Anyone crack any of their life ambitions?

dlofnep · 06-08-2008 6:22pm #1

Was just talking to a friend. He was telling me that he had a skydiving jump. Could only imagine how awesome it would be to do that, but I'm not sure if I'd have the guts. Made me think about the amount of things that you'd like to do before you die, but never actually get to do them.

So who's cracked any of their life-long ambitions, and what were they?

Wurly · 06-08-2008 6:27pm

Played a music festival
Got my songs played on radio
Then a fair few other small ambitions that i've achieved too.

Loads and loads more I wanna do though...

Biggest fear is dying and its too late to do them then.

Nolanger · 06-08-2008 6:28pm

Set out to get a First Class honours degree a few years back and got this last month.

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 06-08-2008 6:30pm

Ive achieved some small goals. Working on the bigger ambitions but will take a few years for them to work. Set myself some new goals lately and so far they are going well

Sleepy · 06-08-2008 6:37pm

I'm 7 weeks away from my life's ambition - being a daddy to a little girl.

(yes, I know this makes me a sap).

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 06-08-2008 6:39pm

Sleepy wrote: »

I'm 7 weeks away from my life's ambition - being a daddy to a little girl.

Congrats

dlofnep · 06-08-2008 6:41pm

Sleepy wrote: »

I'm 7 weeks away from my life's ambition - being a daddy to a little girl.

(yes, I know this makes me a sap).

Ah no, not at all. Congrats man.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 06-08-2008 7:37pm

I haven't achieved mine yet, but I have cracked some smaller goals.

Being awarded my first black belt was fantastic, because regardless what other grade you are in a Martial Arts style - everyone respects what a black belt stands for.

My biggie will be another few year's away.

I never went to college, neither did my wife. In fact no one in either family had the opperunity to go to college and get a degree.

But my son and daughter are both heading in that direction and I've spent all their lives setting a good example to them both as to what hard work will achieve. Its all beginning to pay off.

Personally I'd like to fight on the Irish Masters team (Judo). I'm training with them tonight

dlofnep · 06-08-2008 9:02pm

One day dlofnep will have his judo black belt too! For now though, it's a could of shades short.

Marksie · 06-08-2008 9:44pm

Hit a fair few:
The skydiving
helicopter skiing
Got published in journals
did some research on the celtic voyager
was invited to and delivered a lecture at a huge conference in america
captain of the rugby team
Mortgage cleared in 9 years... which means i can get on and do the following:

Holsitic massage therapist
lifecoach
and
tantra teacher

would like to:
visit machu pichu
India
pompeii and herculaneum

kowloon · 06-08-2008 11:26pm

Does getting teh sex count?

ronnie3585 · 06-08-2008 11:35pm

Won a Community Games gold medal.

Won an All Ireland gold medal.

Got a first class honours.

Got my private pilots license.

Touched a girl's boob.

...and now to take over the world.

nebra · 06-08-2008 11:40pm

Thats the problem - theres always something bigger (jumbo, Jordan...)!!

I bled out 50 pints, going for the 100 - and a bit of china, instead of all the red pencils ... lol

AARRRGH · 06-08-2008 11:42pm

This isn't quite one of my life ambitions, but when I was younger I was a pornographer.

I'm sure that's on some people's list.

AARRRGH · 06-08-2008 11:42pm

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Touched a girl's boob.

Just the one, or both of them?

Wurly · 06-08-2008 11:42pm

AARRRGH wrote: »

This isn't quite one of my life ambitions, but when I was younger I was a pornographer.

I'm sure that's on some people's list.

No waaaay, really?:eek:

Do elaborate...:D

Latchy · 06-08-2008 11:46pm

1 Joining the army as a teenager , serving for 6 years and having more adventures in that time than i could ever have imagined as a young man .

2 Having children was an abition i also achieved and very rewarding to .

3 Seeing a few of my top favorite bands/artist in concert was something i managed to do ,met and shook hands with a few of them along the way to

4 Loosing my virginity (see 2

)

5 Flying in an airplane (before days of cheap travel )

6 appearing as an extra in a film and a few soaps

quite a few more abitions left but seeing more of ther world is top of the list .

