This seemed at first to be such an overwhelming question but the more I think about it, the more that doesn’t seem to be the entire case. or rather, at the very lease, the things that I would deem to be an accomplishment are quite few and far between. While I have deep plans and goals I know I will accomplish one day, those have yet to happen. My Fiancé says that this makes me an incredibly negative person but I don’t see it that way. I see it as having a high standard for what I deem as accomplishments. Of course I have done many thing, and would love to do many more before my time here is up but most of those are not an accomplishment. I would consider something to be an accomplishment when you are able to, at an old age, look back and be glad that everything great, bad, hard, and frustrating that you did and went through, in your life, that allowed you do do something or achieve another was entirely worth every once of sacrifice. To have zero regret on what could have been for a true accomplishment is an amalgamation of your life and the work you put into it.
My Foremost accomplishment is my journey with Christ. While this has not reached a resolution as of yet and I don’t intend for it to for a while more to come. I am proud of myself for keeping Him at the for front of my brain for that past few years. By no means am I a good Christian either, In fact I’m among the worst I know. I for the longest have been a lukewarm Christian, a blind Christian, intentionally ignorant, and any thing else you can possibly think of. I do strongly believe that everyone has a spiritual journey that starts from the moment of consciousness to your time of judgement. My personal journey has not been smooth and has been filled with many of ups and downs, but that is how one grows. through trial and error. After all only one man has ever been perfect and thankfully God does not expect us to be. But throughout every mistake, fumble, failure, temptation, or pure conscious wrong doing that I have made, I never denounced Christ as my King, Lord, and Savior. This, for me, is my corner stone. The foundation of my belief and spirt. No matter how bad I get how intertwined with evil, vial, and wrong doing. I know Christ to be Lord and will never deny Him for anything. I recognize one day I must stand before my Lord God and be judged and the one thing I do not wish to here is “I do not know you.” I openly admit My relationship with Christ need improvement drastically, I do not read the word as much as I ought to, nor do I pray, go to church, preform works in his name, or live a loving Life where the love of Christ can shine through me. I do have plans for Improvement in place however. But it is up to me to hold myself to to them and to practice discipline in what I find to be the most important thing in life. I plan on writing out my prayers as apposed to saying them for I find writing as a medium more conducive for myself and something I could stick to. Along with my prayers I will write out study notes as I force myself to read to insure competency. Still working on the whole church think, I know it is written, But I personally have a lot of problems with organized religion; I have yet to give up on it though. And I am due for a grand personality shift, that is honestly going to be the hardest do t a many of corrosive habits. With all that being said, It sounds as though I have accomplished nothing still, and in a way yes. But according to my definition of accomplishment, I find extreme pride in my journey even in the dark times of my walk with God even when I was lost; you only are able to recognize light due to the contrast of shadow.
MATT 7:21-23
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
My relationship with my Fiancé and the family we have been able to start together is my next Accomplishment. Honestly I don’t know what I would be doing without her, and I don’t say that in some story brook aspect, I truly have no clue. We meet purely of the whim of God, I didn’t ever expect I would be going to college, yet here I am, causing me to move to the other side of the country. I have no recollection applying for the job we meet at even when I was at the interview. Only God can put someone in your life like that under the circumstances. We are made perfect for each other in every way. while we have some similarities in many ways we are stark opposites. While those opposites can cause a lot of friction, I find once we take a step back from the problems at hand, it is our duality that shows our perfect compliments of each other. We balance each other out. Most important of all we both want to be together through anything no matter how challenging the future may become. Unfortunately, because of my own doing, our relationship has been tested before even as far as an undoing. But through personal growth and commitment, and her mere forgiveness we were given a second attempt. I will not let this go to waste, as I mentioned previously, I don’t know what I would do without her. On a lighter note this year, recently, we have been blessed with a son, our first child. I would be lying to say it has all been sunshine and rainbows but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Honestly a lot of the time the baby does frustrate me by no fault of his own just the mere fact of him being a baby. I’ve never been good with pets, dealing with other people, or obnoxious loud behavior. In fact I grew up as an only child in a single mother household and I am an extremely introverted person naturally. Not saying any of that as an excuse but merely as a reference point of me learning how to even be a father. In the past year alone I moved into a house full of people (my in-laws house, 7 other people not to include my fiancé, 3 dogs, and a cat) and had a baby. A lot has changed and I’m almost constantly out of my comfort zone, But I am learning, adapting, and implementing change one challenge at a time. Needless to say I love my son, and would dig through mountains if it meant his betterment and well being. I am so blessed to have my Fiancé and my son, the people that I find true love and admiration for. I am in love with our life together on top of that. Yes, I have grand plans of improvement but on the day to day to simply come home to my two people is the best feeling in the world.
What I would deem as my final accomplishment in life so far would be starting to take my writing seriously. Yes, I am still extremely new to writing and truthfully I never made any serious attempts until recently. However, since I have started I made a blog website, an Instagram page, made actual post, have sparking interest in reading, working on establishing a legitimate company, and began drafting my first book. I find pride in this progress because I know it will lead to the accomplishment of my career goals one day, I just have to focus my time, recourses and energy until it prevails. Why I have such drive to pursue this is do to my lack of dive for a career in the past and it is my passion. Formerly, I had not an ounce of knowledge regarding what I wanted to do with my life out of high school except join the Marine Corps. Then when that fell through, I join NROTC as a Marine option Midshipmen, made my way through college (Almost at the end, graduate spring 2026). Turns out, that is also about to fall through or I may have to commission into the Navy, I’m now hoping that it does falls through. As of now I have no aspirations to join the Navy, although if I have to I must, But I wish to be a banker and one day a full time writer. As you can see like my spiritual journey my career path has been everything but smooth, but as opposed to right out of high school, I am finishing up my Econ and Finance degree with an end goal in mind. Whether that means I have to go the the Navy or not. This is why while technically unaccomplished as of now, I am confident, driven, and will get my goals accomplished. I will support my family, thrive in life, and want for nothing thanks to my writing career.
In short, I don’t have many accomplishments in life. I have never ran a marathon, haven’t travelled the world, nor have I won any notable medals. Yet, the few that I do have mean all the more to me due to the innate intimacy of which my accomplishments share with my life. You only have one life in this world, no matter your circumstances, “Find a way to win!” – Capt. St. Cyr USMC
-Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit