GTKY Tuesday

[supertrooper1]

Brought to you by something my supervisor said.  

1. Do you feel like you're living your life to the fullest?  

2. What were some of the Halloween costumes you dressed up as when you were a kid?  

Bonus: What is your favorite type of donut?

[librarychica]

Oct 29, 2024 10:35:04 GMT -5 supertrooper1 said:

Brought to you by something my supervisor said.  

1. Do you feel like you're living your life to the fullest? Maybe? Most of the time? There are some things I’d like to do more of (travel with my family, spend time outdoors) but generally I feel satisfied, like my priorities are respected, and I have no major regrets. I do not believe in holding too tightly to regrets.  

2. What were some of the Halloween costumes you dressed up as when you were a kid?  Lots of random stuff. I was a duck as a toddler once. I DIYed a lot of costumes out of relatives closets — I think my favorite teen DIY costume was Victorian ghost. Thanks for the dress Aunt Karen.

Bonus: What is your favorite type of donut? I am underwhelmed by donuts generally. I guess glazed. [\quote]

[dglvrk2]

1. I'm living about 85% full. I would love to do more creative writing and train for big running races. I would ideally spend more time with my sister as well.
I am living to the fullest on the parenting front

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2. Costumes as a kid: punk rocker, gypsy, Pippi Longstocking and pirate.

Bonus: old fashioned cake doughnut with light glaze!!!

[186momx]

1. Do you feel like you're living your life to the fullest?
No, I feel like most of the time I'm adjusting my life around DH's moods. Example: you would think after a weekend away (alone) doing his favorite things he would come home in a great mood. Nope

2. What were some of the Halloween costumes you dressed up as when you were a kid?
Clown for way too many years to count (mom sewed the costume and we had to wear it until it was too small). I was a bubble gum machine (pinned water balloons to a sweatshirt). An Indiana Hooser cheerleader was my middle school dance costume. I was also an Ace of Spade (mom sewed it) and still have the costume and pull it out if I need a costume.

Bonus: What is your favorite type of donut?
Cake donut with white frosting and multicolored rainbow sprinkles (yes, I'm a 5-year-old at heart)

[mae0111]

1. Do you feel like you're living your life to the fullest?

No. I feel like I'm just existing, and everything is just something I have to get through. Dh's recent issues have changed my outlook a lot, and I'm really trying hard to focus on the good things in life.

2. What were some of the Halloween costumes you dressed up as when you were a kid?
One year, my mom made me a Strawberry Shortcake (the doll, not the dessert) costume - like bought the pattern and material and sewed the whole thing, which was NOT typical. It was awesome.

Bonus: What is your favorite type of donut? Jelly!! 100%%%

[waverly]

Oct 29, 2024 10:35:04 GMT -5 supertrooper1 said:

Brought to you by something my supervisor said.  

1. Do you feel like you're living your life to the fullest?  

2. What were some of the Halloween costumes you dressed up as when you were a kid?  

Bonus: What is your favorite type of donut?

1. I feel like I am living life to the fullist, but not MY life to the fullest.  Meaning, I am frequently at soccer games when maybe if I didn't have kids I would be doing something that more alligns with my interest.  Of course the kids ship has sailed, and I do have them. 

I am trying to do more for myself so I can be a person rather than a wife and mother.  My husband says oh did you like that thing that you went to, and I say yes because I was a person there.  I am slowly trying to do more events for myself since for a very long time I could not.  DH traveled for work when the kids were young, and during the week I basically couldn't leave the house unless I wanted to drag a toddler and a baby with me which I mostly did not. 

2. Cat, dancer 

3. I like plain doughnuts with some apple cider

[sdlaura]

1. Yes, there’s not much I would change about my life if given the chance. I mean, my kids would fight with each other less and DH would be a little more romantic and my job would be a little less stressful and my house would have a little more space, etc. But all of that is pretty trivial. I live in an amazing place, love my family and friends and for the most part everyone is healthy and happy. I enjoy my job most days and am compensated well enough to do things I enjoy like travel. I feel very lucky. I’ve always been a pretty generally happy person and usually have the motivation and means to change things if I’m not happy with them.

2. waverly, cat is the one Halloween costume of mine from when I was a kid that comes to mind. I honestly can’t remember any others!

3. Boston creme!

[waverly]

I should add I have had more leisure time since my H restarted the housecleaners. And since DS has a tutor, that has freed up some leisure time also since I was spending 2 hours a week with him a couple of years ago in 6th grade.

I went to an event last night while DS was being tutored. Tutor comes to our house and DH was working from home, so it is probably our most convenient extra curricular. Having her there meant he was getting extra help in math while I could go "be a person" somewhere else.  In this case, I went to an author visit.  

[rere]

1. I like my life and am very content. But to be living to the fullest I feel like I should be going on lavish vacations seeing all parts of the world, being pampered, experiencing all the new things. Not getting up every day to work with occasional trips, pretty fun plans most of the time but a lot of time watching TV or on my phone.

2. Usually whatever we could scrape together from the house. Witch, graduate, bum, punk rocker.

3. I'm not big on donuts. Or cake. If I'm going all in on carbs and sugar, it's going to be for cheesecake or something with oreos or heath bar crunched on top. Or apple pie.

