30 Thought Provoking Questions to Ask Yourself - Part 1

[East]

[quote=Jay]Taken from http://www.marcandangel.com/

Marc and Angel, a website that provides practical tips for productive living has compiled 365 questions to ask yourself. I think it would be fun to fill out these questions in this board.

Let's start with the first 30 questions. We'll continue with the rest of the questions in a different thread.

Question 1 - 30:

01. When was the last time you tried something new?

I ate oatmeal for the first time in my life last Monday...my lover has been bugging me for years to try it. I have an issue with consistency and I thought it was too mushy...I liked it.


02. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?

Ripley in Aliens:biggrin:

03. What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?

Dont sweat the small stuff

04. What gets you excited about life?

Hope and Love

05. What life lesson did you learn the hard way?

LOL...all of them. The hardest one was to stop smoking because it gave me a heart attack and three stents in my heart from my arteries blocked...I do not smoke anymore and haven't for years but this is a hard lesson to learn...I was lucky

06. What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?

Computerizing my business

07. Do you ask enough questions or do you settle for what you know?

LOL...I ask ALOT of questions and never settle for what I know. I love learning about anything and everything...I am very curious.

08. Who do you love and what are you doing about it?

I love God and I love my lover and I do not take it for granted at all and show both I love them as often as possible.

09. What’s a belief that you hold with which many people disagree?

LOL..where to start? Only one? Hmmm....I think there are lizard people amongst us.

10. What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago?

Forgive my parents

11. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?

Strength...no doubt

12. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?

Hmmm..I am stumped. I think the answer is nothing because I don't mind being judged at all because I know it has nothing to do with me anyway. If someone is too negative I ignore them.

13. Do you celebrate the things you do have?

I am very grateful for the things I have and I never forget it...I am not referring to material things

14. What is the difference between living and existing?

The ability to give and receive love

15. If not now, then when?

Maybe the door isn't open so look for a window

16. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?

Absolutely but too private for me to share

17. What does your joy look like today?

Love

18. Is it possible to lie without saying a word?

Yeah...to yourself

19. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend?

I do not understand this question so I have to pass.

20. Which activities make you lose track of time?

Watching National Geographic or Discovery

21. If you had to teach something, what would you teach?

Sociology

22. What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?

[COLOR="red"]Not fully doing? Acheiving serenity and inner peace
Not fully being? True to myself
Not fully having? Unconditional Love for myself and someone else[/COLOR]

23. Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?

Some but thankfully not all of my resentments. They will take the life out of you if you let them

24.When you are 80-years-old, what will matter to you the most?

Serenity and Inner Peace but mostly I would want to joint the rest of my soul group if I was alone and done here.

25. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is right?
Ideally all the time but definitely when something matters

26. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?

Three

27. Would you break the law to save a loved one?

Yes

28. What makes you smile?

Baby Animals and Baby Humans...Acts of Kindness

29. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
[COLOR="red"]
Thankfully...no[/COLOR]

30. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be?

Be true to yourself...If you dont understand what that means commit to figuring it out asap.

[East]

Wow...I just read the answers eveyone else gave. I have a thing when I have something like this to do I wont' read what anyone else says til afterward. What I learned...you guys are all really interesting! Alot of great answers (and great quesions!)

[Jay]

[quote=Jay]01. When was the last time you tried something new?

I ate oatmeal for the first time in my life last Monday...my lover has been bugging me for years to try it. I have an issue with consistency and I thought it was too mushy...I liked it.

Congrats! :biggrin:

I eat oatmeal every morning and every chance I get since 2005. My friends said oatmeal looks like someone's puke. I rolled my eyes.

I used to eat my oatmeal with milk and bananas. Then I changed it to milk and raisins. Nowadays I eat my oatmeal with Milo (chocolate and malt powder) only. My friends suggested me to stop consuming milk and certain food whilst recovering from previous surgery.

[East]

[quote=East]

Congrats! :biggrin:

I eat oatmeal every morning and every chance I get since 2005. My friends said oatmeal looks like someone's puke. I rolled my eyes.

I used to eat my oatmeal with milk and bananas. Then I changed it to milk and raisins. Nowadays I eat my oatmeal with Milo (chocolate and malt powder) only. My friends suggested me to stop consuming milk and certain food whilst recovering from previous surgery.

