Fulfillment. fo͝olˈfilmənt
Dictionary definition being: satisfaction or happiness as a
result of fully developing one's abilities or character or: the achievement of
something desired, promised, or predicted. As depressing or pessimistic as it
might sound I have yet to truly comprehend or feel what this word means. Maybe I’m too young to understand this concept
and that’s the reason I haven’t gotten to find this, maybe you feel the same
way or maybe you have and that’s great, you’re achieving this fulfillment
thing. The first definition says; satisfaction or happiness as a result of
fully developing ones character, and I took this as, it is something you have
to work at. It might not just come to you out of the blue, saying ‘hey what’s
up nice to meet you, I’m fulfillment and now you are too’. Perhaps, this is the
reason I have yet to find it, because I haven’t fully developed my ability of
character. "I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the
difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we
travel for fulfillment." All my life I have been in the wandering stage,
trying to find my way to the traveler and I honestly believe that in order to
be fulfilled with your life you have to step out of that wanderer stage and
find yourself, find what makes you feel good, happy, satisfied. But with this
feeling or noun or however you want to look at it, I expect that when you
finally find fulfillment you will find your purpose. “You have to give your
life meaning in order for you to find your purpose”, and I know that
fulfillment plays an incredibly important role in this. When you are fulfilled
I sense that it is when you will feel free, weightless, anything, because you
will have achieved something, you will have found your purpose. So because I
have yet to find fulfillment I googled techniques of how to find it, there are
only 11 quick steps or techniques- practice being satisfied, beware of
indecision, practice cheerfulness, learn to like people, live and let live,
adversity teaches, don’t take yourself so seriously, have a sense of humor, practice
objectivity, and lastly tolerate your own mistakes. Practice being satisfied,
wow, if only I hadn’t thought of that sooner, I mean that is the whole reason
why I googled this in the first place, next. Beware of indecision, and I
completely agree because in the end this is what makes you travel to understand
yourself. Practice cheerfulness, okay so don’t actually be happy just pretend
and you’ll force it, great! Learn to like people, words of the wise people, I
actually think this is a foolproof plan. Live and let live, tattoo quote idea?
Probably, but in all seriousness this can actually develop your character by
not caring what others think. The rest of the list and even the beginning can
help to find fulfillment, but it just comes down to how each and every person
uses it. You have to be the ultimate person to decide what you want to do, how
and where to travel, and what your purpose is, to find fulfillment.
Quote number one from Hilaire Belloc, the second quote from
Mrs. Solano, and the steps from dumblittleman.com.
I totally relate to everything you are saying! I think everyone tries to find fulfillment in their lives way to early and are disappointed when they cannot find it right away, but not everything in life comes easy, most things must be worked towards. I love that you started out with a dictionary definition then let us know what your definition is, while using relating quotes. Fulfillment means something different to everyone and you helped me realize that. Great job!
ReplyDelete-Chloe Hopkins
wow a different way to look at the word fulfillment, I thought like you had that it was something you had to work on. Good Job.
ReplyDeleteThis was very deep. I've never thought of fulfillment this way. Great job.
ReplyDeleteWoh, I never thought so deeply about the concept of fulfillment. I too, have not found fulfillment. I was amused on your commentary on the 11 steps to fulfillment. People make it sound so easy but fulfillment is something more internal, getting over internal conflicts and being satisfied with your virtues in life. This was an eye opening piece.
ReplyDeleteI love how relatable and thoughtful this is. With graduation approaching I think we are all questioning things like our purpose and what will make us feel fulfilled... so picking this topic is super spot on for most of us. Good job!
ReplyDelete-Marissa Putrick
I very much enjoyed your analysis of the word "fulfillment"; its really a term that I hadn't really given much significance or value until now. Perhaps my favorite part of your piece was the realization that, in order to experience the essence of fulfillment, it must come from the self, which is a concept I think we should highly value. In life, we tend to depend on "things" to satify our life, but it really only truly comes from us and the choices we make on a daily basis.
ReplyDelete-Pavia Omolewa
This is such a beautiful way to look at life, I can definitely relate to your view and I think it makes a lot of sense. Your set up of your piece was very fluid and easy to follow, great job!
ReplyDeletewow. It's weird to ask myself how i see "fulfillment" but as i read your 11 steps I was asking myself if I did them, and if I didnt i tried to picture life if i did and i can definitely see how a lot of these can lead to a happier life. It takes time but these little changes really can help.
ReplyDeleteloved it nice job i liked how deep it was
ReplyDeleteAshley lowman
I love this! It's like the discussion we had in class about true happiness and how it's really achieved, how fulfillment can be truly reached in life. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteWow! I really love your writing style. It's very casual and easy to read and understand, but at the same time you're able to say some really perspective changing ideas and so clearly. I really liked your interpretation & think I'm with you on the wandering thing :)
ReplyDeleteGreat Job
This was a very deep and insightful, I loved the new perspective.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you presented the overall definition and continuously moved deeper to a more meaningful and insightful word that is manageable based on how you find fulfillment in your own life, the 11 steps are dependent upon the person and whether they need to use those steps to feel satisfaction, others find fulfillments in different ways. Great job!
ReplyDeleteReally deep and meaningful. I really liked the first quote as well. Nice job.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great abstract idea, especially since we just got done with learning about existentialism, I feel this piece really highlighted some overlooked ideas. When you said, "because you have achieved something, will find your purpose" and "tolerate your own mistakes", I really applied it to existentialism and instead of making me gloomy it actually made me hopeful. Great writing Crystal!
