Are you really satisfied about yourself and your achievement within the last decade….?

Since I've graduated, I've been rich and poor, I lived and worked in all possible and impossible corners of the world, I've learned many languages and made many friends. I suffered and I was happy. I loved and I was loved. I started from zero several times and was happy to see life progressing.

But most important I was alive. All the feelings were genuine and profound - love, hate, friendship, suffer,happiness. When I die I want to see "He lived" written on my grave, and not "He was dead since he was born".

Not the income per capita, happiness per capita should be the measure of success.

im very happy with my last ten years of life!! I followed my heart and not my dreams! I have always had a roof over my head, and food in my belly, clothes on my back so im better off than most! I have travelled to many countries met many wonderful people who have opened my eyes to the world and taught me new things! I didnt follow what i had planned for myself and ended up just trusting in fate and it worked! Im now married to an amazing man, working in a great job - and starting the degree which i promised i would start ten years ago! So yeah im very happy with my life, people should never regret the choices which they have made in there life as they wouldnt be the people they are today. I hope everyone is as happy as me!

We are based in UAE...me and a coupla friends.

We too have exactly 10 yrs behind us...after graduation.

We were contemplating a web hangout just like qatarliving.com.

Obviously QATARI beat us to it. We are still contemplating.

In the meanwhile, we have had a blast starting and selling lean mean business. Now we enjoy playing online evagenlists for interesting web start-ups like www.qatarbillboard.com , www.dubaiquiz.com , www.stickdeath.com :-) by spreading the good word around.

So...

Thanks for the open, beautiful piece on yours. It is quite a consolation and refreshing and gives hope to those in similar circumstances. Maybe you could share the success formular? Regards, Slvogue.

what is also wrong is to follow something because of external pressure or its expected of you or simply because you see no other way. there is nothing wrong in being career oriented or inclined towards personal self or family.

whats important is to be happy in what you have or seek happiness from whatever is with you.

yup when you dont look for something, you feels its landed on your lap pretty easily.

butterfly, my son's a august baby, masha'allah.

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Of course, it works for many people. Just do whatever feels right for you, if you think that pursuing professional goals is more important to you, then I don't see why not.

I'm sure you have your own priority system. If personal matters are your priority, then you should put that first.

There is nothing wrong with career being your top priority. What is wrong is follow something that is not your priority, that will surely lead you to comlete disatisfaction

and one is usually more lucky on the personal side when one is not actively looking! I am worried however that Qatar is not necessarily the best place to find a special friend

It is wonderful to hear that so much can change in a short time

But life is too short, there are sooo many things to do, so much to achieve, so many places to visit, so many people to meet that sometimes we tend to forget abut what is really important to us.

I only have one degree, and my work experience is not so extensive, worked in Madrid, France and London. Currently have a small job in Doha which is totally unrelated to my education but it matches my personal interests...so I'm happy. In the last ten years I met a wonderful man and have a gorgeous little daughter, and I'm expecting another one (HAN, it's due in August, I'm 11 weeks along only). We finally managed to purchase a small flat in France, but it has taken a lot of sacrifice.

I have a very good health. And, more importantly, the ones I love, enjoy good health too.

I hope the next ten years will be just as good as the previous.

I am pretty satisfied with the last 5 years of my life since graduation and I hope the next 5-10 years or more in Qatar will be just as great. But I am concerned sometimes - can one compromise one's personal life in pursuit of professional goals?

"If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being - Solzenhitzen

about moving out to Qatar!!

The summers sounds hotter than Darwin, Australia but I managed that ok so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!

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jolene, i do wish you good health so you can come here and brave our crazy summers :-)

it gets very hot, but if you like tanning, you can get a nice suntan.

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T0 Tsardoz-why are you reading this thread if you find the posts 'sad'? Some people like to look back over how they have changed and grown-so let us get on with that plaease and go and bother someone elses thread.

