Accomplishments ~ Your Life as A List

Gemme · 03-23-2010, 11:09 PM

I have:

survived a less than stellar childhood and came out no more scathed than anyone else

survived two marriages (and finally learned my lesson!)

like Linus, paid all my debt off....once.....and am working on it again

bought multiple homes with others, but bought and sold my own home as well

graduated college, and want to go back to further my education

moved cross country into the unknown and will do so again

written some really good stories and poems

won an award in 3rd grade for art

went to State for Advanced Placement Latin III and IV

driven a full-sized 53 foot semi around in a lot (it doesn't sound like much, but it's pretty cool for someone who doesn't know how to drive a stick)

gotten quite a lot of praise for a job well done over the years in the hospitality field

been privileged to have had some really good relationships in my life

Kobi · 04-21-2010, 09:57 PM

How wonderful to have the opportunity to look back and see what one has accomplished. For me:

1. getting an advanced degree which now sits in my closet collecting dust
2. having a wonderful job for many years which gave me great satisfaction, freedom, and security
3. being able to walk away from that job and the security it provided when my peace of mind and need for simplicity became more important
4. starting over at the bottom and surviving the experience
5. taking a year off to care for my ailing grandmother so she wouldnt have to go to a nursing home.
6. being a published author
7. owning a home and all the headaches that go with it
8. being a self employed consultant
9. simplifying my life and letting go of the need for things
10. being my own person and having the courage to change myself and my life as needed
11. being a field instructor for budding, idealistic social workers....hence the prematurely gray hair
12. finding peace in a hectic and stressful world

Blade · 05-01-2010, 05:34 PM

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Heart · 05-01-2010, 06:05 PM

*Co-founded a theater company in the 80s
*Got a graduate degree in the 90s
*Raised a son who is off to college
*Came out (again) at 40
*Studied martial arts and became a self defense teacher for women and queers
*Just celebrated 15 years at a job I'm passionate about
*Recently been published in a professional journal and a queer anthology

Hack · 05-01-2010, 06:47 PM

Reminds me of an exercise in journalism school -- we had to write our own obit. lol

1. Survived as an obvious queer child in a small, conservative Michigan town (population 4500), even though I never fit in. I survived by constructing my own inner world, and my survival mechanisms.

2. Paid for my own college education because I wanted to be a journalist. My father wanted me in pre-med or pre-law, so he refused to give me a dime. I worked my ass off all summer, every summer, and worked 3 part-time jobs during school and took out loans so I could pay for everything myself.

3. Was the first person on my mom's side of the family to go to college, and graduate.

4. Paid off my school loans before I was 30, and bought my first house that same year.

5. Had the privilege to be a part of history in Michigan by working on the campaign staff that elected the first female Governor in our state's history.

6. Worked 3 years for that governor as her deputy press secretary and speechwriter.

7. Received an award from a state-wide GLBTQ organization as an Advocate for the Community because of my out, proud public service career in state government.

8. I am now chief of an entire division within a department of Michigan state government, working for an awesome boss who is a national leader in her field.

9. I am a great and fun uncle (though they call me "aunt") to two amazing, beautiful three year-old nieces.

10. I saw Europe...well, the Netherlands and Belgium....when I never thought a small-town kid like me would ever travel abroad. Especially after I chose to play it safe after college and stay stateside to work as a journalist when I really wanted to be a war correspondent and photographer in a place far away.

chefhottie25 · 05-14-2010, 09:56 AM

Finished college, and grad school, and culinary school
Have loved some amazing women
Cooked for Stevie Wonder, Billy Idol,and Hillary Clinton(i am a chef)
Got clean and am still clean(18 months)
Learned to live with schizophrenia
Started a thread on another website about schizophrenia
Was assistant editor of my college newspaper
Played lacrosse in college
Repaired my relationship with my little sister
Kissed Shirley Manson(singer in the band garbage)

03-23-2010, 11:09 PM	#1
Gemme Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Queer Stone Femme Girl of the Unicorn Variety Preferred Pronoun?: She, as in 'She's a GEM' Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The roads are narrow here Posts: 36,631 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 182,498 Thanked 107,972 Times in 25,664 Posts Rep Power: 21474888	I've had to reach waaaay back for some of these... I have: survived a less than stellar childhood and came out no more scathed than anyone else survived two marriages (and finally learned my lesson!) like Linus, paid all my debt off....once.....and am working on it again bought multiple homes with others, but bought and sold my own home as well graduated college, and want to go back to further my education moved cross country into the unknown and will do so again written some really good stories and poems won an award in 3rd grade for art went to State for Advanced Placement Latin III and IV driven a full-sized 53 foot semi around in a lot (it doesn't sound like much, but it's pretty cool for someone who doesn't know how to drive a stick) gotten quite a lot of praise for a job well done over the years in the hospitality field been privileged to have had some really good relationships in my life __________________ Gemme's Journal I'm misunderestimated.

