Comments on: Trying and Succeeding http://smugpuppies.com/2009/04/19/trying-and-succeeding/ You can't have everything. Where would you put it? Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Holy http://smugpuppies.com/2009/04/19/trying-and-succeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-3579 Holy Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:27:08 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/?p=1483#comment-3579 I'll come cheer you on from one shoreline or the other - or maybe on a boat between - I'll be the one lazing in a chaise lounge chair drinking some shee shee drink with an umbrella, going, Go, Jeri, Go! I've always wanted to be a dragon boat racer - I think that would be cool. Or resurrect my field hockey city champ status and play on a ladies team - I don't think there's much of that here - surprising but sad. I’ll come cheer you on from one shoreline or the other – or maybe on a boat between – I’ll be the one lazing in a chaise lounge chair drinking some shee shee drink with an umbrella, going, Go, Jeri, Go!

I’ve always wanted to be a dragon boat racer – I think that would be cool. Or resurrect my field hockey city champ status and play on a ladies team – I don’t think there’s much of that here – surprising but sad.

]]> By: MWT http://smugpuppies.com/2009/04/19/trying-and-succeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-3573 MWT Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:24:12 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/?p=1483#comment-3573 I'm considering a blind leap to another location sometime soon. But, being the cautious sort, I kind of want to plan ahead as much as possible - so at most it'll only be semiblind. ;) I’m considering a blind leap to another location sometime soon. But, being the cautious sort, I kind of want to plan ahead as much as possible – so at most it’ll only be semiblind. ;)

]]> By: Gene http://smugpuppies.com/2009/04/19/trying-and-succeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-3572 Gene Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:23:44 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/?p=1483#comment-3572 Jeri, Congrats on the swimming goal! My biggest one yet was in 2007 I completed my first marathon (walked it)of 26.2 miles weighing just under 400 lbs! Yes I am crazy. Then last year I did a half marathon. Both for Team in Training. This year I am sweeping the Mayors Full Marathon. That means I will be following the very last Team in Training participant through the course to make sure all of the participants are off the course. I then started thinking about what I wanted to do for my next major jump off the cliff. I have decided I want to complete a Team in Training event in all 50 states. To do that I will need to complete multiple events per year (because I don't want to complete the goal when I am 90!! So to do that I am working on getting in even better shape after finishing sweeping Mayors this year and have to get my specialist to buy off on my plan!! Then it is off to do the events. I want to do 5 to 10 events per year!! Jeri,
Congrats on the swimming goal!

My biggest one yet was in 2007 I completed my first marathon (walked it)of 26.2 miles weighing just under 400 lbs! Yes I am crazy. Then last year I did a half marathon. Both for Team in Training. This year I am sweeping the Mayors Full Marathon. That means I will be following the very last Team in Training participant through the course to make sure all of the participants are off the course.

I then started thinking about what I wanted to do for my next major jump off the cliff.

I have decided I want to complete a Team in Training event in all 50 states. To do that I will need to complete multiple events per year (because I don’t want to complete the goal when I am 90!!

So to do that I am working on getting in even better shape after finishing sweeping Mayors this year and have to get my specialist to buy off on my plan!! Then it is off to do the events. I want to do 5 to 10 events per year!!

]]> By: Jim Wright http://smugpuppies.com/2009/04/19/trying-and-succeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-3571 Jim Wright Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:32:34 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/?p=1483#comment-3571 I, um, pretty much spent my whole life doing this. Taking risks in one form or the other. Jumping blindly. I'm enjoying <i>not</i> doing that right at the moment. Though I'm considering buying a business - which would be a major leap for me. Or, I was offered a major military consulting job last Friday, it would be a year of high stress and long hours and one of those things where it's impossible to make everybody happy but maybe I can make them all equally miserable. It's also a job that I'm uniquely qualified for, and that I was specifically requested for by senior military commanders. I'm seriously considering taking it - and I'd be lying if I didn't say that the fact that it's a major, major amount of money isn't influencing my decision. I, um, pretty much spent my whole life doing this. Taking risks in one form or the other. Jumping blindly.