ReplyDeleteVery well written piece! Personally I hadn't thought of the word fulfillment as something so powerful and deeply internal in our lives. I saw it more as a word that defined actions that left us feeling satisfied, accomplished or happy. Thank you for the new perspective, I will now seek to find true fulfillment as you present it. - Aileen Munoz
ReplyDeleteThis makes me wonder if I have truly felt satisfaction, or if I just tell my self that I do. It's definitely true that it depends on the person and their idea of fulfillment. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteI loved the concept and the idea I feel like after reading this some people will realized they aren't fulfilled ..I feel personally it was different because who would ever thing to google how to do a life task the steps you gave where great and I read it to my sister who's in her 20's and she loved it and felt it was true
ReplyDeleteThis was a very refreshing read, thank you for your unique, yet relatable perspective.
ReplyDelete-Maddie Alegria
I loved this piece and I thought the way you presented the word fulfillment was great, everyone has different things that fulfill them and I need to focus in on what fulfills me so thank you for helping me realize that!
ReplyDelete-Meghan Ustrell
The steps towards fulfillment can be such a trying journey, but I agree that if and when you might find it you'll have a better understanding of your place in life. This was such an interesting concept that may people don't really think about.
ReplyDeleteThis is very important, we think we have found our fulfillment in life, but that is not always the case. It usually is the first step into fulfillment. This is great, I am going to keep this in the back of my head as I move on from high school, in just a few days.
ReplyDelete-Oyinda Akinnusi
I loved how you stated that fulfillment depends on every person, and I've never thought of it that way, thanks for the new perspective. Keep up the great work! -Damian Echavarria
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job! Thanks for giving me another way to look at it!
ReplyDeleteI love your casual tone about a seemingly more complicated idea than I ever thought to, actually, ever think about! Great explanations, and great work!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to have different interpretations! I loved this so much because of the creativity great job
ReplyDeleteThis was a nice piece to read, I think many people struggle with finding fulfillment so this was something I could relate to.
ReplyDelete-Celeste Martinez
This was a great and thought-provoking piece. Great job!
ReplyDeleteNice piece! I like how you end it with "you have to be the ultimate person to decide", I agree with that. It's all up to you, not those steps can tell you what to do and not even other people.
ReplyDeleteI loved this piece very interesting to look at fulfillment in that perspective makes you sit and think lol good job
ReplyDeleteYour work reminded me of the saying "Is the glass half full or half empty." I think it's also important to keep in mind the different types of fulfillment people seek, whether it's materialistic or intangible. Either way, both courses involve some type of work or form of "travel" to get there. Great work!
ReplyDeleteThis was written so well. Had me hooked all the way to the end. It was easy for me to connect to.
ReplyDeleteYour work reminded me of the saying "Is the glass half full or half empty." I think it's also important to keep in mind the different types of fulfillment people seek, whether it's materialistic or intangible. Either way, both courses involve some type of work or form of "travel" to get there. Great work!
ReplyDeleteI respect the decisions and certain details that you included within your work. Though while reading your explanations, it would have been more sufficient if you made your overall purpose more apparent in the beginning stages, not allowing it to proliferate into a more complicated section once the novelty of the topic passes. However, I genuinely liked your interpretation of fulfillment. I hope to find it someday as well. Great work.
ReplyDeleteI can definitely relate because even now that we're all going for college some of us still aren't sure if we are satisfied with the choices we've made. Thinking about it I don't know if I can ever say I have been satisfied or fulfilled, something I never thought of.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you questioned the definition of fulfillment and then questioned yourself as or not you accomplished that definition. It was very eye opening and I thank you for making me question whether or not I have met that definition and giving me steps to do it.
ReplyDeleteI love that you chose this topic because unfortunately as humans we blind ourselves from that reality.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that it will take a long time for not only you but all of the young to truly understand what fulfillment means. Right now we might feel fulfilled graduating highschool. But that is only the start of our lives. I think we can truly feel fulfilled after we have accomplished all our desires. Great concept I really enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteGreat use of imagery it was very deep great job
ReplyDeleteBobby freeman
Very interesting topic. I never even thought about personal fulfillment and now I'm questioning if I really do feel fulfilled with my life.
ReplyDeleteThis piece was very well written and very deep. I love the concept and how relatable it is. It really provoked a lot of thought and made me view things in a different light. Nice job.
ReplyDelete-Kathlyn Juarez
Very intuitive and it makes you think about the word in different perspectives. I liked it
ReplyDeletei really related to your piece because i tell myself to practice these same exact things all the time.
ReplyDelete-shaniya t.
I have always thought that I have been generally fulfilled with my life but after applying those practices to my life I haven't been. Just saying I am fulfilled is not that same as true fulfillment. Great Job!!!! -Luke Riddington
ReplyDeleteLoved this! this really spoke to me especially as I'm beginning a new chapter in my life and feeling content seems to be a struggle. Very inspiring and great job!
ReplyDeleteI like how your idea tied in with the lessons of existentialism we went over in class.I enjoy reading or listening to other peoples' way of thinking over a topic about philosophy and this piece did it's job for me! -Kouleen Morales
ReplyDeleteI like your definition of the word "fulfillment", well written story, I totally relate to this. Good Job!
ReplyDelete-Sirikanya boonyanant
I really loved this piece. I struggle with the concept aswell. I think that we go through life trying to find fulfillment but we can't find total fullfilment because then we aren't living. Great job!
ReplyDelete-karyna g
Fulfillment is a very hard achievement, and many people see it differently. Overall, some people turn to religion, and others to themselves.
ReplyDeletethis piece i had to share with my family on mothers day, honestly made a change in our perspective! good job
ReplyDelete- Janier Ajila
Extra brownie points for quoting Mrs. Solano haha
ReplyDeleteVery insightful piece. I love the descriptive imagery.
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