What gives you satisfaction?

[Buh4Bee]

What gives you satisfaction from life?

I have been feeling very smug and satisfied with myself lately after being hired in my school for the third time for a for a new position. This means that I have worked very hard. Alright, so that is one example of self satisfaction. Here is another; my husband started his own business and now has 4 employees working under him. He is very smug right now.

What do you do with your life to feel this way?

[Vonny]

This is a good topic, Bee.

I've finally summoned the strength to put my mom out of my life. I'm going to put her into an assisted living home, and then I'm going to give my brother as her contact. They can call him, not me. It will be 2 or 3 months before the transition can be made, but I'm so ready to let go of this heavy burden of being "on call" for her.

Right now being free of my mother is the only satisfaction I can think of.

The only thing I want for Christmas is to be free of my mother. :biggrin5:

"free of mother" -- oh, I love the sound of that.

[LadyLuck]

For me satisfaction comes from giving to the people around me. I take great pride in making someone's day a bit brighter, easier, or just a little bit less horrible. I am most satisfied when I am spending time with my loved ones and doing something just a little bit more special than normal. This past weekend it was a mini adventure. This coming weekend it is helping to prepare for Thanksgiving, and before I know it Christmas time will be here with all the work I do for others then. So, yeah, for me satisfaction comes from giving of myself to other people.

[Darcy88]

As far as feeling smug goes ..... nothing beats catching a young lady's eye, then perhaps complimenting her, flirt with her in a smooth fashion. If I can get her to blush, then that feeling of smugness comes.

The smuggest I've ever felt was when I caused a girl to walk straight into a wall. But I just got the worst hair-cut of my life yesterday, a real hack-job, like someone went at a garden hedge drunk and blind-folded with a dull axe, and so I doubt I'll be feeling very smug for some time to come.

[arthurdigby]

Everytime I finished my task or work that assigned for me to do and if I’ve done something to make someone smile, that will satisfy me.

[prendrelemick]

When I make or devise something that works well and costs nothing. Like my homemade bespoke searchlight mount on my ATV, £20 to buy, mine was free and better. I'm very smug about it.

[JuniperWoolf]

Getting an A+ in a class of four hundred that's graded on a curve. There's nothing that grants more smug satisfaction than maneuvering past dozens of nervous students packed into a hallway around a grades list and innocently saying "oh, there I am!" with your finger on the very top of the far left hand side. Then make sure to primly walk away and pretend that you don't even notice the glares. Hah!

[kasie]

This is really very sad, but at the moment nothing is giving me more pleasure than decluttering. I feel a distinct swell of pride every time I open a cupboard or drawer, see everything neatly folded/hanging/boxed and know there is no rubbish lurking in the depths. The house is on the market, someone must surely come soon, see my carefully ordered lifestyle and aspire to live such an organised life in this clean, freshly decorated, Des Res. (NB - Remind Agent to make sure attention is drawn to the walk-in wardrobe, colour co-ordinated, all outfits bagged, all woolies boxed.) I told you it was sad.....but don't worry, it won't last long.

Mick - you wouldn't fancy a quick trip down to West Wales for first refusal on the stuff I've hauled out of the garage, would you? I'm sure you, like my husband, could put a lot of it to use. You may even be able to identify some of it!

[PoeticPassions]

There are a lot of things that provide satisfaction, though I try not to be smug, and rarely feel that way.
Some things on the list that satisfy me in my life (not in any particular order):
1. Completing a project, paper, large task, etc.
2. Finishing a really good book
3. Writing something valuable and that others enjoy reading or thinking about
4. Helping someone
5. Volunteering or community service, especially working with children (generally seeing the fruits of one's labor)
6. Attaining a goal
7. Being understood and understanding someone else

And many more... though, lately, I have not been feeling very satisfied. I feel like, for the first time in my life, I am without a clear goal, and I also feel like I am not contributing anything useful to society. I have to get out of this rut.

[Alexander III]

As far as feeling smug goes ..... nothing beats catching a young lady's eye, then perhaps complimenting her, flirt with her in a smooth fashion. If I can get her to blush, then that feeling of smugness comes.

The smuggest I've ever felt was when I caused a girl to walk straight into a wall. But I just got the worst hair-cut of my life yesterday, a real hack-job, like someone went at a garden hedge drunk and blind-folded with a dull axe, and so I doubt I'll be feeling very smug for some time to come.

