manager who I trust in a lot - my latest script is right up his alley; thus even the "hardest" part (locking an agent or manager, I have a solid foot towards already). Ironically while I'm having difficulty locking down a regular job my career is on the straight and narrow moving full speed ahead. Especially at only being 28. I want my first film out there to be the best it can possibly be, there are a lot of writers who sell one script and never sell again so I'm really focused on getting that first one right. As Charles Dickens said, "it was the best of times and it was the worst of times."

 

[Erzengel]

I went an entire day without wearing pants.

 

[Mandon Knight]

As we reach towards the end of another year, how do people think on this one, are you reaching your goals ? Personally, have had 5 consecutive years of hard, tough, crap to wade through and am due a decent year next year, hopefully.

 

[Erzengel]

Still...pants thing....

 

[Mandon Knight]

Still...pants thing....

 

[Pink Ranger]

Still...pants thing....

Based on what we know of you, the bigger accomplishment is for you to wear pants for at least 8 hours.

 

[Enriquespy]

I asked a girl out. She said yes!!! turns out she didn't knew it was a date. The lunch was good, and she remains a friend.

Baby steps!

 

[Mandon Knight]

I asked a girl out. She said yes!!! turns out she didn't knew it was a date. The lunch was good, and she remains a friend.

Baby steps!

....to a bigger world,

 

[Lighthouse]

I usually have to get my sense of accomplishment with small goals. I've found that most of my dreams have been dashed because of chronic illness.

 

[KevanG]

I put my first book on Amazon. Needs some more work but I'm making progress. I have another in the series part way done and a bunch of short stories based in the same universe I plan to put into a collection eventually.

So, I'm better than I used to be when I had literally no direction or purpose.

 

[ComicChick]

ive saved up more money than ive ever had in my life, boosted my credit a ton and am working towards buying a house. working a ton of jobs too

on the other side things, this was one of the hardest years i've had as i lost a lot of people i knew, including the most important person in my whole life; my grandmother. heck, i've known lost 4 people since Thanksgiving, including 2 on actual Thanksgiving Day so i honestly dont have a clue what 2018 will have in store for me

 

[InCali]

I went an entire day without wearing pants.

I went an entire day without panting.

Goals are boring because when you reach them, well....y'know "no matter where you go... there you are."

My stepfather died almost 3 years ago and over that time, I've spent a day or two a week at my mom's house doing stuff to try and make her just a little bit happier than she was when I got there. I built her a deck, built her a home theater, did some landscaping, built a fence, put in a fountain, did some electrical/plumbing/carpentry work, etc. The "small" stuff like cooking dinner, shopping, taking out the trash, watching some of the cool stuff on TV that Flick (God she loves Bryan Fuller) recommended seems more important to me.

You never reach goals in the same way that science never fully explains the universe (or whatever you're trying to explain). Once you hit your goal or explain whatever it was you were trying to explain, you realize there's more to do or understand.

 

[Power Cosmic]

I lost a lot of weight, improved my overall health and gave a big step towards my professional career, after completing the 2nd year of my doctorate.

So, yes, I'd say 2017 was a great year, where I achieved most of my goals.

 

[squeekness]

I've had more pain over the past year so I don't know what old age has in store for me the next. I just hope that if I can retire in five years as planned, I don't feel too much like crap to enjoy it.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I think I am heading in the right direction. My film should be done this year, and then I can start trying to get it out to the world. Also, I have the best paying job I ever had, so I am hoping to get rid of some credit card debt and get enough to get in a position to get a house. Just have to resist the urge to be stupid with my money, LOL!!!!

Going to also see if I can maybe get a podcast or something going this year, too. Mostly as a hobby.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

I feel like everyday all of us don't do something that results in us slipping off into the void is a daily accomplishment. Life can get hard on the skreets.

 

[squeekness]

I'd like to read more books than I buy this year. Just because it's on sale doesn't mean I NEED to buy it.

 

[ComicChick]

I'd like to read more books than I buy this year. Just because it's on sale doesn't mean I NEED to buy it.

yes it does!

 

[squeekness]

$1.99 book sales are my Achilles heel.

 

[JewishHobbit]

I went through 4 or 5 years with no goals, waddling through depression, until last year. I set some goals regarding my finances and credit last year that I hit about 50% on by the end of the year. I wanted to improve my and my wife's credit scores and save up $10,000 for a down payment toward a home. Well... my credit score just reached 750. Excellent!!! And my wife's went from the lowest rating to good enough to get a loan (and still rising). But I also have nothing in my bank account I had a good start on it, but life got in the way and that all got widdled away to nothing and we're back at stage one. However, we're about two months away from being debt free and can start saving again, so the new goal is next year something.

