Are You Satisfied?

oldman

oldman

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I am here in Florida at our home, which is located in a retirement village. Yesterday, as us 'old-timers' were sitting around the pool and talking about back in the day, someone brought up the issue of "did you set out and accomplish what you intended to do in your life?" For me, without trying to sound conceited, I never thought that I accomplished as much or what I was capable of doing.

I graduated high school, college, served in the military, got married and had two great kids and started my work life as a mechanical engineer, which just did not satisfy me, so I decided to go to flight school, graduated and got my first flying job with a regional carrier before settling with a major airline. Spent 21 years with them and then retired. I also tried drag racing for two years, but that did not pay much because I did not have a major sponsor and with raising a family, I just had to move on.

All in all not bad, but I still feel that I could and was capable of doing better. It is not that I am not satisfied accomplishing what I have done, it is just that as I reflected back over my life and thought about things, I just thought that I could have done better. Not sure what better is, maybe find a cure for a disease or something, but whatever, just more than what I have.

What about the rest of you, if you would care to elaborate.
 

I don't think humans are capable of achieving everything they want to achieve - not in just one lifetime. I think we're always going to look back and think that we could have done more.

I too went to school and college, got my doctorate, got my OMD (acupuncture, etc.), owned 8 different martial arts schools, am a published author several times over, have worked as a chemist, safety director, security system sales manager, nightclub security, I've owned and driven dozens of sports and luxury cars, have lived in beautiful houses and known beautiful women, got married, had kids ...

... and STILL I feel I could have done more and done better. I made mistakes along the way - quite a few - but I don't think I'll be beating myself up over it.

I'm satisfied, if not content. ;)

Good topic!
 
Im satisfied with what Ive accomplished in life,if I had to do it all over again I might make a few minor adjustments.
The last 6 years have been a real hard challenge for me and Im STILL working at it making adjustments.
Ill be satisfied and complete when all this is done.
 

I honestly don't think I could have done any better in my life I had a poor education and left school when I was 16 to earn a wage to help my mother and farther .I am very proud of the fact that I have always had a job and payed for everything that I have in life I have learned far more after I left school .I think I could have made more of that I was a reasonable football player and could have gone down that road .Or a better guitarist than I am but I am happy with my life.:)
 
I accomplished more than I wanted to. If there were do-overs, I'd skip all the corporate cube-farming crap and be a cleaning lady from the start. Yup. I always wanted to be a cleaning lady, and now I am. I get tired, but I like what I do, my clients are all beyond grateful, and I have the immediate payoff of seeing the fruits of my labor in my work "kingdom" daily. The last thing I do when each job is done is a walk-around to make sure that nothing has been left undone and collect a check. Life is good:)

When I finished high school, my lofty ambition was to get my undergrad degree in political science, then go to law school. Oh, my! I am SO glad that I didn't go down that path.
 
Years ago I didn't feel satisfied because I did not marry and have a family. Now retired and seeing some friends go through a divorce late in the game, I feel much more content/satisfied with my life. I sure would hate to think I would have to work well into my 70's before I could retire.
 
Having just turned 80 this month I have been thinking about the subject of your post and I would have to say YES, overall I am very satisfied, given the cards I was dealt as a child.
 
Life is what happens, while you are making plans. I've found that it is not what you are, but who you are that brings happiness and contentment. I believe we only go around once in this life, and we have tried to learn to be content in all situations. I believe we have succeeded! I think contentment and satisfaction go hand in hand. :)

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