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Do you know anyone left everything to follow their dream?

steddyeddy

I met a guy in Sumatra who was divorced. He went through a series break ups and getting back together with his wife until he decided to call it quits. He then decided to live out his dream to see 40 natural wonders he always wanted to see. Places such as Angel Falls or Lake Toba in Sumatra. He spent half of his life savings to get to these places but he was offered a new job working for Trailfinders. He said that at the age of 45 he was genuinely happy for the first time in his life.

Amazing story. Another friend did foundation maths in school and went back to study engineering as a mature student. Now works in biomedical engineering.

People like that give me hope that it's never to late to do exactly what you want to do in life. Have you ever completely changed direction in life to pursue what makes you happy? Any stories about anyone else doing it? I like stories

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Tigger

steddyeddy wrote: »

I met a guy in Sumatra who was divorced. He went through a series break ups and getting back together with his wife until he decided to call it quits. He then decided to live out his dream to see 40 natural wonders he always wanted to see. Places such as Angel Falls or Lake Toba in Sumatra. He spent half of his life savings to get to these places but he was offered a new job working for Trailfinders. He said that at the age of 45 he was genuinely happy for the first time in his life.

Amazing story. Another friend did foundation maths in school and went back to study engineering as a mature student. Now works in biomedical engineering.

People like that give me hope that it's never to late to do exactly what you want to do in life. Have you ever completely changed direction in life to pursue what makes you happy? Any stories about anyone else doing it? I like stories

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Mr_Muffin

Yeah a guy called Ricky Lambert. he had it all - the team, job by the sea and his performances were impressive.

He left it all to follow his dream and move to Liverpool. Not sure it was the best idea.

LadyFenghuang

Oh gaaaawwwwdddd boring!

My dreams involve bondage and whips...wanna play?

steddyeddy

LadyFenghuang wrote: »

Oh gaaaawwwwdddd boring!

My dreams involve bondage and whips...wanna play?

My ex was into that so no thanks. She didn't give me any warning that she was either

LadyFenghuang

steddyeddy wrote: »

My ex was into that so no thanks. She didn't give me any warning that she was either

If it doesn't work for you it doesn't work for me.

steddyeddy

LadyFenghuang wrote: »

If it doesn't work for you it doesn't work for me.

Thanks for understanding XXXO

LadyFenghuang

steddyeddy wrote: »

Thanks for understanding XXXO

I feel our friendship has grown closer.

LadyFenghuang

I know lots of people. Infact most of my friends at different points.

I have done it myself for a period of time. I studied drama.

Time to dream new dreams :-) Then make them happen!

Dreams change.

NachoBusiness

Chris McCandless: the film Into The Wild was made about him.

Some say he was selfish. Decide for yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZaRxPsk_M0

ThinkProgress

LadyFenghuang wrote: »

I know lots of people. Infact most of my friends at different points.

I have done it myself for a period of time. I studied drama.

Time to dream new dreams :-) Then make them happen!

Dreams change.

Dreams, sure... But what about destiny?

Some people think they were born to do a certain thing.

Chasing the rainbow is the best part. (Sounds like a skittles advert) lol

bodice ripper

Sure. All of my friends. Tattoo artists, painters, piercers, graffiti writers, degrees masters and phds in all sorts of worthy but useless ****, musicians and illustrators.

This kind of hip behaviour is also known as being a waster. Depends on your point of view.

LadyFenghuang

ThinkProgress wrote: »

Dreams, sure... But what about destiny?

Some people think they were born to do a certain thing.

Chasing the rainbow is the best part. (Sounds like a skittles advert) lol

No, I am classically minded. I learnt to play the violin. I learnt to dance. But practice brought me to a certain point and lack of practice means I am by far far less proficient than I used to be.

Maria Callas said it's not enough to have a beautiful voice.You must BREAK that voice to make it serve you.

I did not get into the first drama course I wanted. I had to do a different one first.

I think you increase the odds if you keep trying. But if it were to be pre-destined it would mean you actually learnt nothing and were not proficient in your craft.
Say you were gifted the perfect voice but knew nothing about singing. It shows a lack of love for music and respect.

Respect your dreams.

And do you know sometimes when the odds are stacked against you then you can overcome them because you have worked hard. And sometimes you can't. But at least you still come away knowing more about your craft!

