Questions about your history

Adrian Ţepeş · January 12th, 2013

This is one where we get to share things about us that aren't too revealing if you don't want.

To start off:

What things have you done that you are proud of yourself for doing?

What things have you done that you regret doing and wish you could do over?

Have you ever had anything happen to you that you regret that was (for the most part) beyond your control?

Have you ever grown up with any good friends that you never talk to or see anymore?

What is your dream job? (realistically, not ruler of the universe, we'd all do that if we could

)

Are you happy where you are in life now?

What would make you happy?

How do you feel?

Asheekay · January 13th, 2013

1 Not proud in the literal meanings, but I'm glad I joined a charity organisation and made a will that a part of my property be given to that organisation. Not that I'm a millionaire, but I'm glad I did my part.
That, and one more thing.

2 I behaved with my parents inappropriately a few times. Of all the wicked things I've done, this was the worst.

3 Let mE finish counting first.

4 Yes. I had few friends in my highschool and college days which I lost in the crowd of the world.

5 Handicraft carpenter with part time writer.

6 Yes

7 Improving myself would make mE further happy.

8 I'm contented with my life but its not the end. There are a number of destinations to be achieved yet.

Nemmerle · January 13th, 2013

What things have you done that you are proud of yourself for doing?

I built a set of shelves and a gate, oh and I've found a faster way of doing something for a group I was working with, and I've done quite a lot of briefings for some fairly important people, and I've put together some people who were working in the same area so they can get along better, and I've helped some people who were trying to look into things.

Basically I like being useful, I guess. Especially where it involves solving problems that are going to be useful going forwards without my being there to keep forcing the solution down people's throats.

All the things you'd think I might be proud of, like my degree, I don't give a shit about. Beyond being glad it was over I didn't even get a momentary hit of happiness when I had the thing in my hands. Straight into the plastic folder with it, along with all the other qualifications.

What things have you done that you regret doing and wish you could do over?

Trusted parents too much when I was younger. Never really developed much of a sense of humour that wasn't a bit brutal and limited in scope. Niche humour I guess describes my jokes - fetish humour . But this is largely wishing to be a different person rather than anything actively done....

Have you ever had anything happen to you that you regret that was (for the most part) beyond your control?

Yeah, sure, I can trace most of my issues fairly directly back to my parents. If they lied less I'd probably be more trusting and have got better advice from them when I did trust them - if I were more trusting then I'd have had closer relationships.... If they'd watched less TV and spent more time being social then.... If they'd

-shrug-

The more I interact with people in a professional environment the more I realise many of the things they've actively tried to kill off over the years; friendliness, willingness to involve yourself with others problems, decisiveness in driving forwards issues... and so on; are generally considered virtues. Whereas growing up they were generally considered bothers that got in the way of the TV.

I remember, when I was younger, I always used to do the washing up - and I was happy to do it, you know? It was something nice to do for people, at some point we got a dishwasher and by the time that broke and we were asked to do it by hand again... well, I certainly didn't want to do it anymore. Something was lost between those two points. I honestly think that TV had a lot to do with it - worst decision my parents ever made was to get that mental drug in the house and for them to become addicts.

Have you ever grown up with any good friends that you never talk to or see anymore?

Yeah, there's a guy who visits his grandmother next door that I used to know quite well when I was a kid. But I tend to avoid him these days because... well, what would we have to say to each other? I'm not exactly massively interested in starwars anymore. He wants to talk about where we are in our lives and I've little interest in doing that. Tend to be a fairly reserved person.

What is your dream job? (realistically, not ruler of the universe, we'd all do that if we could

)

Head of my own company. Isn't this the sort of thing everyone wishes to do? To have the power to actually play with the ideas that they have for all the things they could do better? Haven't we all thought: I know more than the HR person - I should be arranging hiring; I know more than the manager - I should be setting management policy....

Are you happy where you are in life now?

I don't feel much either way about it.

What would make you happy?

Solving problems that people have to make things better. I like solving problems. The more problems I can solve in a given space of time, the more complex they are, and the better the results of having done so, generally the better my mood.

I'm also fairly happy engaging in martial arts. But that's because it's a kinesthetic rush.

How do you feel?

-shrug- I don't know what the right answer is for that.

I just sort of exist at a certain baseline of relatively bored apathy most of the time. In a sense this is almost like - go and bother someone else if you want to talk about feelings, I'm not paid to have them very often.

Ryojin · January 13th, 2013

Okay, I'm up for this one...

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