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There seem to be a lot of smart, motivated, and well driven guys here at Professional Muscle and I was just curious what your greatest accomplishment was. Doesn't have to be bodybuilding related, but if that's the case then that's cool. Everyone is different and we all create goals. There's nothing better than setting a goal and accomplishing it, so please feel free to share.
I'm 30 years old and I've accomplished a few things already that I'm pretty proud of.
1. My two children are my greatest accomplishments thus far. Nothing beats having children and watching them succeed in life. Although my children are still very young, I'm already proud of what they've become and I can't help to think that my wife and I have contributed to that in a big way
With that being said, we fail at being parents sometimes which only makes us become better parents. Just like anything in life, most success comes from first failing at something. I'd like consider myself a great father to my children and I take a lot of pride in being a great parent. I'm so lucky to have a great wife who is also a great mother and I just feed off of her to become a better father. If you're a parent then you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. My family is my number one priority and always will be. I have so much respect for other great parents and I think it says a lot about their character. I have even more respect for single parents that step up and take the role of both parents. I couldn't imagine doing this alone, so single parents that put everything into their kids are amazing people in my opinion. Stewie is a board member here whom I have a HUGE amount of respect for this very reason. We have talked via PM and his knowledge really impressed me, but who he is as a person just really blew me away.
2. Becoming a Paramedic and transitioning into a critical care paramedic and finally a flight paramedic. I take A LOT of pride in being a great medical care provider for my patients. When I was just an EMT, I always looked up to flight paramedics and thought they were the elite of the elite, which is true in my field. So when I worked my ass off for nearly a decade, studied thousands of hours, and finally accomplished this goal, it was a huge deal to me.
3. Writing and publishing my first book. Writing has always been a hobby of mine so a few years ago I decided to really dedicate my free time to writing a book and publishing it. I have so much respect for writers, especially after doing it myself and seeing how much time it takes to actually sit down and write a legit novel. I don't pretend to be a huge, successful writer such as Steven King, but again, just setting a goal and accomplishing it was a huge deal for me. Although my book hasn't done as well as I wished it had, I still find myself happy that I said I was going to write a book , and I actually did it. It released last year and I sell a decent amount on Amazon. It's nothing huge, but again it was a big milestone for me to accomplishment. It's a 200 page Novel about a flight paramedic that struggled with addiction, PTSD from the stresses of being in EMS, and how he over came his demons. Even though I haven't sold a huge amount, the reviews I got have made all the hard work totally worth it. I won't share the name of the book bc I don't want to break the rules by promoting a product with out being a paying sponsor, but if anyone is interested in the name just feel free to shoot me a PM.
The only goal I haven't accomplished yet it getting my Bachelors degree in bio-chemistry to one day apply to PA school (Physicians Assistant) and having a career as a Cardiologist PA. However, I'm still young and have plenty of time to reach this goal and WILL get there.
Anyway, I broke the ice..... I hope that others will share their accomplishments so that we can feed off of each other, motivate and push ourselves further.
Please share!
I'm 30 years old and I've accomplished a few things already that I'm pretty proud of.
1. My two children are my greatest accomplishments thus far. Nothing beats having children and watching them succeed in life. Although my children are still very young, I'm already proud of what they've become and I can't help to think that my wife and I have contributed to that in a big way
With that being said, we fail at being parents sometimes which only makes us become better parents. Just like anything in life, most success comes from first failing at something. I'd like consider myself a great father to my children and I take a lot of pride in being a great parent. I'm so lucky to have a great wife who is also a great mother and I just feed off of her to become a better father. If you're a parent then you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. My family is my number one priority and always will be. I have so much respect for other great parents and I think it says a lot about their character. I have even more respect for single parents that step up and take the role of both parents. I couldn't imagine doing this alone, so single parents that put everything into their kids are amazing people in my opinion. Stewie is a board member here whom I have a HUGE amount of respect for this very reason. We have talked via PM and his knowledge really impressed me, but who he is as a person just really blew me away. 2. Becoming a Paramedic and transitioning into a critical care paramedic and finally a flight paramedic. I take A LOT of pride in being a great medical care provider for my patients. When I was just an EMT, I always looked up to flight paramedics and thought they were the elite of the elite, which is true in my field. So when I worked my ass off for nearly a decade, studied thousands of hours, and finally accomplished this goal, it was a huge deal to me.
3. Writing and publishing my first book. Writing has always been a hobby of mine so a few years ago I decided to really dedicate my free time to writing a book and publishing it. I have so much respect for writers, especially after doing it myself and seeing how much time it takes to actually sit down and write a legit novel. I don't pretend to be a huge, successful writer such as Steven King, but again, just setting a goal and accomplishing it was a huge deal for me. Although my book hasn't done as well as I wished it had, I still find myself happy that I said I was going to write a book , and I actually did it. It released last year and I sell a decent amount on Amazon. It's nothing huge, but again it was a big milestone for me to accomplishment. It's a 200 page Novel about a flight paramedic that struggled with addiction, PTSD from the stresses of being in EMS, and how he over came his demons. Even though I haven't sold a huge amount, the reviews I got have made all the hard work totally worth it. I won't share the name of the book bc I don't want to break the rules by promoting a product with out being a paying sponsor, but if anyone is interested in the name just feel free to shoot me a PM.
The only goal I haven't accomplished yet it getting my Bachelors degree in bio-chemistry to one day apply to PA school (Physicians Assistant) and having a career as a Cardiologist PA. However, I'm still young and have plenty of time to reach this goal and WILL get there.
Anyway, I broke the ice..... I hope that others will share their accomplishments so that we can feed off of each other, motivate and push ourselves further.
Please share!
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