[mommyatty]

1. Nope. And I don’t know why or what to do about it. I feel like I’m enduring life instead of enjoying it. Maybe it’s my anxiety that leads to hyper vigilance, but I feel like I’m constantly waiting for another shoe to drop.

2. I liked being a witch. And one time when I was in like 2nd grade, my parents completely forgot about my needing a costume. My mom blamed me for not handling it on my own (uh, I was 7) so I went in my toy box, found a grass skirt we brought back from vacation, got one of my older brother’s white tee shirts he had outgrown, drew blood on it with a marker, and was a cannibal. That’s my most memorable costume.

3. I love donuts. But only southern, good, yeast donuts. None of that Dunkin or Krispy Kreme stuff. The pillowy goodness of a yeast glazed donut that’s still warm makes my entire soul sigh.

[librarychica]

FWIW, for me living my life to the fullest means taking the most enjoyment of what is open to me, enjoying the stage I am in to the fullest extent I am capable. It does not necessarily mean more time for leisure or a different job or any major changes or being thrilled with everything all the time. It’s a perspective, a mindset. This is where I am right now and am I doing what’s possible to appreciate the right now. If there’s something I’d change, am I making some progress toward either change or acceptance. That kind of thing.

[macmars45]

1. No. H and I had a conversation recently about how we get our cups filled. I get my people time filled by work (K-5th grade kids & my coworkers) but my friend cup is mostly empty. I have maybe one local sort of friend. Between work and parenting an autistic adhd kid, my life is busy M-F 8am-4pm and isolating otherwise.

2. Kid Halloween costumes: clown, warlock multiple years (not witch for some unknown reason), an old woman the year I was 9 because I was in a wheelchair due to surgery.

Bonus: My favorite donut is an apple fritter.

[supertrooper1]

1. My supervisor caught me off guard with that statement that I was living my life to the fullest when she saw my new Teams pics of me on my dirt bike. I’ve been thinking about her comment since last week. I have awful FOMO, from social media and even sometimes here. I think I should be doing more outside of the house, going to events, all the concerts, and traveling more. Dirt biking has become a hobby that gets us out of the house and camping, but I wish we felt like we had more money to do other traveling. I feel like I’m always trying to save and not go into debt. Plus, only having DS half the time, I feel like I’m missing out there too. But I can do adult things more often without him. However, my life is a 180 from 5 years ago when all ex-h and I did was try to get through our DRV list. I just wish I didn’t spend my evenings after work and the gym on my phone.

2. I was a witch a couple years, a cheerleader, and Wednesday Adams.

3. Apple fritters are my favorite, especially when they’re extra crispy.

[campermom]

1. Do you feel like you're living your life to the fullest? Given my life circumstances-yes absolutely. I know that when my kids gets older, I will have more time for me and activities I enjoy but I am carving time out now

2. What were some of the Halloween costumes you dressed up as when you were a kid?
A witch, a princess, cheerleader, a homemade pig costume, a license plate (the school parade required it involve numbers to make it educational) everything was piece mealedI never remember a store bought costume.

Bonus: What is your favorite type of donut?
Boston cream

[waverly]

librarychica , I agree it is a mindset, but I also don't think scrubbing my shower is me living my life to the fullest at that exact moment anyway.

supertrooper1 , I feel like it is worse in the area where I live because we are so close to a big city. People are constantly going on vacation in social media. We were guilty of that last year, but ran out of money for this year.

But in addition to that if they aren't on vacation, they are posting about all the theater, concerts, pumpkin patches, all the events anyone can possibly do. I'm glad there is more to do around here, but for a family of 4 and minimum ticket prices in the $35-$200 range, those people are spending a LOT of money to do all the things they are posting about. I'm not judging their spending habits, but I just don't see myself spending that on special events on a twice a week basis. It probably seems like more than it is because it's everyone posting as opposed to just hearing about it from 1 or 2 people. 

[sdlaura]

waverly social media is so tough. We are so lucky to spend like some people’s annual salaries on our family travel each year, but we don’t go to all the concerts and sporting events and whatever that so many people where we live do. I have managed to intentionally avoid a pumpkin patch this year because I end up spending a ton and sweating my butt off. And there’s a group of parents/families of kids in my daughter’s grade that are constantly celebrating something or going on a giant group vacation and posting it all over SM.

I do not scrub my shower myself, but the amount of time I spend on laundry for our family of six with kids in sports is insane. I still think that fits into living my life to the fullest 🤷‍♀️ I prefer to have one part of my life be taking care of my family/house, since they’re important to me.

For context, I spent last night eating a fancy dinner and then staying at a Four Seasons resort for work. And I slept like crap and wished I were in my own bed/house

[waverly]

sdlaura , I think it is just augmented by how many people I see doing the same type of thing at the same time. It makes it seem like far more people are doing it than really are. It's kind of like an echo chamber or a mirror room. I don't actually want to do all the things that they are doing nor is a feasable for one person to do those things. I would like days to do nothing and be able to go to the art exhibit that they went to but with no effort and no transportation. Teleportation would really get me to the living the life to the fullest, but alas only in sci fi.