Ever screw up in life.. the exact same way... over and over and over?

[TallBill]

Hah.. im so good at messing up in school Junior year of hs was fugly, failed 2 classes (shoulda had a 4.0), senior year failed one.
Year after hs, medical withdrawl from school (partly from long illness, partly from MESSING UP) I worked the rest of the year and did great for myself!

Then, this year.. messed up first semester hardcore.. (for no reason), and now 2nd semester im probably withdrawing from 2 classes tomorrow so i dont fail them. Perhaps basic training will clear me up a bit this summer, but for some reason I only skip out on schoolwork.

 

[jaeger66]

When I was in my teens I always thought I'd change...but at 26 I'm the same idiot I was then.

 

[TallBill]

are you in school still? or mess up in work?

cuz like i said, when i worked, i worked my tail off and earned every penny.

 

[Wingznut]

Maybe you ought to start asking yourself why you choose not to succeed? Do you think you aren't worthy of success? Or do you worry that if you do acheive, then people will have expectations of you?

So, don't say "(for no reason)"... There is a reason.

 

[Shockwave]

Yep. In HS, a friend has a 71? Roadrunner with 383. Didnt buy it.
Later, found a Chevelle SS with a 283. Didnt buy it
Not too long ago, found a fully restored Mach 1 with 351. Didnt buy it.

All under 7,000. Someday I will learn, and snag one of these classics up at a good price.

 

[jaeger66]

I have no motivation. No drive. It took me 6 1/2 years to finish college because I'd always lose my focus and crap out at the end of the semester. I got a CS degree because I thought it would be useful, but now I realize I'm not all that crazy about CS. I'm not crazy about anything, which is my problem.

 

[TallBill]

ouch shockwave.. and i thought that i messed up.. you REALLY missed out

btw, i havnt dodged success.. just messed up in schoolwork. Im plenty accomplished outside of report cards.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: jaeger66
I have no motivation. No drive. It took me 6 1/2 years to finish college because I'd always lose my focus and crap out at the end of the semester. I got a CS degree because I thought it would be useful, but now I realize I'm not all that crazy about CS. I'm not crazy about anything, which is my problem.

shoot, join the army. they'll make something out of ya, plus i'll get a promotion btw, im not kidding.. its what im doing.
I know i'll be of use there. They will find a place, and i will do my part.

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: TallBill

shoot, join the army. they'll make something out of ya, plus i'll get a promotion btw, im not kidding.. its what im doing.
I know i'll be of use there. They will find a place, and i will do my part.

I admire that, but I'm over the hill for that sort of thing. Plus I have other responsibilities now.

 

[Wingznut]

Repeating patterns of failure are sure signs of one's will not to succeed.

You choose not to do as well in school as you can. I'm guessing that you could get very good grades, with relative ease compared to your peers... Yet you don't. Why do you suppose that is?

Like I said, there's a reason.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Wingznut
Repeating patterns of failure are sure signs of one's will not to succeed.

You choose not to do as well in school as you can. I'm guessing that you could get very good grades, with relative ease compared to your peers... Yet you don't. Why do you suppose that is?

Like I said, there's a reason.

I really wish I knew, but yeah.. the easy grades should be there. Heck, I scored a 29 on the ACT after i fell asleep on the science part and got super low. Other then that my avg was like 33. Got a 96 on the ASVAB. Schoolwork still sucks though. Perhaps i'll do better when i get to take programming classes.

 

[Shockwave]

Yes yes, I know I screwed up.
BTW, the Chevelle wasnt an SS come to think of it, AND I believe its still for sale....Its my Aunts, in very good condition.....May have to inquire about that....

But yes, 3 major screw ups. How many more must i make before a classic is mine....

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: Wingznut
Repeating patterns of failure are sure signs of one's will not to succeed.

You choose not to do as well in school as you can. I'm guessing that you could get very good grades, with relative ease compared to your peers... Yet you don't. Why do you suppose that is?

Like I said, there's a reason.

I really wish I knew, but yeah.. the easy grades should be there. Heck, I scored a 29 on the ACT after i fell asleep on the science part and got super low. Other then that my avg was like 33. Got a 96 on the ASVAB. Schoolwork still sucks though. Perhaps i'll do better when i get to take programming classes.

Memo to TallBill... You won't do any better until you figure out what's so bad about doing your best... What could happen if you achieve your potential.

 

[cavemanmoron]

deja vue?

 

[TallBill]

no, not dejavue... actually going through the act of re-messing up i dunno, perhaps its a skill

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: Shockwave
Yes yes, I know I screwed up.
BTW, the Chevelle wasnt an SS come to think of it, AND I believe its still for sale....Its my Aunts, in very good condition.....May have to inquire about that....

But yes, 3 major screw ups. How many more must i make before a classic is mine....

what's her #. for $7k, i'll buy it oh, it's not a SS..nevermind

as for messing up over and over..i keep coming back to ATOT :Q

 

[Analog]

An interesting quote from my co-op days at GM:

If you do what you've always done, you get what you've always got

 

[Amused]

Yes.

Last week I felt a muscle pull in my middle back while working out. I gave myself a week off and went back this week...

I re-injured the same fusking muscle yesterday, and I'm in pain that would make the Pope curse up a storm right now.

This time I'll give myself three weeks. If I injure it again, I'm having my back removed. :|

 

[CraigRT]

I mess up like that too... we BOTH suck

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Every morning I get up and go to work.

 

[StageLeft]

My school history was much like yours. Years later I think that I've learned that if I had to go back I'd apply myself more, but the real fact of the matter is I hated school with such ferocity that applying myself was difficult and only possible when in the right state of mind (I had this state best in final year of highschoo. It was make or break and I surprised myself and those around me). This state of mind didn't often appear and during university it was a rollercoaster as well.

I am poor at doing things I hate and I hated school. Unfortunately I didn't have the drive to push myself through what I hated enough at the time.