What is your biggest accomplishment(s) in life?

[AllanahStarrNYC]

I'll start-

I would say I have two:

1. To have so far led an authentic life- always marching to the beat of my own drummer

2. To have been able to transition and live full time as a woman

[Leverage87]

This is a tough question, and I really haven't done much in my thus far life, hell, I'm only twenty, so I guess up to this point it would be turning from my mischievous ways about 2 years ago and choosing not to become a career criminal like half of my family is, and about half of my former friends will be.

[GroobySteven]

Finding somebody I love to be around and who loves to be around me.

[The_Scientist]

Passing my driving test on the 3rd attempt:

On my first i did not brake at a roundabout ><

On my second I reversed into someones garden haha

3 years no claims now though :)

[JANIRA]

I pretty much accomplished the most important, for me it was soul searching . Shedding my outer layer to reveal who i really am as far as a person, and knowing that its perfectly fantastic to be who i am , and not give in to negative people nor ways. Conquering obstacles i thought would have weight me down , and take those obstacles and make them into a positive and enlightning learning experience Cherishing each and every moment and thing around. Last but certainly not least... facing my demons head on, now , so in the future they won't longer linger.

[hondarobot]

I haven't accomplished it yet, I'm still trying.

:?

[Quinn]

Three things stand out off of the top of my head:

1) Getting to know myself. I mean taking the time to really get to know myself – including the darker parts that most people won’t even acknowledge, let alone face. Why bother? One reason: you can’t take responsibility for yourself if you don’t truly know yourself. And success without personal responsibility is a rare thing.

2) Surviving and then escaping the circumstances of my youth.

3) My real estate investment company’s gentrification projects. My partners and I have completed numerous different types of projects over the years, but these are the ones that actually managed to make a real difference while making a profit. We could have made an even greater profit if we used the exploitive model employed by competitors, but we made a concious decision not to, and it was worth it.

-Quinn

[solohansoso]

being content in a life full of adversity. i'm superman in an average body.

:)

[jimbobw2]

1. Being a parent
2. Find my life mate
3. Geting my MBA

:)

[tubgirl]

my daughter, hands down...

[blckhaze]

being the first male in my family to graduate college.

[the commander]

My biggest accomplishment? A couple of things come to mind...

1. Breaking the cycle of abuse in my family and telling the family I was being molested by my grandfather.

2. Overcoming depression related to my abuse and becoming relativly well adjusted.

3. Forming a band and playing a short tour overseas. We played at the Black Horse Music Festival in Battle, England a couple of years ago.

The Commander
DIA

[Dino Velvet]

I almost scored 4,000,000 on Tetris DS once while sitting on the toilet. After I put the game down, I emerged victorious off the bowl. Not realizing that both of my feet had completely fallen asleep, I ended up falling flat on my face. I had to lock myself in the bathroom for like 2 hours to get a score that high.

I called everyone I knew to brag and rub their noses in it. After that I stripped down naked and ran through my neighborhood screaming, "Who is your God now, fuckers!?! I am the King of Tetris!!!" I never saw so many window blinds close all at once in my life. The old people totally freaked out and must have overloaded the circuitboards by simultaneously pressing ther Life Alert buttons.

[hondarobot]

Heh. Regardless of everything else going on here, Dino's "Who is your God now, fuckers" line was funny as hell. I'm just saying, that was a good one.

Over and out.

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

1. Being able to express and be myself (a Tgirl) without care of being judged for the choices I made in life.

2. Helping my mom send siblings to school cos I believe that their education is of utmost importance than spending money on myself for surgeries I can still do without.

3. Caring for the unfortunate and sick people because let's face it not a lot of people have the patience and compassion for it!

;)

~Kisses.

HTG

[the commander]

3. Forming a band and playing a short tour overseas. We played at the Black Horse Music Festival in Battle, England a couple of years ago.

The Commander
DIAWho's your band?

Well, it was Cardinal Points. We broke up a little while ago, the guitarist moved to Germany and I moved to DC. I'm trying to start something new. http://www.myspace.com/davidnicholas23 . This link has some song samples.

The guitarist has pictures on his site
http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=CPoints&nextdate=8%2f11%2f2002+22%3a29%3a46.000&direction=n

or do a search for CPoints Xanga and his page comes up.

I'm the dork with the drum, the glasses and singing.

The Commander
DIA

[nsyto]

college an payin my own bills godamnit

[tsntx]

transitioning successfully

[stillies77]

being the first male in my family to graduate college.


same here.

[Oli]

1. Finding someone who loves me completely, whom I love, completely.

2. Getting 66 (so far) troubled kids into and through high school and into
college (21 grads).

3. Skiing 17 months after breaking my back and pelvis.

[Falrune]

...After that I stripped down naked and ran through my neighborhood screaming, "Who is your God now, fuckers!?! I am the King of Tetris!!!" I never saw so many window blinds close all at once in my life. The old people totally freaked out and must have overloaded the circuitboards by simultaneously pressing ther Life Alert buttons.

That was you?!

[Anthony_Sydney]

Saving a kids life after finding him not breathing and using CPR to revive him.

[LAGent4ts]

1. Raising two daughters as a single father who never went to jail, have not gotten pregnant, and seem to be enjoying life so far.
2. Hearing from my parents that they were proud of me for the person I became.
3. Becoming successful and respected in my profession without pissing off or on too many people who did not have it coming.

[OEMEnemyNum1]

Honestly I would say that I haven't done it yet. I know theres so much more coming for me, so I'm just working hard.

[NYTSJulie]

There are many things Ive done that I feel are accomplishments or things I am proud of. The major one would be my transition. I was a teenager when I started hormones in the 90's and the resources weren't like they are today, there was no Internet. I was young, busted looking, broke, had no resources, no family backing and a coke head to top it off. I was a complete mess.

