Have you ever look back in life with smile n said "I MADE IT" ?

[kingmaker21]

I have done recently so i thought I ask you...

[WhiteSteve]

Definitely. Started out playing football when I was a little kid. First game we got blown out 20-0. We lost every game that season. We only scored one touchdown the whole year. We got a pizza party for it, that’s how bad we were down, lmfao.

The rest of Pop Warner wasn’t much better. No wins, two ties that we celebrated like wins. Freshman football team was mid. We actually had an exclusively sophomore team, that was the first good team, but there wasn’t any championship to even play for because sophomore football was rare, so we’d play JV teams from small towns a lot. JV was ok, senior year we came in ranked #1 in the state (Massachusetts…. LOL) but thought we could just roll our helmets out and win, and we dropped the first game 16-9 and that was the end of that. Almost beat our major rival in their house senior year, but my idiot teammate hit the punter when we forced them to punt late in the game, they got the ball back, took the lead, and won. Hardest cry of my teenage years, for sure. They ended up going to the championship. Thankfully they lost or I might’ve offed myself, lmao.

Anyway, I loved football but it was always a disappointment. I started playing semipro football in my 20s, and that was awesome. No championships at first, but we were at least competitive. But my last three years were a dream I still can’t believe was real. We won our league championship, undeafeated, and got moved up to the highest skill level. We went out and went undefeated AGAIN against the higher competition, and that got us an invite to play for the National Championship in Florida, which I’m happy to say we won. And just for good measure, we did the EXACT same thing the next season😎

So from the humblest of football beginnings and a childhood of unrelenting disappointment, my adult career was amazing. We went 41-0 over those last three years, with a AA league ‘ship, two back-to-back AAA league ‘ships, and two back-to-back National Championships🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 And my “Goon Squad” defense was #1 in the country in both points allowed and yards allowed. We were fuckin’ BADASS🦍🦍🦍

Coolest pic I’ll ever take in my life, and I’m fat, pale, and wearing a du-rag🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂😂😂 GOON SQUAD👹👹👹

Also, I always wanted to play hockey growing up. For financial and time commitment reasons for my family, I never got to. I always had a hole in my soul over it, it was so up my alley. I loved the fights when I watched on TV, lmao. I went through most of my adult life just thinking it was a bummer it never happened, but if you didn’t do it as a kid, you were assed out.

Fast forward to my 40s…. my mom died, so I moved home to take care of my disabled elderly father. I’m from a big time hockey area, rinks everywhere. One is five minutes from me. On a whim, I stopped in just to see if there was any avenue for an adult to play, and it turned out there was. I went out that week and bought skates, and started going to public skating sessions to get my feet under me. A few months later I started a weekly adult instructional hockey class. Played just about every other day, put in work off the ice, just trying to catch up even a little to the lifers I’d have to compete against. Two years and change in, I’m having the time of my life with it, and I even won my first championship over the summer🏆

Tits out for the trophy

Also have even gotten to live the dream and get in a handful of fights, so that’s been nothing short of invigorating lmao

Real talk, how smooth was that helmet peel-off?😂 We’re cool now though, won the 🏆 together

Low point: challenging a guy to fight, dropping my gloves, and realizing he didn’t hear me🤦‍♂️😂 “I’mma head out…”

Man, I missed trash talking so much😂

Lmao, but yeah, I love sports, they’re my raison d’être, and I’m playing later into my life than I ever thought I’d get to, plus I’ve been a part of some incredible team successes, so I definitely feel like, for my purposes and my abilities, I absolutely “made it” on the sports front. It’s all amateur, nobody cares or is impressed, but I do it for my own fulfillment, and I’m brimming👍

[lightbulb27]

Fun story, never realized you were over 40. ouch... that stuff hurts now right?

[WhiteSteve]

@lightbulb27 Football definitely started to hurt getting into my 30s. Hockey is usually ok, but I get injured every now and again, but it would’ve happened at 20, too. The real hurt is emotional, when some 14 year old kid at public hockey absolutely dummies me😂

[lightbulb27]

lol... there's no substitute for youth. Their brains... fear... is not fully in place, so they will hammer, and their muscle is more dense. You have the advantage of wisdom and wits...:)

[WhiteSteve]

@lightbulb27 That’s it, man👍 And what limited wisdom and wit it is🤣

[exitseven]

I had a very difficult time getting through grad school. I was literally one exam away from getting kicked out of the program. I just barely graduated. I smile when I think that I did graduate and have a good career. It just as easily could have gone the other way,

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[bobalife]

Not sure if it’s exactly “I made it” but definitely felt really proud and honorable a few times this past year in 2023 in my career with my contribution, feedback, previous promotion, and nominations, esp in 2022.

[Cutegirl06]

When I was 9 something happened to me that was traumatic. I look back at how bad I felt when it happened and how I used that experience to better myself now I look back and say, "Yeah I'm fine "

[Smashingdoozy]

Well I didn't die the multiple times I thought I was going to... Made it past the age I didn't think I was going to... Which leaves a lot to figure out in life

[mandyfire98]

It's hard for me to do because I feel like I have imposter syndrome a lot.

[kingmaker21]

Aw girl no be confident...

[mandyfire98]

I am confident on most things but sometimes I'll just think like how did this happen and when is it gonna go away haha

[hahahmm]

Yes. But looking back on it I was wrong because I'm the type of person with high goals and you never get to the end of all of that.

[serious]

No I have not accomplished anything like that.

[Twalli]

Well in terms of finally getting a girlfriend, but I got her over 5.5 years ago, so it happened a while ago. Granted she and I marvel every day about who we actually got.

[Anonymous]

The most recent was graduating high school. Time has greatly passed since my last moment like that…

[Demonatrix]

Not since childhood

[NathanDavis]

a few times...

[IslaTheWitch]

Yes and it feels great

[jaskin777]

• Nope

[Nice222]

Yes I have and it was a great feeling!!

[7Phoenix7]

Yesss

[7Phoenix7]

I don't have a high body count.

[7Phoenix7]

You upset about me ignoring your dms... got it.

[sheikalana]

YES! So many times.

[TiaNour]

Yeppp