I tend to see dreams in those terms ....because most of mine are about creative things.

I would not like to be a slave to destiny. In fact I have over come some misfortunes so how could I be?

I will die sometime though. That's all I know. Nothing is certain ...that much is certain.

LadyFenghuang

bodice ripper wrote: »

Sure. All of my friends. Tattoo artists, painters, piercers, graffiti writers, degrees masters and phds in all sorts of worthy but useless ****, musicians and illustrators.

This kind of hip behaviour is also known as being a waster. Depends on your point of view.

Of course as a real friend you never think of them as that.

Grayson

bodice ripper wrote: »

Sure. All of my friends. Tattoo artists, painters, piercers, graffiti writers, degrees masters and phds in all sorts of worthy but useless ****, musicians and illustrators.

This kind of hip behaviour is also known as being a waster. Depends on your point of view.

It depends on what you do with it. Personally I have a long list of stuff I want to study but don't have the time/money for it. I really want to study logic, specifically game theory.

Recently though I was made redundant. I got a nice little payout and went travelling for three months. Now I'm back and wondering if I should do a masters in something I really want to do or get a job.

ah decisions, decisions.

bodice ripper

LadyFenghuang wrote: »

Of course as a real friend you never think of them as that.

Oh no. I believe we are wasters. There's no shame in it.

the evasion_kid

My brother.. He went through a messy divorce,his head was fried but he finally got rid of the emotional vampire out of his life and took off...last I heard from him he was living in a tree hut in mexico

YFlyer

LadyFenghuang wrote: »

No, I am classically minded. I learnt to play the violin. I learnt to dance. But practice brought me to a certain point and lack of practice means I am by far far less proficient than I used to be.

Maria Callas said it's not enough to have a beautiful voice.You must BREAK that voice to make it serve you.

I did not get into the first drama course I wanted. I had to do a different one first.

I think you increase the odds if you keep trying. But if it were to be pre-destined it would mean you actually learnt nothing and were not proficient in your craft.
Say you were gifted the perfect voice but knew nothing about singing. It shows a lack of love for music and respect.

Respect your dreams.

And do you know sometimes when the odds are stacked against you then you can overcome them because you have worked hard. And sometimes you can't. But at least you still come away knowing more about your craft!

I tend to see dreams in those terms ....because most of mine are about creative things.

I would not like to be a slave to destiny. In fact I have over come some misfortunes so how could I be?

I will die sometime though. That's all I know. Nothing is certain ...that much is certain.

Have you seen the documentary on James Galway? Well worth watching.

LadyFenghuang

YFlyer wrote: »

Have you seen the documentary on James Galway? Well worth watching.

I will look out for it.

It's weird.

When you are presented with something that is currently beyond your skill level you don't believe you can do it at all. You can't and you don't feel like a natural or born to it or like you own it.

But if you keep at it you will get better and that destiny stuff doesn't matter.

Everyone wondered why Maria Callas suddenly 'lost it'. Her voice I mean. Zefferelli put it plainly 'She stopped practising every day'. She didn't lose it because her baby died or because Onasis left her or anything else. She stopped.

I think all those athletes etc what they like really is the structure of 'getting there'. I am not really making sense.

It's tough to visualize that in terms of other goals something. It's hard to see the training schedule to become a politician etc. So you forget it's there.

TheLastMohican

My sister left a cushy middle class upbringing about 1960 to join an order of teaching nuns. After doing her novitiate she was professed and was sent to LA from where she volunteered to head to Pernambuca, Brazil - which then was extremely poor, excluding the ruling class. There she lived in a beach hut, where there was little to stop a high tide from removing her meagre belongings. From there she moved upmarket to a favela

. Got lifted by government agents and handed over to the police a few times - for left wing political machinations. Because of Liberation Theology ideals she was called to Rome where she gave the Pope the finger rescinded her vows, headed back to Brazil, continued to work with the poor, met and fell in love with a FrenchCanadian Jesuit who had trod the identical path, got married and started a foundation for "street kids". Both in their late 70s, they live half of the year here in Ireland and both have willed any personal residual money/property to the same foundation.

Secretly I think, she would have loved to have evaded the chastity thing and have kids - but c'est la vie!

Vous ne pouvez pas tout avoir!

YFlyer

The 10,000 hours of practice would make anybody very good or even excellent. The best have something else at their disposal. Perhaps their body is structured differently or brain wired differently.