Today I have transitioned successfully, been to school, have a good job (other then escorting), own my own home, had new cars, nice things and traveled the world. Other then material things, I am close with my family, have meaningful relationships and I am more then content with myself.

I persevered and overcame the obstacles. All that I have been through good and bad I wouldn't change a thing.

[MrsKellyPierce]

1) Transitioning
2) Finishing High School Successfully As A Female.
3) Finishing College and Hairschool

[KiraHarden]

1 Transitioning
2 Getting off drugs and staying clean
3 Serving in the Military/war

[NYTSJulie]

Congrats to all the girls in their accomplishments

[justatransgirl]

I've managed to get out of bed before noon a few times...

Sorry, it's late and I've got to think about this one a little.

Giggle,
TS Jamie :-)

[arnie666]

1 not becoming a dustbin man despite teachers at school telling me that was all I'd achieve. (actually dustbin men are well paid in the UK now. :D still a smelly job though)


2 Meeting Prince Philip . :D :D

[the commander]

1 Transitioning
2 Getting off drugs and staying clean
3 Serving in the Military/war

What branch were you in?

The Commander
DIA

[kaientai]

taking care of my mom and sister after my parents divorced and my father left us with nothing
quiting my job after working for an ashole boss for 13 years (see the first thing)
being happy with who i am

[Wombat]

1.Surviving two tours of A'stan.

2. Helping a nation realise freedom (East Timor)

3. Realising my limitations as a person and trying to fix that.

4.Last, but not least, confronting my sexual preferences without having to hide it behind a cloud of alcohol.

Nothing really when compared to the issues the girls on this forum have dealt with.

[stillies77]

Congrats to all the girls in their accomplishments




uhh....what about the guys?

[Tomfurbs]

OK I'll bitch :)

'No one said your lives were easy'.

You just did.

'technically the easy way out'.

Since the men on this board do not have GID or identify as transsexual, we taking the easy way out of what exactly?

disclaimer: not flaming you, but it seems pointless trying to compare individual experience.

[Ecstatic]

Crying when the doctor slapped me bum at birth. :twisted:

Seriously:

1) Earning my Masters in English with a 4.0 GPA and teaching college English for 10 years

2) Writing two (unpublished) novels plus some poems, stories and essays (published)

3) Being a successful webmaster/designer for 10 years and running my own business for the past 3

4) Meeting my wife 32 years ago and being happily married for 26 years (ok, that's really her accomplishment, lol)

[happychris]

1) graduating college a few years back
2) buying a house in So Cal.
3) finally pulling head out of my ass and settling down with someone

Next year this time will be a few big ones to report:
1) finishing my MBA
2) wedding

[loosenoose24]

to secure a gallery for myself and sell nearly all of my pieces

[loosenoose24]

to secure a gallery for myself and sell nearly all of my piecesCan we see your work anywhere online?
soon you will. Right now it's on my facebook and it wouldn't be smart to post my real name.
I'll be sure to tell you when the web site is up. Just send me a message to remind me.

[dunkiex]

After being a lousy student in high school (very ADHD), I worked my way through college (had to go to a community college first) and then graduated from the University of Virginia. My second achievement was receiving my gold dolphins signifying my qualification in submarines.

[trish]

1. Discovering the world.
2. Discovering myself.
3. Surviving high school.
4. Transitioning.
5. Graduating from college.
6. Transitioning.
7. Earning my Ph.D.
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n. Buying my first home.
n+1. And so on…


Maybe the most remarkable accomplishment is coming to understand that everyone is transitioning all the time, just in different ways. If we didn’t make the constant adjustments required to navigate through life, we’d wouldn’t have made it this far.

Here’s a salute to everyone’s accomplishments, and many more to come.

[loSTdoLLbaBY]

Maybe the most remarkable accomplishment is coming to understand that everyone is transitioning all the time, just in different ways. If we didn’t make the constant adjustments required to navigate through life, we’d wouldn’t have made it this far.



too very true!

mine would have to be:
-military (gulf war vet)
-transitioning
-finishing art school
-quitting escorting
-escaping an abusive relationship

I'm hoping to be able to become brave again soon, as regretably I seem to have lost my bravery somewhere along my lifepath. I'm afraid and ashamed to admit to being transsexual, and so I havent pursued my art career- (i'm stuck in telemarketing *bleck!*) .....but that'll be my next accomplishment - I wanna do cartoons....wish me luck!

[ptyseminole]

my two kids...

[hiwatt1000]

...let's see...I raced and finished [well] the Baja 1000, 500 and 250 this year...and after doing that for about 10 years...I'm off to Europe to continue racing off-road, enduros and rallies this Spring...a training accident, last week, that left me with a shattered right hand will have me sitting out Lisboa/Dakar Rally...which I was slated to race next week!

...ya, motorcycles and t'girls...not sure if that's the accomplishments we're celebrating, but that's my deal...

[Rogers]

7. Earning my Ph.D.
I knew it! :) :claps

[Quiet Reflections]

my kids and my house

[jaybull]

My best is to have had the honor to start a cancer group, and get to know all those brave and strong people with cancer[/b]

[Mugai_hentaisha]

1. Being ranked in Judo (which now I instruct)
2. Being ranked in Aikido
3. Completing a stint in the U.S. Army (honorably)
4. Proving my dad wrong on 1,2,and 3
5. Being a credit to society

[kalina]

* Surviving cancer.
* My son.

[dc_guy_75]

Deciding what I wanted to do in life, then going to grad school, and now working everyday in the field fir which I strived.

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