LOL...I used to think it looked like puke too (well..I still do but I got past it:biggrin I am a coward though because I picked the flavored oatmeals to eat and I use hot water instead of milk and added alot of cranberries...I eat cranberries with every salad I eat and always on my cereal too and I usually mix them with vegetables I steam. I buy them in bulk. The bad thing about the flavored ones is that they are processed and have ingredients I know to avoid...but I will move along past that when I am readymile:.

[zeon]

Hi,
Here is mine:

Question 1 - 30:

01. When was the last time you tried something new?

I tried something new last week when i undertook a challenge to cook a loaf of bread on my own for the first time un aided

02. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?

I dont compare to people i compare to myself

03. What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?

What goes around comes around

04. What gets you excited about life?

PAYDAY

05. What life lesson did you learn the hard way?

My sexuality to be honest was a hard lesson to learn and how to cope..

06. What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?

Building my dreams not spending my money

07. Do you ask enough questions or do you settle for what you know?

settle

08. Who do you love and what are you doing about it?

I love those i keep close and show it with respect

09. What’s a belief that you hold with which many people disagree?

Being gay is not a phase

10. What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago?

Not applicable

11. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?

Strength it makes a man a true man

12. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?

nothing

13. Do you celebrate the things you do have?

Nope

14. What is the difference between living and existing?

Existing is a figment we all do in a world of living

15. If not now, then when?

come again?

16. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?

making bread

17. What does your joy look like today?

whats a joy?

18. Is it possible to lie without saying a word?

Yes as body language says alot more than words

19. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend?

forever

20. Which activities make you lose track of time?

computers

21. If you had to teach something, what would you teach?

The art of karma

22. What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?

id regret not keeping my pup at birth

23. Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?

nope

24.When you are 80-years-old, what will matter to you the most?

whether i piss myself or not

25. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is right?

im lost

26. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?

as old as i wanted to be

27. Would you break the law to save a loved one?

Yes

28. What makes you smile?

Stupid things like old ladies falling over on ice

29. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

come again?

30. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be?

Its time to grow up and get life sorted

[Zet]

Just epic, I replied to all questions, then my father plugged the Internet down cause he wanted me to clean my room. Gotta have to rewrite it again

01. When was the last time you tried something new?

I've recently tried to meditate some to cope with my depression.

02. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?

Most people. you, my family, my friends, everyone i see.

03. What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?

If you would die tomorrow, how would you like to remember your life? Smile and thinking of all the good things you've gone or regretting all the stuff you have not done?

04. What gets you excited about life?

Hard question for me. I'm trying to live and love, and being thankful for all the things in the world, small as big. But in general there is not much that excites me, and I would like to change that.

05. What life lesson did you learn the hard way?

Never say to much... Nor to little...

06. What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?

Just far away from bloody Eskilstuna.

07. Do you ask enough questions or do you settle for what you know?

I like to ask, even if I know the answer just to check if I am right.

08. Who do you love and what are you doing about it?

My family and friends. I got no romance in my life but I still got people who care about me and I am trying to spend it as much time as I can with them.

09. What’s a belief that you hold with which many people disagree?

The end will soon come... Not the end of the world but the end of our time here.

10. What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago?

Seeing the beauty of things I did not before.

11. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?

Neutral. Crying to me shows weakness, but for a strong big man who is so dependent of his big emotional wall that he has build, does it show strength to show him self weak and let it all out.

12. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?

Obviously gotten out.

13. Do you celebrate the things you do have?

I believe that material goods are just things we are trying to fill our emotional vacuum in our soul that only love and inner peace can fill it with. We do not need a TV, computer, etc... We just need each other, and we should celebrate our existence instead of the goods we have.

14. What is the difference between living and existing?

Things exists, we live. Like a stone, you can see it and touch it, but it has no consciousness and does not move, meanwhile we move, eat, constantly trying to find a meaning in our lives.

To live is to love, to be happy with who you are and what you have, to exist is to be like the stone you walk on.

15. If not now, then when?

When will stones move and have feelings? Don't ask me :eek:

16. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?

Walking in a snow covered woods. Sitting under a pine tree and only listen to the rhythm of nature.

17. What does your joy look like today?

My joy? Spending it with those I hold dear. Except from that not much.

18. Is it possible to lie without saying a word?

Yes, to your self.

19. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend?