Warhammer · 06-08-2008 11:48pm

dlofnep wrote: »

Was just talking to a friend. He was telling me that he had a skydiving jump. Could only imagine how awesome it would be to do that, but I'm not sure if I'd have the guts. Made me think about the amount of things that you'd like to do before you die, but never actually get to do them.

So who's cracked any of their life-long ambitions, and what were they?

Id love to move to spain and start owning appartments to rent out.
Easiest money to make!

Aisling(",) · 06-08-2008 11:50pm

a got apart in a show which sounds mundane but i love performing so it meant something to me.

AARRRGH · 06-08-2008 11:53pm

Tri wrote: »

No waaaay, really?:eek:

Do elaborate...:D

It's a long story!

Really quick summary:

Ran a very successful porn links website. Decided I wanted to convert my traffic (millions per week) into a money machine. Advertised for strippers/prostitutes who want to move into porn. Got two girls to sign up (in Ireland, but not Irish.) Created a themed website around them. It was your basic lesbian stuff with a strong humour theme, basically they run a blog which has been taken over by a psycho stalker (i.e. me) who keeps putting videos of them in compromising positions online. It was extremely popular and started making money straight away. Back in the real world their boyfriends started interfering and then one of them got jealous of the other one and it got too messy so I shut it down.

I was the director, camera man, webmaster, effects person (i.e. removing scars and blemishes), props guy, you name it, I did it!

There's lots of other bits and pieces, including some legal action I had to take against a certain government organisation, but that's another story for another day.

The hardest part of making porn is the HR stuff.

Latchy · 06-08-2008 11:53pm

Warhammer wrote: »

Id love to move to spain and start owning appartments to rent out.
Easiest money to make!

Great idea (seriously ) as long as they dont come and bulldoze your house/apartments to build a motorway or sumpermarket under some old god forsaken spanish law that you dont see in the samll print .That to me is so wrong and evil , and also quite common

Call Me Jimmy · 06-08-2008 11:58pm

Talk about depressing. Just remember how lucky ye's are! (except the guy who felt the cycloptit).

ronnie3585 · 06-08-2008 11:59pm

AARRRGH wrote: »

Just the one, or both of them?

One was enough:pac:

Being a porn king is also an ambition of mine, respect.

Warhammer · 07-08-2008 12:03am

latchyco wrote: »

Great idea (seriously ) as long as they dont come and bulldoze your house/apartments to build a motorway or sumpermarket under some old god forsaken spanish law that you dont see in the samll print .That to me is so wrong and evil , and also quite common

yes if heard of people trying to get a new life in spain and destroyed their dreams because of not reading the laws.
I dont know the full laws of spain and id suppose its a thing that i should look up before id do my ambition owning appartments in spain.
Thanks for reminding me.

Nightwish · 07-08-2008 12:05am

I had a small ambition to meet my idols, which is something I've done a few times now. I must think up of some more.

AARRRGH · 07-08-2008 12:06am

Nightwish wrote: »

I had a small ambition to meet my idols, which is something I've done a few times now.

Was it a disappointment or was it what you hoped it would be like?

Toots · 07-08-2008 12:06am

Sleepy wrote: »

I'm 7 weeks away from my life's ambition - being a daddy to a little girl.

(yes, I know this makes me a sap).

Awwwww!!!

Congratulations!!

Ok, here's my abitions

Cracked:
Met man I love (sap!)
Bought property before my 21st birthday (started as a bet, I'll go a long way to prove a point!

)
Found a job I really like
Met my family in Australia
Went to Hong Kong
Learned to play Clarinet

To-Be-Cracked:
Get married
Have children
Get promoted
Get my degree in Financial Services
Pay off mortgage, loan, credit card - just be debt free in general
Just generally be happy in life

Riddle101 · 07-08-2008 12:08am

Well one of my life's ambitions was to fire a gun and i did that, well actually a couple of guns, but i fired anyway. Before anyone gets the wrong impression it was with the RDF

That being said i'm 1 down and 9 more ambitions to go

GirlInterrupted · 07-08-2008 12:10am

My job is the one I always wanted, and the wheels are on the rest of my master plan.......I'm patient, I've seen enough old Bond movies to know that taking over the world can be riddled with unforseen problems.

Latchy · 07-08-2008 12:12am

Warhammer wrote: »

yes if heard of people trying to get a new life in spain and destroyed their dreams because of not reading the laws.
I dont know the full laws of spain and id suppose its a thing that i should look up before id do my ambition owning appartments in spain.
Thanks for reminding me.

Just every time over last few years i have watched a programme on tv about spanish holiday home ownership ,it seems some unfortunate couples ,( usualy retired and put all their savings into ) were having their lovley homes knocked down before there eyes and usualy at very short notice like a few months . The biggest insult of all was they got no refund or satisfaction in spanish courts.

kowloon · 07-08-2008 12:14am

My world domination plans failed miserably. On analysis it seems I invested too much in the benevolence of others over the power of subversion or brute force. A heartfelt plea for total submission doesn't cut it these days it seems.

Dave! · 07-08-2008 12:15am

Sleepy wrote: »

I'm 7 weeks away from my life's ambition - being a daddy to a little girl.

(yes, I know this makes me a sap).

Congrats. Sap.

NoQuarter · 07-08-2008 12:16am

swam with great white sharks off cape town, what an experience and one that will have to be done again!

arseagon · 07-08-2008 12:19am

Started my own company at 27 and made a profit at 29. It was quite satisfying telling off the bank manager for being a prick after many calls from him looking for money.

AARRRGH · 07-08-2008 12:21am

Toots85 wrote: »

To-Be-Cracked:
Get married

I don't think I've ever heard of a man having "get married" as an ambition in life.

Kinda interesting...

(I'm not trying to imply anything, I genuinely think it's an interesting difference between men and women.)

GirlInterrupted · 07-08-2008 12:25am

kowloon wrote: »

My world domination plans failed miserably. On analysis it seems I invested too much in the benevolence of others over the power of subversion or brute force. A heartfelt plea for total submission doesn't cut it these days it seems.

I don't know, at lot of people like begging and pleading.:)

OPENROAD · 07-08-2008 12:26am

AARRRGH wrote: »

I don't think I've ever heard of a man having "get married" as an ambition in life.

Ambition:

Try to avoid getting married

arseagon · 07-08-2008 12:28am

Toots85 wrote: »

Awwwww!!! Congratulations!!

Ok, here's my abitions

Cracked:
Met man I love (sap!)
Bought property before my 21st birthday (started as a bet, I'll go a long way to prove a point! )
Found a job I really like
Met my family in Australia
Went to Hong Kong
Learned to play Clarinet

To-Be-Cracked:
Get married
Have children
Get promoted
Get my degree in Financial Services
Pay off mortgage, loan, credit card - just be debt free in general
Just generally be happy in life

AARRRGH wrote: »

I don't think I've ever heard of a man having "get married" as an ambition in life.

Kinda interesting...

(I'm not trying to imply anything, I genuinely think it's an interesting difference between men and women.)

Read the first line of the "Cracked" list, <whisper> I think it's a chick </whisper>

AARRRGH · 07-08-2008 12:31am

arseagon wrote: »

Read the first line of the "Cracked" list, <whisper> I think it's a chick </whisper>

Yeah, that's what I meant, Toots85 is a woman

Or a gaylord.

irishcrazyhorse · 07-08-2008 12:39am

After 6 years of doing some crazy **** in college which I had to top, while sober I decided for the last college ball(which I was running by the way) to wear a sock to leave a lasting impression which it did!

Graduated with an honours degree when I and my folks were told I was a waster and would amount to nothing and should quit now a save the money(they werent try to motivate me either by the way

)

Never came home with a scratch after a night out from someone else's doing

Stood on the 18th tee box after winning the qualifier for a singles matchplay which lasted 6 months of 1 on 1's and making an eagle for the win

Also holding the 3 legged pub crawl time from NCAD to this date is also a big moment of mine :pac:

Cazlou · 07-08-2008 12:56am

Marksie wrote: »

would like to:
visit machu pichu
India
pompeii and herculaneum

Snap!!!!:D
Macchu Pichu is my ultimate dream! Was planning on doing a charity trek there last year but family stuff got in the way:( But I shall!!!!!!!