James Galway explained the amount of hours he perfected his music. He wasn't deterred by the composer of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra when he turned up late.

TheLastMohican

LadyFenghuang wrote: »

I will look out for it.

It's weird.

When you are presented with something that is currently beyond your skill level you don't believe you can do it at all. You can't and you don't feel like a natural or born to it or like you own it.

But if you keep at it you will get better and that destiny stuff doesn't matter.

Everyone wondered why Maria Callas suddenly 'lost it'. Her voice I mean. Zefferelli put it plainly 'She stopped practising every day'. She didn't lose it because her baby died or because Onasis left her or anything else. She stopped.

I think all those athletes etc what they like really is the structure of 'getting there'. I am not really making sense.

It's tough to visualize that in terms of other goals something. It's hard to see the training schedule to become a politician etc. So you forget it's there.

Whether Callas, Edit Piaf or Salome - they were all prostitutes of a non sexual nature. You flog your talent for dosh - not altruism. Whether it's your toes, your larnyx or your chacha.

porsche959

Yes - me.

conorh91

The trick is not to deviate from your ambition in the first place.

Papa_Bear

All my dreams involve combing my hair.

and there's **** all of it left:mad:

steddyeddy

conorh91 wrote: »

The trick is not to deviate from your ambition in the first place.

A lot of people don't know their ambition until later in life.

Rachiee

I think a lot of the time the kind of jobs people dream of require more than just the 1000hrs (becoming an actor or musician ) but to do enough to make a living out of no matter how good you are you need luck, so unless you have someone else to pay the bills it's important to have a plan B

Red Kev

I've met quite a few, I lived in West Africa for 8 years and there were quite a few who dropped the rat race in Europe for a different life down there. I knew a Swiss engineer who dropped everything to buy a few acres of land in Senegal and open a campsite, met a good few who opened bars etc. who in their former lives were office managers, accountants etc.

My cousin dropped a £45,000 a year job with one of the big IT companies to train as a National School teacher in 2000. Was serious money back then. She'd be on over €100,000 today but she's way happier at what she does now.

My aunt left a civil service position in the late 50's to go and work with a tiny airline in London on a whim. Crazy decision back then as the CS was considered a dream job.

I made a full career change a couple of years back and went off to study engineering part time. Now just got my BSc.

A guy I know is in the process of leaving the priesthood after 25 years, mostly due to loneliness and disillusionment with the "fundamentalists" (his words) in the church. He still gets a lot of abuse over it.

TheLastMohican wrote: »

My sister left a cushy middle class upbringing about 1960 to join an order of teaching nuns. After doing her novitiate she was professed and was sent to LA from where she volunteered to head to Pernambuca, Brazil - which then was extremely poor, excluding the ruling class. There she lived in a beach hut, where there was little to stop a high tide from removing her meagre belongings. From there she moved upmarket to a favela . Got lifted by government agents and handed over to the police a few times - for left wing political machinations. Because of Liberation Theology ideals she was called to Rome where she gave the Pope the finger rescinded her vows, headed back to Brazil, continued to work with the poor, met and fell in love with a FrenchCanadian Jesuit who had trod the identical path, got married and started a foundation for "street kids". Both in their late 70s, they live half of the year here in Ireland and both have willed any personal residual money/property to the same foundation.

Secretly I think, she would have loved to have evaded the chastity thing and have kids - but c'est la vie!

Vous ne pouvez pas tout avoir!

Well done to her. She should honestly contact a radio producer or magazine writer, the full story needs to be told.

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My sister got a first in her degree in her forties while working full time as well, it was her dream as she felt she never got the chance when she was young to do it.

steddyeddy

Rachiee wrote: »

I think a lot of the time the kind of jobs people dream of require more than just the 1000hrs (becoming an actor or musician ) but to do enough to make a living out of no matter how good you are you need luck, so unless you have someone else to pay the bills it's important to have a plan B

True but most people only live their plan B. Through no fault of their own I might add.

catbear

I followed an acting dream for a while in my early 20s. Was constantly skint broke while all my friends were off traveling etc..

Anyway I realised after a few years I didn't have the hunger that's required for the long haul in the industry so I had a zero regrets about giving it up.

I'm really glad I gave it a go, I never think "what if".