I have changed a great deal. I used to be scared, feel weak and useless.I lived at home working a dead end job andgetting in to debt. But in the last 10 years-I have trained in a new career that has enabled me to leave home and move to London.

I have also spent 2 years traveling and working around the US, Australia and New Zealand. I have bought a property with my sister and now I am planning on moving out to Qatar for atleast 2 years if not more. Apart from my mortgage I am debt free.

I have also had my worse health during these 10 years but that has made me stronger.

Writing this has made me realise how much I've changed and what I've learnt about my self.

So thank you for the post, Vega.

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I agree with Han19, it's not the money, cars etc etc for me....for me it's a sense of mental and physical achievement, and to be able to give back to those who are close to me and for those not so close. Life is too short, if you have a good opportunity, it would be silly not to experience the change. My view is, the more experiences one can gain in life, the more open one becomes and ultimately creates a wider portfolio of life experiences...atleast then..you can say when you are in your death bed..that I did all i could do to have made my life worth it.

SO Tsardoz...i wouldn't judge a book by it's cover without reading it deeply.

my belief: look as high as you want and try to achive that height too, but watch what you step on while trying to achive those heights.

i used to plan and dream a lot, but many incidents took place with me that made me stop planning because for everything there is a time and place when it will happen and truly Allah gave it to me when i least expected.

sometimes we get obsessed with our dreams and when it doesnt happen the way we like it we get frsutrated.

i am masha'allah a happier person today because i try to live each day at a time.i do want to lots of things, but my life doesnt revolve around fulfilling them exclusively, i work towards it and when the time is right it will be done.

my current goal is to try to get into Phd, but i have kids who need me more than that ambition. so insha'allah when the time is right, i will have the oppurtunity to do it.doesnt give me sleepless nights.

but amhamdullilah my 10years have masha'allah been happy.

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tsardoz, why are you depressed.why is this thread sad?why you calling it a list.

you are changing a harmless and interative thread into something we should be unhappy about.come on cheer up.this is purely an interaction to know what each one of is happy about. when others are happy, its very nice.

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So people obtain satisfaction from comparing how long their list of achievements is? That's kind of sad ...

I've noticed in the poorest countries the peasants often seem happier than people back home, who of course have "achieved" and collected far many more of life's "trophies", but STILL cant p1ss into the wind!

Herman Hesse's hero Siddhartha achieves enlightenment by abandoning earthly desires and becoming a simple ferryman.

http://www.online-literature.com/hesse/siddhartha/

But then it's just a novel ...

Please, don't get me wrong, I am happy for those who obtain satisfaction from their various conquests ... but we can't all become CEOs or get PhDs or earn mega-zillions or drive Lamborghinis.

Does that mean the WITHOUTS can't be happy or that all the WITHS are happy and content?

Of course not!

RIP Kurt Cobain, Sid Vicious, Adolf Hitler, Marilyn Monroe, Vincent Van Gogh, Marc Anthony, Hunter S. Thompson, George Eastman, Arthur Koestler ...

I have had an amazing 10 years since graduation too. Travelled to 25 countries (lived, work and for pleasure), learnt 3 languages. Like Gypsy been, in and out of love. Now happily married to a very beautiful young lady. Brought properties in London, paid them off already, drive an amazing car, kicking-off 2 business ventures this year and I am still very grounded thanks to my loving parents. If the next 10 years brings the same, i'll be happy to die @ 40! I wish the same luck for all. It's all hard work, sacrifice and discipline..but u mustn't forget to enjoy yourself once in a while :-)

Hi All again,

After reading your posts…I become happy and feel positive (a little bit) …I have done almost or more of your achievements which make you feel so happy like that…

Actually, the achievement I dream with is something calls you to people mind…

Something, you did to be proud of. Something places you within a little number of people…not to be one of millions who have done the same thing…

It sounds difficult.....however I always dream to be one of those pioneers…

Let me clear it a little bit…

For all companies’ staff, how many will be the CEO, COO, or any higher rank one day...