Ahh I used to get that as well, I miss that feeling. Now I don't get that anymore, I don't even feel satisfaction from fornication, it is more like just eating breakfast. Not something particularly enjoyable but it is necessary.

I dont get satisfaction from university either. Weather I get an A or a F in an essay, my day is still the same.

I suppose the things that give me the most satisfaction in life are ganja, gambling, literature and myself.

[Buh4Bee]

I meant what gives you satisfaction from something you worked hard for. Yes, it is satisfying to be admired, but that's superficial. I am looking for examples of things people have struggled to accomplished and gained a real sense of inner pride. What gives you a deep personal satisfaction generated from hard work and accomplishment? For example, being an asthmatic and struggling through a marathon. Something that is so damn hard you want to quit, but you keep at it- because you want to win or succeed for your own personal gratification. On the lighter side, I think such examples as de-cluttering can be satisfying especially of you tend to be a pig. Also building something as a hobby gives a kind of self satisfaction. These are not necessarily easy things to do and they require commitment and mental exertion.

Please keep sharing. The examples are great so far.


Getting an A+ in a class of four hundred that's graded on a curve. There's nothing that grants more smug satisfaction than maneuvering past dozens of nervous students packed into a hallway around a grades list and innocently saying "oh, there I am!" with your finger on the very top of the far left hand side. Then make sure to primly walk away and pretend that you don't even notice the glares. Hah!

Now this is smug! This is what I am talking about.

[smerdyakov]

I think I am close to my zenith of happiness when I play snooker and am cueing really well, knocking in nice breaks and generally not missing. It is an elusive feeling though.

[Alexander III]

What gives you a deep personal satisfaction generated from hard work and accomplishment? For example, being an asthmatic and struggling through a marathon. Something that is so damn hard you want to quit, but you keep at it- because you want to win or succeed for your own personal gratification.

A sorry, In that sense I have never had satisfaction.

[Vonny]

I meant what gives you satisfaction from something you worked hard for. Yes, it is satisfying to be admired, but that's superficial. I am looking for examples of things people have struggled to accomplished and gained a real sense of inner pride. What gives you a deep personal satisfaction generated from hard work and accomplishment? For example, being an asthmatic and struggling through a marathon. Something that is so damn hard you want to quit, but you keep at it- because you want to win or succeed for your own personal gratification. On the lighter side, I think such examples as de-cluttering can be satisfying especially of you tend to be a pig. Also building something as a hobby gives a kind of self satisfaction. These are not necessarily easy things to do and they require commitment and mental exertion.


For me, it has been surviving for 25 years.

[Buh4Bee]

A sorry, In that sense I have never had satisfaction.

:bawling:

But what about past exams? That has to be worth something.

[Alexander III]

:bawling:

But what about past exams? That has to be worth something.

I never cared or worked hard at school, so I have no idea about exams and such, besides things to show up and do and then celebrate the possibility of having winged it and passed it.

[Pensive]

Having a good night sleep and the possibility to have pleasant dreams.

[papayahed]

What gives you satisfaction from life?

What do you do with your life to feel this way?

A job well done. Last month my work site was approved for certification, I worked pretty hard at it so it was a big sigh of relief AND the auditor said that if we weren't the best we were on of the best sites in my company.:banana:

Go Papaya!

We had been known as a site with poor housekeeping and due to the certification we made some changes and last week two outsiders (independently) mentioned that our plant was clean.

Go Housekeeping Czar! (not me)

[Buh4Bee]

3. International Baccalaureate

[kasie]

Congratulations, Buh4Bee - I hear that's a stringent one.

By the by, decluttering is more than just tidying up and whisking a duster round - it's more a radical reassessment of one's lifestyle and the impedimentia that goes with it. Some of the decisions are quite hard and thought-provoking - Just why am I keeping this? Do I really need this? Perhaps you haven't moved around enough yet to have accumulated this detritus! :biggrin5:

And congratulations, Papaya - I've done industrial BS (British Standards) audits so I know how stressful the attention to minutiae can be. Hope you are having a celebratory (or restful) weekend.

[Hurricane]

Working hard at something I like and seeing results, winning, helping out someone who needs it, cleaning, and doing better than I thought I would do at something I suck at.

[Alexander III]

3. International Baccalaureate

Thats What I did in highschool, it was horrible - 2 years at university and university is faaaar easier than the IB

And a little fun fact, when you finish highschool and get the IB diploma, people go everywhere to university. But when you meet someone at your university or in life who has done the IB as well, there is a huge imediate bond, it feels as if you went to school together so great is that bond of having survived the IB

[Buh4Bee]

3. International Baccalaureate

That was meant for A3- I never took them, Kasie.