That aside, I've also made a goal to get back into writing again this year. I've self-published five books so far but stopped writing about 4 years ago when life got the best of me. I wanted to do it last year and did a little bit. I wrote a graphic novel that's now in the art stages, but that was more of a side project as my true love is novels. I kept telling myself that I'd start, but then I'd debate what genre I wanted to write and never really figured that out and just kept putting it off. I was no longer in the habit of writing.

Well, I saw a post on facebook on January 1st that said Page 1 of 365, and something about that just made it click. I was wasting time online when I could really be focusing on writing in some way. So I immediately went downstairs and started working. I'm working on a very old fantasy series idea (in fact it was my first ever idea). I've not started writing yet and probably won't for quite a while. I have thousands of pages of notes stretching back to 1995 give or take that I'm going through and figuring out what's good and what's not and what needs updated. What holes need filled, etc. I'm have a great time and have kept up on it. I've missed a day or two, but for the most part I've kept up at it and am back to always taking notes throughout the day. I'm enjoying it.

So my goals this year are to:

1) Get my credit score up to 850
2) Save up at least $8,000 by the end of the year
3) Have the fantasy series and notes completely planned out and organized and book one started. I believe I can get a LOT further than that, but it's hard to gauge how long the notes aspect will take as it was originally planned as a 6-book series that will probably drop to a 3-book series and need a lot of cutting and reworking. If I had to guess I probably have something like 200 characters created that needs cut and their stories seriously divided up and reworked.
4) I'm about to finish the Silmarillion and hope to read through the Hobbit, the Lord of the Rings, Unfinished Tales, and other Tolkien works. I've not read this stuff in a good 15-20 years (save the Hobbit, which I read again a few years ago) and I want to remind myself of how much I loved them. The Silmarillion was far better than I remembered. And over all to just read more. I've gotten out of the habit.

As of now... those are my goals for 2018.

 

[JewishHobbit]

Oh... and another one. My grandmother passed away this past year and she was the one who always organized our family get togethers (only twice a year, but it was better than nothing). My family isn't very close, many of us barely knowing one another, but we've started to gel over the past few years. Well, my grandmother passed away earlier this year, and suddenly my family didn't get together for Christmas for the first time in my life. I pressured my mom and aunt until they finally got everyone together for a late-Christmas party on January 30th. So my goal this year is to continue this and to not let my family become distant again. And not only that, but to somehow pull my siblings who have zero interest in my extended family, and the cousins I barely know, and make us all one cohesive unit. I started a few years ago by starting a dynasty fantasy football league among various members to start communications, and I think that's really done wonders. But now I want to strengthen those bonds further, including more cousins and siblings in some manner, and to pick up where my grandmother left off.

 

[Mandon Knight]

Oh... and another one. My grandmother passed away this past year and she was the one who always organized our family get togethers (only twice a year, but it was better than nothing). My family isn't very close, many of us barely knowing one another, but we've started to gel over the past few years. Well, my grandmother passed away earlier this year, and suddenly my family didn't get together for Christmas for the first time in my life. I pressured my mom and aunt until they finally got everyone together for a late-Christmas party on January 30th. So my goal this year is to continue this and to not let my family become distant again. And not only that, but to somehow pull my siblings who have zero interest in my extended family, and the cousins I barely know, and make us all one cohesive unit. I started a few years ago by starting a dynasty fantasy football league among various members to start communications, and I think that's really done wonders. But now I want to strengthen those bonds further, including more cousins and siblings in some manner, and to pick up where my grandmother left off.

JH, Speaking as someone who has complete dis-connection with their non-immediate family, and who knows the rifts it all can cause, I wish you all the best with this, especially in light of your grandmother's drive that I hope you all get the chance too continue with, all the best.

 

[JewishHobbit]

JH, Speaking as someone who has complete dis-connection with their non-immediate family, and who knows the rifts it all can cause, I wish you all the best with this, especially in light of your grandmother's drive that I hope you all get the chance too continue with, all the best.

Thanks. It's been nice getting to know some of them, but it'll be a chore to get everyone involved. Something happened maybe 20 years ago that tore the family up, and while it's long since past... long memories and all that.