Not sure if I understood the question correctly. But I have a friend who I seem to have an unspoken bond between, although I don't have to say anything he understands me as if he was a part of my brain. We've been friends since junior high (Although we became rivals for a year).

20. Which activities make you lose track of time?

Sitting by the computer or TV.

21. If you had to teach something, what would you teach?

I bet Swedish cuisine :p

22. What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?

Not to forgive my self and never got in shape, or thin atleast.

23. Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?

Always.

24.When you are 80-years-old, what will matter to you the most?

A doctor or a nurse obviously.

25. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is right?

The time when you have the courage not to be such a coward and change the way you live into your dream.

26. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?

15. Although many thinks (Before I say how old I am) that I am 21, but it feels like I've been stuck in time ever since then.

27. Would you break the law to save a loved one?

Fuck the law, any time, any where.

28. What makes you smile?

People who is being nice to me

29. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

No. I admit I don't do much, but I say less.

30. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be?

We need no politics, we need no money, we need no ruler. All we need is love

[ZackT]

01. When was the last time you tried something new? - I started watching a series that I hadn't ever watched before, that's new to me. But if we're talking about "real" experiences, then I dunno. I guess getting my job a year ago as a security guard was trying something new.

02. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to? - I don't really make repeat comparisons.

03. What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say? - If you'd just tell them what you're planning...

04. What gets you excited about life? - The future

05. What life lesson did you learn the hard way? - Really think about how your actions and words may affect someone, because even if it wouldn't bother you, it could really hurt your relationship with someone else...

06. What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago? - Actually looking for a job and not being such a shithead to my family

07. Do you ask enough questions or do you settle for what you know? - I ask questions but usually they're not all that important.

08. Who do you love and what are you doing about it? - I love my girlfriend and I'm trying to make it work by being who she wants me to be

09. What’s a belief that you hold with which many people disagree? - That a lot of religious concepts are created, not by any divine being, but by humans themselves.

10. What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago? - Show better self restraint when it comes to obsessing over doing something I want to do.

11. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength? - Both, depending on the situation and what you're crying about. I think it's pretty weak for some people to cry on a whim in public just for attention, but if you're crying because you're happy or because you just lost someone terribly important to you for example, that's a sign of strength I think.

12. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you? - Maybe sing more, but probably not because I hate my own voice. I'm the one judging it all of the time anyway.

13. Do you celebrate the things you do have? - I'm happy to have them, but I don't exactly understand what it means to "celebrate" the things I have.

14. What is the difference between living and existing? - Living is the notion that you're actively participating in your life, that you're seeking to better yourself or those around you. Existing is just falling through the routines and letting whatever happens, happen.

15. If not now, then when? - When I feel the time is right.

16. Have you done anything lately worth remembering? - Nah, but that's pretty much the usual.

17. What does your joy look like today? - Like my friends

18. Is it possible to lie without saying a word? - Absolutely

19. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to
yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend? - Forevers

20. Which activities make you lose track of time? - World of Warcraft, reading, watching good shows, talking to certain people

21. If you had to teach something, what would you teach? - WRESTLING

22. What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life? - Don't know. There's some things I'd love to do or possess, but I don't put too much stock in it to feel like I'm gonna regret it later.

23. Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of? - I don't think so

24.When you are 80-years-old, what will matter to you the most? - My friends and if I'm comfortable without being a burden on someone else.

25. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is
right? - When you just know it. It's an inexplicable feeling.

26. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? - Based on how I look, probably a late teenager. Based on how I feel, probably in my 30's or 40's.

27. Would you break the law to save a loved one? - Sure

28. What makes you smile? - My girlfriend, wrestling, music, games, my friends

29. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done? - Probably

30. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be? - CM PUNK IS THE BEST WRESTLER IN THE WORLD

[CellarDweller]

01. When was the last time you tried something new?

Tried some sushi for the first time last week.

02. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?

I really don't compare myself to anyone that I can think of.

03. What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?

it gets better

04. What gets you excited about life?

the future

05. What life lesson did you learn the hard way?

always tell people when you love them, you don't know when they'll be taken from you.

06. What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?

Dieting, exercise, and saving money.

07. Do you ask enough questions or do you settle for what you know?

I think I used to settle too much, but that's changing.

08. Who do you love and what are you doing about it?

At the moment there is no romantic love in my life.

09. What’s a belief that you hold with which many people disagree?

I don't know.