[qimissung]

I gave my students something to write. I feel a great sense of satisfaction. They were mostly puzzled and confused, but in the end interested. I am curious to see what they do with it.

So my satisfaction comes in giving them something to do instead of trying to get them or make them do something. Very satisfying indeed.

[Buh4Bee]

:cheers2:

Cheers to that!

[ftil]

It is a good question. I get a satisfaction when I challenge and overcome my weaknesses.
Bruce Lee beautifully said, Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”

[Galvin500]

I am a student am I am first in my class.Working to stay like that gives me good satisfaction.At home being good to my parents and keeping them happy satisfies me a lot.I love Tennis a lot,so playing my game well too satisfies me.Basically,when I see something that I do come out perfectly,I feel greatly satisfied with myself.

[Buh4Bee]

This is old. Rereading what I wrote, makes me want to vomit. I was pretty smug when I wrote this.

[tonywalt]

This is old. Rereading what I wrote, makes me want to vomit. I was pretty smug when I wrote this.

:smilewinkgrin:And now you are...?

[tonywalt]

This is old. Rereading what I wrote, makes me want to vomit. I was pretty smug when I wrote this.

And now you are...?

[Adolescent09]

Seeing an elderly couple walking down the street hand in hand and imagining all the struggle and adversity they have braved through, and yet they are still together. It always gives me hope during times of personal stress.

[JuniperWoolf]

Seeing an elderly couple walking down the street hand in hand and imagining all the struggle and adversity they have braved through, and yet they are still together. It always gives me hope during times of personal stress.

Maybe they met at the community centre a week ago.

[Grit]

BJs (Booster Juice)
Pizza but only the ones picked straight from the tree
Arguing with advertisements as well as yelling at them. Just in general abusing ads.
Everything is more fun with Slaughter (Highlight this line for Easter egg)

[hannah_arendt]

For example my M.A and soon B.A.

[tonywalt]

It gives me alot of satisfaction to see how EVERYONE is "Awesome" on facebook - it is so reassuring....

[cacian]

poetry gives me satisfaction and of course the company of people. one can never beat a good company with a good banter ;)

[Shevek]

Getting my entrance scholarship renewed every year, cutting my tuition by two thirds. With the provincial grant I barely have to pay anything. I get smug when people at my university complain about how our unusual grading system makes it difficult to reach the GPA cut-off for renewal.

[Adolescent09]

Maybe they met at the community centre a week ago.

As an optimist, I try to be a tad less cynical. Even if they did meet at a community center a week ago, the fact that they can find company at a time when most people their age are suffering chronic depression as a result of loneliness speaks volumes in regards to good possibilities.

[Delta40]

one can never beat a good company with a good banter ;)

Is the banter a studded leather one and do you use it across the back of their legs?

[tonywalt]

Is the banter a studded leather one and do you use it across the back of their legs?

That's satisfying! - back of the legs with wet noodles..

[Shevek]

As an optimist, I try to be a tad less cynical. Even if they did meet at a community center a week ago, the fact that they can find company at a time when most people their age are suffering chronic depression as a result of loneliness speaks volumes in regards to good possibilities.

But it sounds like you're applying a stereotype about old people to that particular scenario (even if it statistically true that old people are disproportionately lonelier). Many old people live with dementia - does this mean we should congratulate those old people who can remember their relatives' names? It just seems condescending to assume so much about their lives by what you see in a single moment.

[LiraelG]

As mentioned by Adolescent09, seeing an elderly couple walking down the street hand in hand. My grandparents, too! The majority of elderly couples have been through so much, and they have stuck together through each experience! They have a lifetime of memories, many of which they share. I know from my grandparents that they may be incredibly grumpy at times and argue a lot, but their love runs deep. It's beautiful.

Spending time with my own boyfriend also fills me with satisfaction. Making him smile, supporting him through difficult times and sharing new experiences with him. I love making others happy. This goes for my friends and family too. I adore talking to them about in depth topics. I can and do talk to my closest friends about the things which trouble me and I offer support to them when their lives trouble them. Supporting one another is incredibly satisfying.