I’m enjoying not doing that right at the moment.

Though I’m considering buying a business – which would be a major leap for me. Or, I was offered a major military consulting job last Friday, it would be a year of high stress and long hours and one of those things where it’s impossible to make everybody happy but maybe I can make them all equally miserable. It’s also a job that I’m uniquely qualified for, and that I was specifically requested for by senior military commanders. I’m seriously considering taking it – and I’d be lying if I didn’t say that the fact that it’s a major, major amount of money isn’t influencing my decision.

]]> By: Bill http://smugpuppies.com/2009/04/19/trying-and-succeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-3570 Bill Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:52:26 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/?p=1483#comment-3570 Luge at the Salt Lake Olympic luge track. I attempted to luge at the only public track in Switzerland but it was in use for a competition the only weekend I was there. After that I have not picked it back up. Luge at the Salt Lake Olympic luge track. I attempted to luge at the only public track in Switzerland but it was in use for a competition the only weekend I was there. After that I have not picked it back up.

]]> By: Janiece http://smugpuppies.com/2009/04/19/trying-and-succeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-3569 Janiece Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:11:53 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/?p=1483#comment-3569 Jeri, I think your swimming goal is a great idea - not only is it achievable, you get the bonus of all that cardio training! Keep us apprised of your progress. Earlier this year, I tried out for a local community choir (after a similar absence), but I didn't make it. My sight reading skills are rusty (at <em>best</em>), and they needed someone with more recent experience. That was a bit disappointing. But I'm also pondering a mid-life career change - once the Smart Twins are off the payroll, I intend to pursue a graduate degree and do something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. I'm really over engineering, and I'd like to have a career that centers more around service. Jeri, I think your swimming goal is a great idea – not only is it achievable, you get the bonus of all that cardio training! Keep us apprised of your progress.

Earlier this year, I tried out for a local community choir (after a similar absence), but I didn’t make it. My sight reading skills are rusty (at best), and they needed someone with more recent experience. That was a bit disappointing.

But I’m also pondering a mid-life career change – once the Smart Twins are off the payroll, I intend to pursue a graduate degree and do something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. I’m really over engineering, and I’d like to have a career that centers more around service.

]]> By: kim http://smugpuppies.com/2009/04/19/trying-and-succeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-3568 kim Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:27:13 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/?p=1483#comment-3568 For me, it was going back to school after an absence of almost 20 years. Now that I have tackled that mountain, I am not sure what my next climb will be, but I do know that whatever it is, it won't be nearly as scary as walking into that classroom for the first time. I really would like to tackle Latin or one of the Ancient languages...maybe that will be next. For me, it was going back to school after an absence of almost 20 years. Now that I have tackled that mountain, I am not sure what my next climb will be, but I do know that whatever it is, it won’t be nearly as scary as walking into that classroom for the first time.

I really would like to tackle Latin or one of the Ancient languages…maybe that will be next.

]]> By: Ilya http://smugpuppies.com/2009/04/19/trying-and-succeeding/comment-page-1/#comment-3567 Ilya Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:10:34 +0000 http://smugpuppies.com/?p=1483#comment-3567 Moving with the family to live in Europe was one such adventure. Laws of unintended consequences and all, the way it made me worse off in every aspect except the sense of fulfilling a long-held dream, it kinda put me off any other bright ideas of the sort. I'll be sticking to less dramatic goals in the future. Like learning another language, or improving my guitar skills... Nothing life-changing... Moving with the family to live in Europe was one such adventure. Laws of unintended consequences and all, the way it made me worse off in every aspect except the sense of fulfilling a long-held dream, it kinda put me off any other bright ideas of the sort.

I’ll be sticking to less dramatic goals in the future. Like learning another language, or improving my guitar skills… Nothing life-changing…

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