10. What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago?

going vegetarian if I wanted too.

11. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?

strength

12. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?

I'd come out sooner.

13. Do you celebrate the things you do have?

Yes.

14. What is the difference between living and existing?

existingis just being, living is being active in your life.

15. If not now, then when?

soon

16. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?

Been there for my friends.

17. What does your joy look like today?

No joy today.......just tired.

18. Is it possible to lie without saying a word?

Yes.

19. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend?

On my good days, yes.....on my bad days, no. lol

20. Which activities make you lose track of time?

surfin' the 'net and chatting with friends.

21. If you had to teach something, what would you teach?

pre-school

22. What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?

a successful relationship with a partner

23. Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?

Not that I know of

24.When you are 80-years-old, what will matter to you the most?

My health

25. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is right?

as soon as you know what "right" is.

26. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?


30

27. Would you break the law to save a loved one?

Oh absolutely

28. What makes you smile?

hugs and kisses

29. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

No, I don't think so.

30. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be?

To love and respect each other in spite of your differences.

[ardus]

Taken from http://www.marcandangel.com/

Marc and Angel, a website that provides practical tips for productive living has compiled 365 questions to ask yourself. I think it would be fun to fill out these questions in this board.

Let's start with the first 30 questions. We'll continue with the rest of the questions in a different thread.

Question 1 - 30:

01. When was the last time you tried something new?

I'm not really sure

02. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?

My hero SFC Jean Paul Lebroq

03. What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?

Be who you are

04. What gets you excited about life?

Right now, just living and learning

05. What life lesson did you learn the hard way?

Don't Lie

06. What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?

PT

07. Do you ask enough questions or do you settle for what you know?

I didn't used to but I am getting much better at it

08. Who do you love and what are you doing about it?

That's a complicated question

09. What’s a belief that you hold with which many people disagree?

That I am who I am and I don't need to conform to anyone's ideas

10. What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago?

Write a good NCOER

11. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?

Both

12. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?

Tell people I like men

13. Do you celebrate the things you do have?

I try to

14. What is the difference between living and existing?

Knowing who you are

15. If not now, then when?

As soon as possigle

16. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?

Right now I am helping a soldier no one else wants to help

17. What does your joy look like today?

Not sure

18. Is it possible to lie without saying a word?

Yes

19. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend?

Forever

20. Which activities make you lose track of time?

Quite a few, examples, Cooking, Football, Shooting

21. If you had to teach something, what would you teach?

US Revolutionary History

22. What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?

Learning about myself

23. Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?

Yes

24.When you are 80-years-old, what will matter to you the most?

Have I been who I want to be

25. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is right?

Right Now

26. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?

Don't Know

27. Would you break the law to save a loved one?

Absolutely with no equivocation

28. What makes you smile?

Many things

29. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

I don't know

30. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be?

Very Big question, I can't answer it right now

First run at the answers
Richard

[Dreamweaver]

01. When was the last time you tried something new?
Yesturday, I cooked something new that I newer done before.
02. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?
hm...I think to nobody
03. What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?
I love you
04. What gets you excited about life?
new things
05. What life lesson did you learn the hard way?
You can't make always everyone happy.
06. What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?
sex
07. Do you ask enough questions or do you settle for what you know?
I ask a lot of questions
08. Who do you love and what are you doing about it?
my bf, my family and some precious friends and try to be as good as they think I'm.
09. What’s a belief that you hold with which many people disagree?
There is nothing more important than life!
10. What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago?
ther is no such thing
11. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?
neither. It's something that belongs to life itself.
12. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?
I have no regrets in my life!
13. Do you celebrate the things you do have?
Should i?
14. What is the difference between living and existing?
living is when you enjoy existing
15. If not now, then when?
maybe tomorrow
16. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?
No, which is sad
17. What does your joy look like today?
to be with my family, cook something for them and laugh a lot
18. Is it possible to lie without saying a word?
No. You can't lie to yourself.
19. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend?
forever
20. Which activities make you lose track of time?
writing, drawing, sometimes working
21. If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
cooking mile:
22. What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?
no
23. Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?
we will see...
24.When you are 80-years-old, what will matter to you the most?
die soon
25. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is right?
It should be always
26. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
40
27. Would you break the law to save a loved one?
Yes
28. What makes you smile?
to see my darling trying to repair things
29. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
No
30. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be?
Don't be so selfish!