I also gain satisfaction from work and working hard. Most of my experiences so far have been in school and at University; each year, I have worked harder and this has led to better results. I would rather gain good results through hard work instead of through luck! Last year, I trained to be a teacher, which was incredibly challenging but, again, extremely rewarding. I couldn't imagine a life without work. Work makes each day feel worthwhile - the days off too! Days off are put to better use when you work; when every day is a day off, it can be disheartening and motivating yourself to do something can be difficult. (P.S. teachers' holidays are time away from the classroom; I am going to spend 3 weeks planning my lessons for the first half term over summer! ;) That's not a bad thing - I couldn't spend 6 weeks doing nothing!)

[Nacht-Jagen]

My satisfaction comes from the pieces of affection I can find in new friends and lovers. The very few bites of love I can get out of it all. It's those pieces, and the want for those pieces that stop me from pulling the trigger... But then, I guess I'm never truly satisfied, am I?

[Premm]

I think "Self satisfaction" is the key to get satisfied. Human beings want everything in their life. They want more and more even they have get their desired stuff. I enjoy in my own world. That's satisfaction for me!

[osho]

A true friend or someone I can rely on or partner with to share something I deeply believe in or someone I can turn to or talk to when I really want when swayed by a spurt of emotion or joy or pain.

Satisfaction is something we feel in the brains and it is more of a psychological issue and less of the bodily one.

[Whosis]

I find that my newfound ability to create something daily through my writing (poems specifically) gives me a sense of accomplishment I doubt I would even find from work.

[mal4mac]

I don't even feel satisfaction from fornication...

Whether I get an A or a F in an essay, my day is still the same...

I suppose the things that give me the most satisfaction in life are ganja, gambling, literature...

So does literature make all other satisfactions seem like "breakfast", and take away the need for them?

[deborah8315]

I'm happy that no one here mentions " my children", or " my family".... ;)
Also always funny to see people feel satisfation in life by getting attention from a woman, but well...

My personal satisfactions are when I write for my research project, when I read and when I publish.

[tonywalt]

Creativity, purpose, personal connection, love, something to look forward to and something(s) to be passionate about. (and heineken beers on Friday - today!)

[tonywalt]

I'm happy that no one here mentions " my children", or " my family".... ;)
Also always funny to see people feel satisfation in life by getting attention from a woman, but well...

My personal satisfactions are when I write for my research project, when I read and when I publish.

I did not say 'attention from women' makes me happy - only because it's not popular to say so.....and only that reason.

[perhapsican]

First thing I thought?

My OCD compulsions! Haha it's a sadsad life, isn't it? :)

No, but really: hoovering (alright, but only that one's part of the OCD!), the smell of certain books, walking through deep puddles in wellington boots and the feeling that you are absolutely doing the right thing.

[Lykren]

nothing

[tonywalt]

"I can't get no Satisfaction"- Happy birthday mick jagger, 71 years of wine and song and, other stuff.

[Oedipus]

Self-abuse

[Emil Miller]

Sitting in the garden, enjoying the sunshine and a glass of chilled Chablis whilst talking to my cat.

Also, falling asleep when watching the cult B picture series of 'Scotland Yard'.

http://youtu.be/_HvJChmSqrY

[tonywalt]

No one has said reading! On a literature forum!

[HCabret]

No one has said reading! On a literature forum!
I am illiterate.

[Bleeding Pawn]

A job well done.

[Emil Miller]

Randomly looking through Youtube videos and finding something like this.

http://youtu.be/DbMdll58lis

[tonywalt]

Pontificating about things - people at parties LOVE IT!

[Dreamwoven]

No one has said reading! On a literature forum! Reading is on my personal public profile...

[morizon]

This is a good topic, Bee.

I've finally summoned the strength to put my mom out of my life. I'm going to put her into an assisted living home, and then I'm going to give my brother as her contact. They can call him, not me. It will be 2 or 3 months before the transition can be made, but I'm so ready to let go of this heavy burden of being "on call" for her.

Right now being free of my mother is the only satisfaction I can think of.

The only thing I want for Christmas is to be free of my mother. :biggrin5:

"free of mother" -- oh, I love the sound of that.


hello i'm sincerely sorry for my immature intrusion
your mother held you 9 months inside her belly awaiting for you to come out so you could make her life shine
your mother never felt that you were a burden to her
your mother never slept a full night when you were so little
your mother never tasted a meal before she would put food into your stomach
your mother fed you
your mother cared about you
your mother bathed you
eventhough i dont know your mother as well as you do but the term mother is universal
so quit the ridicule and what you call strenght is called ungratefulness.