This could be about professional work, raising a family, or other ventures. Mentioning one thing doesn't mean something else is less important. This may give you freedom in the response.
The most important contributions I believe I have made was raising a family and contributing to open-source software. Everyone is old now, but memories and git live on.
Parenting's the big one for me. I've successfully raised an adult who seems to possess solid values and interests (and who isn't simply my clone). I'll take that as a win.
That's absolutely a win. Well done!
Definitely my daughter, I decided to learn to work from home so I could dedicate myself to her, without having to leave her in the care of anyone other than myself, without having to depend on a job and beg a boss to give me the day off because my daughter is sick or because she has some activity at school, being able to decide on my time, to give it to my daughter, is the best.
I prioritized taking a job that lets me work from home and has flexible hours for the same reasons.
Learning who I am and who I want to be.
The relationship I have with my wife. I had been through multiple toxic relationships that destroyed my mental and physical health. She taught me what it’s like to truly love another. The pure laughter she brings me helps to keep those dark thoughts away.
When you meet someone who seems to shine and make you glow when you are around them, hold onto them. Whether it’s a parent, friend or child. They are the best part of life. IMO.
Man, this one makes you really think! As someone whose dad had him at 40, I did not get to know my dad's parents all that well since they had both passed away by the time I was 10. My dad had an Uncle though who was never married with no kids and he moved next door to use. When he got older he had to move to assisted living and it was close by so all the times I would drive over and spend with him in my late teens and early 20s are now much more meaningful than back then.
The other one would have to be educating people about my health and my medical community. I am in this odd position of being part of a medical community where I am the oddball because I am so high functioning when realistically I shouldn't be. The position is a double edge sword as coworkers of mine and new friends I make tend to struggle to grasp the rapid changes in my health but a ton have learned and from that, I feel like it helps others who are suffering from the stuff I have to feel a little more comfortable and even represented in the public sphere more.
I took care of my late mother for 15 years.
Thank you. Her love for you is spread throughout the universe.
Thank you for the encouraging words.
I believe I am an excellent father. My first 2 children are almost adults. I am so proud of them and myself for raising them. Even though I think I have done some other cool stuff, nothing else comes close.
Writing down stuff, thoughts notes and archiving them digitally. Unexpected usefull.
With personal AI approaching FAST it'll be an insane unexpected advantage in my life.
Remember how Obsidian made advertisements about "second brain"? I'll actually get that.
Great question!
Career wise: making myself redundant. It wasn't (at first) so much a "premeditated strategy". It just eventually dawned on my that I kept working myself out of a job - primarily by automating as much as possible of whatever my job entailed at the time. It almost always lead to more opportunities, not less. Sort of counter-intuitive, but has served me :quite well.
Personally: Aiming to not let a single day go by where I'm not discovering new music. I'm not hugely successful in this endeavour, but I really enjoy trying to not miss a day.
Spend time with a friend & family. Also discovering bitcoin and orange pill all the family and closest friends. Last but not least, selling bitcoin for help the friends to build their farm.❤️🙏
Getting really good at a video game. Not that I am close to the top, but I have learnt so much from a strategy game, from production bottlenecks to optimisation on building and unit placement, and making decisions under imperfect knowledge.
It also goes so well with what I do at work and how to shuffle key production stages around
Parenting, international travel, continuous learning.
bitcoin education
In no particular order, this is what popped into my mind:
Parenting
Starting a business. Way more meaningful and life-enhancing in the long run than working for corporations
Living overseas for long chunks of time
Helping other people start side businesses
Reading very extensively.
Reading the entire Harry Potter series to my kids.
One thing I'm extremely proud about my little one is that he's read all of them before his 8th birthday. No bribes were ever involved, it was his own choice to read them, just like his mates at school...
That is impressive!
traveling, doing business in remote locations around the world.
Planting trees and educating people about the importance of nature has been the most important work for me. I view plants and trees as my brother's and sisters and whenever I plant one, I give the adoption to someone and always follow up now and then.
I spend a lot of time thinking about why people, inlacing myself, believe what they believe. That feels useful and rewarding.
For me it is just trying to be present and live in the moment for my family, specifically my wife and kids. Nothing else I do in life will ever be more important than being there for them.
Taking care of my parents, they aren't even 50. Let me rephrase it, ' I lovevlibing with my parents, a sweet brother, a pet and I love to decorate my home with my creative out of the box ideas, I mean I only do nothing. I am free 24☆7. Still trying to find what important things I can do.
I guess commenting on SN is of equal importance.I guess commenting on SN is of equal importance.
Learned to integrate 😉