For all graduated people, how many has finalized his PhD, and introduce something helpful to the world…

That is what I am asking myself about….should I be one of them, or blame myself for not being one like those…

Let us change the topic to be... How far should you dream for yourself…?

Are you ...that kind who looks down his feet or that kind who aim and look higher…?

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"Did ye then think that We had created you in jest, and that ye would not be brought back to Us (for account)?"

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Wel, I'm going to do just that ! I'm off to the beach now for some kite surfing (if the wind is good)

Moral of the story : It is better to regret the things you've done than to regret the things that you should have done.

I most defintely don't think I have the best years of my life behind me. Sure I've been to 17 countries, but I have dozens left to visit. I'm looking forward to marriage, children, more education, more friends.

In all honesty, with the exception of my education, those 17 countries have all been in the last 3 years, not the last 10. Life is what you make it. Go out and eat drink and be merry, the last thing you want to do is die and think what else could I have done?

I most defintely don't think I have the best years of my life behind me. Sure I've been to 17 countries, but I have dozens left to visit. I'm looking forward to marriage, children, more education, more friends.

In all honesty, with the exception of my education, those 17 countries have all been in the last 3 years, not the last 10. Life is what you make it. Go out and eat drink and be merry, the last thing you want to do is die and think what else could I have done?

Your name (gypsy) and your visiting 17 countries makes you somewhat of a gypsy do you think Vega would benefit from a bit more traveling cause it seems quite sad if you feel you've already had the best years of your life behind you. And everyone saying they r having a great live is probably not making her feel any better !

Well, you can't like everyone. You can try, but eventually you are going to meet people that don't share your values or morals. This isn't a reason to hate them, unless they get in your face about it.

I guess it's also about the right time and the right place sort of thing. Anyway...............they do give a bit more color to live and makes you appreciate more what you've got.

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Thanks.

Well in my experience not everyone values family and friends. Some people just perfer to be alone. I don't understand that,but to each his own. However, those people aren't the awful people I am talking about. I found that the people that I find "awful" usually enjoy have family and friends around them, and usually must be the center or attention and in some way be in control of these people. They are usually extremely overconfident and egotistical. But you don't see this about them until you somehow fall out of their limelight I suppose.

I'm not trying to have a dig here but am generally interested in this topic. Nice picture by the way !!

I'm sure someone somewhere likes them. I simply meant I didn't like them for various reasons. I'm sure they thought I was equally as awful.

He gypsy, do you think those awful people have people around them that love them ? This is not menat negative but I'm interested,everywhere in the world people I've met seem to have the same basic needs everywhere and value family and friends that love them as one of THE MOST IMPORTANT. Do you think those awful people have different needs to us or is it something different ?

R U up for it !!

In the last ten years I've graduated from high school, University with two degrees and College with a diploma. Travelled to 17 different countries. Fallen in love, fallen out of love, worked in a variety of different jobs, met wonderful people and awful people.

It's been one hell of a ride.

Yes I am totally satisfied with my life within the past 10 yrs. So many things happened for good, can't really think of any negative.

- I got married to a very nice & loving person

- Relocated to Qatar

- I became the mother of a sweet darling boy

- I got my driving license and I am driving a cool car

- I got a really good job with very cool colleagues around.

- Good health

what more can i ask for...Thank god for giving me all these.

i hv met some friends in real life through this site, thank you very much for that. x

A BIG YES,of course i am very much satisfied with my achievements in life,including failure also and learned the lessons from it..BECOMING OLD is a great achievements man,.....hehehe...LoL..

Founded http://www.qatarliving.com ! It's been fantastic to see it grow and to see people enjoy it and make friends here!

Hi come on...

What is Yes supposed to mean...Tell us what you have done in the last decade ...to be proud of ...!!!

Regards,

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"Did ye then think that We had created you in jest, and that ye would not be brought back to Us (for account)?"

Surah "Al Mo'Emnon" verse (115)

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more than !

Yes