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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 11:43 AM
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Are you a "finished product" or a "work in progress"?
I'm definitely a "work in progress".
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 11:44 AM
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1. The day I am finished is the day I die.
So I sure as hell hope I am the latter! :)
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 11:45 AM
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2. At 23, I assumed I was the finished product...
A few years later, I know I'm a work in progress.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 11:48 AM
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3. I am almost 47 and still
consider myself a work in progress.
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 12:59 PM
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8. As will I at 47...
Edited on Thu Sep-09-04 01:05 PM by eyesroll
I was a know-it-all who knew nothing at 23.

I still know nothing, but at least I know that now.

(on edit -- Okay, so I know at least that something. Oy.)
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SarahB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 12:10 PM
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4. We all should be "works in progress".
Otherwise, are we truly alive even (in a sort of metaphysical sense anyway)?

A perpetually evolving work in progress here. I let myself stagnate far too long in my 20's- not exactly being entirely true to my inner self. Lots of evolving to make up for right now. :D
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 12:15 PM
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6. I love your answer!
I was going to say something along the same lines, but you've summed it up perfectly!

We *are* all works in progress, or we are not truly alive.

:thumbsup:
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 12:12 PM
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5. Neither- I'm an "I'll start tomorrow."
nt
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Squeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 12:56 PM
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7. Retrograde
These days it feels like I'm losing ground in just about every parameter.

My swing states are hysterical anger and near-catatonic depression.

But that's just me.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 01:03 PM
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9. I'm done. Through. It's over.
The kids are bigger than I am. I've had my 15 minutes. I'll never have a job as exciting as my previous one. I've got nothing to look forward to.....I'm wasted space.

Guess that means I'm a finished product.
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 04:25 PM
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10. I'm a work in progress
I know that I don't know everything that I need to learn about life. I have not approached my true potential. I would be majorly depressed if I thought that I was a finished product too. I tend to use the term "dynamic character" though.
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sister_rosa_refried Donating Member (320 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-09-04 04:32 PM
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11. I'd like to say finished product.
But every time I look at my fat ass, I'd have to say work in progress.

Compare it to adding a lane to a highway, if you know what I mean.
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