Tuesday Five
Sorry this one’s late. That’s material for a subsequent post…
What do you most want to be remembered for? I’d like to be remembered for founding an online community that successfully encouraged and nurtured hundreds of aspiring amateur writers. I’d like to be remembered by everyone associated with that community for my wisdom and leadership in running that group.
What quotation best fits your outlook on life? Honestly, I don’t think there’s any one quote, but there have been plenty of good examples among the philosophical treatises I’ve posted here (friends-only) over the past 18 months.
What single achievement are you most proud of in the past year? I don’t know as there’s one single one. I’m pleased with how I ran the 2003 Dargon Writers’ Summit. I’m naturally pleased with my cycling, which included climbing Evans Notch and doing the 200-mile PMC ride, which also included my fundraising for the Jimmy Fund. I’m also particularly proud of how well I’ve done in graphic design school. But in addition, I’m also pleased with my philosophical investigations and exploration of Zen, my participation in Boston’s war protests, my Web work for Onyx, and my administration of DargonZine’s advertising campaign on Google. And I’m especially pleased when I look back at how successful my social life has been over the past year.
What about the past ten years? Well, again, there’s several things. Ten years is a long time. It would be impossible to overemphasize my return as editor and my leadership of DargonZine. There’s also my work for Sapient, which in addition to being very lucrative, offered me the opportunity to work on some of the most prestigious Web projects on the planet, such as National Geographic’s Web site, online banking, online brokerages, and much more. There’s my move into Boston and then my subsequent condo purchase. There’s my evolution as a person and the gradual increase in “healthiness” of my relationships, which is a particular point of pride.
If you were asked to give a child a single piece of advice to guide them through life, what would you say? I think the most important thing is to be aware that you’re responsible for your own life and your own happiness. Don’t do anything just because other people expect it of you; do it because you know it’s going to make you happier. Enjoy each day, rather than always live for a tomorrow that never comes because there are always more tomorrows to worry about. Make all your decisions based on the criteria of having absolutely nothing to regret when you’re on your deathbed looking back at your life.