As for my other ambitions:
this year alone:
(i) My consolation was going to Italy in April and seeing the Colosseum and Pompeii (my second dream location)- it's amazing, and I shall return.
(ii) Started my own business, it's still getting off the ground, but it's MINE!:D
(iii) Bought a car and started driving, not much to some people but to me it's a massive deal considering I'd be crippled at the thought of it before I actually bit the bullet

and although it's not technically a life-ambition:
(iv) Made new friends, courtesy of the Ladies Lounge - some absolute Angels in there! - and BGRH:cool:

Still to do:
Fall in Love
Buy my own home
Get married & Become a mother
Combine my current business with another that'd work around my children and animals, I already know what it'd be!:o
If I don't get to Peru before I marry - than it'd have to be an option for the honeymoon:D

Seachmall · 07-08-2008 12:59am

arseagon wrote: »

Started my own company at 27 and made a profit at 29. It was quite satisfying telling off the bank manager for being a prick after many calls from him looking for money.

Set up my own company at 16 :cool: Still to turn a profit:(

spurious · 07-08-2008 7:59am

Debt-free and mortgage-free. This makes so many other things possible.

Marksie · 07-08-2008 8:58am

spurious wrote: »

Debt-free and mortgage-free. This makes so many other things possible.

Yep

.
Despite the "good" job. Once the debts have gone, you can really work on cracking all our ambitions.
Cazlou: a friend of mine went to machu picchu (i was dead jealous lol).. go for it.

Congrats on the business.
when i have my ambitions cracked, I will be doing the same.

Went to the colesseum in rome. Not a crowe in sight

Sherifu · 07-08-2008 9:03am

I'd like to smell like gone off mince.

Marksie wrote: »

would like to:
visit machu pichu

A friend of mine did that recently, it's on my list fo' sure.

FlutterinBantam · 07-08-2008 9:11am

Dropped a huge dump in the Shelbourne Hotel Horsehoe Bar Jacks recently,after a very hot curry in Peploe's.

She was half way up the pan ,so I abandoned her for posterity.

Perhaps Dunphy was the next user, kept me on a high for some days and was one of my life's ambitions.

Crumble Froo · 07-08-2008 9:14am

not entirely had a whole lot of ambitions. always wanted to travel, and sorta done that, but will never do all i wanted.
always wanted to swim with sharks, have done it, sorta, but wana do it in the wild, not an artificial setting. was still incredible being so close though.

mostly, growing up, i just wanted to own my own house, which ill never have

always wanted to play camogie for my county, actually, which i got to do, not for long though, as i got a massive injury not long after joining.

i duno, i'd love to skydive, but there's not really all that much i'd have as life ambitions. few short term things, like getting my sleeve done, or a piercing project, or ... emmm. i've no idea what else.

*shrug*

want to learn to surf good. does that count as alife ambition?

pickarooney · 07-08-2008 9:28am

Done:
Travel all over South America
Skydive
Jumped off a 20m cliff (strange ambition, I know)
Swim with the fishes. And dolphins. Those wacky pink toe-nibbling eejits.

Done, but never realised it was an ambition:

Father a child. I suppose the second one is now a short-term ambition

To do:
Run a marathon. I actually walked a marathon by mistake, up the train-tracks to Machu Picchu, effectively achieving two ambitions in one, but I must try whittle my time down from 10 hours some day!

Write some books. First one is almost done.

Balloon ride. Tickets bought, just need a babysitter!

r3nu4l · 07-08-2008 9:37am

Cracked
BSc
PhD
Published in scientific journals
Visited Pompeii and Herculaneum (Spent one full day doing this. Awesome!)
Scuba diving
Snorkelling on shallow corals
Earn a good living from (medical) writing
Work abroad for a couple of years (4 years down already!!)

To be cracked
Earning a good living from fiction writing
Get a book published (see above)
Start my own business (Have the idea, need the time and finance)
Be mortgage free (This one needs more input from me!!)

the drifter · 07-08-2008 9:55am

this thread has got me thinking that i have completely wasted my life thus far.....

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 07-08-2008 9:55am

Cracked:
Graduated.
Got a job in my area.
Went skiing for the first time this year.
Got to see Radiohead live.
On my way to visit Machu Picchu

There's a few others that haven't been cracked yet but still plenty of time.

Anyone crack any of their life ambitions?

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