04-21-2010, 09:57 PM	#2
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,635 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	great topic! How wonderful to have the opportunity to look back and see what one has accomplished. For me: 1. getting an advanced degree which now sits in my closet collecting dust 2. having a wonderful job for many years which gave me great satisfaction, freedom, and security 3. being able to walk away from that job and the security it provided when my peace of mind and need for simplicity became more important 4. starting over at the bottom and surviving the experience 5. taking a year off to care for my ailing grandmother so she wouldnt have to go to a nursing home. 6. being a published author 7. owning a home and all the headaches that go with it 8. being a self employed consultant 9. simplifying my life and letting go of the need for things 10. being my own person and having the courage to change myself and my life as needed 11. being a field instructor for budding, idealistic social workers....hence the prematurely gray hair 12. finding peace in a hectic and stressful world __________________

05-01-2010, 06:47 PM	#5
Hack Just a guy. How Do You Identify?: Just a guy Preferred Pronoun?: male Relationship Status: Sparkle's consort Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MA Posts: 1,458 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 807 Thanked 3,775 Times in 958 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	This is a great topic!! Reminds me of an exercise in journalism school -- we had to write our own obit. lol 1. Survived as an obvious queer child in a small, conservative Michigan town (population 4500), even though I never fit in. I survived by constructing my own inner world, and my survival mechanisms. 2. Paid for my own college education because I wanted to be a journalist. My father wanted me in pre-med or pre-law, so he refused to give me a dime. I worked my ass off all summer, every summer, and worked 3 part-time jobs during school and took out loans so I could pay for everything myself. 3. Was the first person on my mom's side of the family to go to college, and graduate. 4. Paid off my school loans before I was 30, and bought my first house that same year. 5. Had the privilege to be a part of history in Michigan by working on the campaign staff that elected the first female Governor in our state's history. 6. Worked 3 years for that governor as her deputy press secretary and speechwriter. 7. Received an award from a state-wide GLBTQ organization as an Advocate for the Community because of my out, proud public service career in state government. 8. I am now chief of an entire division within a department of Michigan state government, working for an awesome boss who is a national leader in her field. 9. I am a great and fun uncle (though they call me "aunt") to two amazing, beautiful three year-old nieces. 10. I saw Europe...well, the Netherlands and Belgium....when I never thought a small-town kid like me would ever travel abroad. Especially after I chose to play it safe after college and stay stateside to work as a journalist when I really wanted to be a war correspondent and photographer in a place far away.

05-01-2010, 05:34 PM	#3
Blade Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: TG Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: once in a while someone amazing comes along...and here I am! Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Down on the farm Posts: 5,501 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,855 Thanked 14,415 Times in 4,058 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Bump and subscribing, will post later

05-01-2010, 06:05 PM	#4
Heart Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: rainbows! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Posts: 466 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 303 Thanked 2,522 Times in 409 Posts Rep Power: 12032610	Co-founded a theater company in the 80s Got a graduate degree in the 90s Raised a son who is off to college Came out (again) at 40 Studied martial arts and became a self defense teacher for women and queers Just celebrated 15 years at a job I'm passionate about *Recently been published in a professional journal and a queer anthology

05-14-2010, 09:56 AM	#6
chefhottie25 Member How Do You Identify?: boi Preferred Pronoun?: hy Relationship Status: happily taken Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: ohio Posts: 1,406 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26 Thanked 889 Times in 478 Posts Rep Power: 1175217	Finished college, and grad school, and culinary school Have loved some amazing women Cooked for Stevie Wonder, Billy Idol,and Hillary Clinton(i am a chef) Got clean and am still clean(18 months) Learned to live with schizophrenia Started a thread on another website about schizophrenia Was assistant editor of my college newspaper Played lacrosse in college Repaired my relationship with my little sister Kissed Shirley Manson(singer in the band garbage)