mailin 0 #1 September 19, 2005 I've had some deep relection lately. The weather was a bit crappy here this past weekend, so I decided to stay at home rather than venture to the DZ and spend some time with my family. I spent Saturday with my Mom, we did lunch and a movie (Exorcism of Emily Rose - great flick, go see it!!) and some clothes shopping - it was lots of fun. She reminded me that we hadn't had one of those days since April - when skydiving started to kick into gear; and we used to get together for a day and talk all the time. Today I've been listening to the classical internet station - lots of very moving pieces and now I'm sad. I sold my clarinet (I had named her Tracy) in January to pay for AFF. I don't regret the decision because my TMJ did not allow me to play anymore and frankly, she could have done much better being played than collecting dust. I travelled to NY City to deliver her a man that was visiting family for the holidays - he was from New Orleans. I just heard that the school he ran (an arts school) suffered major damage in the hurricane. The thought of Tracy being destroyed has me so sad. When I purchased her in HS (it was so much money!) there was so much hope pinned on her (I was a music major) - and now not only is she gone from my life, but she may be destroyed. Not a grand thing to be thinking of today, and its not enough for me to re-think anything because skydiving has been the highlight of my life and I'm not about to give it up, and don't really plan on scaling anything back - but I am looking forward to the end of the season when I can catch up on things that have been neglected. Its all about balance I guess - and I'm looking forward to getting some of that back. Do you have regret from skydiving? JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alanab 0 #2 September 19, 2005 QuoteDo you have regret from skydiving? only regret is that i wish i had started sooner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites StevePhelps 0 #3 September 19, 2005 One. When I was on a HALO/SCUBA team in SF, that I didn't ets (get out of Army) before I got a chance to go to HALO. I passed SCUBA and became certfied Advanced Open Water, and that has been fun through the years, but I often think what it would have been like if I'd stayed in and gone through HALO back in 1979. Just think of all those years I could have been skydiving Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites TFFTM 1 #4 September 19, 2005 That I waited so long to meet my "family". BSBD Home of the Alabama Gang Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LawnDart21 0 #5 September 19, 2005 I regret selling my motorcycle for a second set of gear............ -- My other ride is a RESERVE. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mailin 0 #6 September 19, 2005 hind-sight's 20/20 huh? JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites CSpenceFLY 1 #7 September 19, 2005 QuoteQuoteDo you have regret from skydiving? only regret is that i wish i had started sooner Ditto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jumper03 0 #8 September 19, 2005 QuoteQuoteDo you have regret from skydiving? only regret is that i wish i had started sooner preach it sistah....amen!!!Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jsaxton 0 #9 September 19, 2005 I regret that jump tickets are $20 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mailin 0 #10 September 19, 2005 WOw - wish mine were! I'm paying $23... JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jasonRose 0 #11 September 19, 2005 QuoteWOw - wish mine were! I'm paying $23... Jen What are you jumping out of??? Some day I will have the best staff in the world!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites ACMESkydiver 0 #12 September 19, 2005 I regret I didn't do this when I was single. -Then again, I only had 2 years as an adult that I was single... <--holy crap that's creepy. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 259 #13 September 19, 2005 Yeah, a few. I regret trashing my credit for skydiving - not once, but twice. I regret thinking I wanted to own a gear store. Some days I regret getting so involved in this industry that it can be difficult to be an anonymous fun jumper at just about any dz I go to. And I'll always regret not telling certain people how important they were to me before they went in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites flyangel2 2 #14 September 19, 2005 Jen, think of the satisfaction that Tracy might have given a child. You nailed it, it's all about balance. I guess I've done it right, because I have no regrets from skydiving. But it did take me a hell of a long time to get to my jump numbers. I used the balance over those years, and I hope I still do. Cheer up, it's Monday and you'll be out at Perris very soon.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites LawnDart21 0 #15 September 19, 2005 Quotehind-sight's 20/20 huh? Oh well, once the wind tunnel is up I am gonna have a good excuse to go buy another bike, it'll get better gas milage than my truck on the way to work............Next bike: -- My other ride is a RESERVE. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites windcatcher 0 #16 September 19, 2005 only that I had $$ at the time I started. I "started" and fell in love w/ skydiving when I was 18, but had to give it up for lack of money. Just think of all the jumps I could have by now! Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites livendive 8 #17 September 19, 2005 I regret a couple of decisions that I've made while skydiving, but that's about it. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Mike111 0 #18 September 19, 2005 My regret was that i rode the plane down once. but you are right, it is tempting to go to the Dz every weekend, but one must also take time to spend with friends outside skydiving. They are just as valuable and important. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites karenmeal 0 #19 September 19, 2005 QuoteI "started" and fell in love w/ skydiving when I was 18, but had to give it up for lack of money. You should have learned to pack, I started at 18 too! I don't have any regrets in skydiving, it allowed me to gain some life experience that would have probably taken me about a decade to get on my own. But.... Even though I still love skydiving, I'm looking forward to not being a DZ employee and being able to spend my weekends doing other things with my boyfriend for a while. Probably will be a few more years until I can afford that though.. mmm.. backpacking every weekend..-Karen "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites j0nes 0 #20 September 19, 2005 i regret a 2 point 4-way I had on Saturday... a complete waste of a jump ticket and (quite frankly) fuel to altitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites diverdriver 5 #21 September 20, 2005 QuoteI regret that jump tickets are $20 And they should be 25-30!! Ok...had to interject.Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Bolas 5 #22 September 20, 2005 I was a boring SOB before I started jumping. I lived my job. The only thing I had was a dog. I had to put her down over a year ago. I'd love to get another dog, but I travel to boogies way too much for that. It wouldn't be fair. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites jenfly00 0 #23 September 20, 2005 I wish I could have been a skydiver back in the days before it became all about money.----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Trae 1 #24 September 20, 2005 in reply to"I wish I could have been a skydiver back in the days before it became all about money." I'll 2nd that wish. FUN Skydiving needs more clubs and less 'operators'. $$$$$$$ doesn't always = FUN. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites windinmyface 0 #25 September 20, 2005 A thoughtful post -- enjoyed reading it. You're lucky though that you're learning early what took me years to realize... the concept of balance. You'll actually enjoy skydiving more when your life is enhanced by it rather than revolving around it. Don't let your Mecca become your Armageddon. ----- I am Dyslexia of Borg, futility is resistant, your ass will be laminated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 3 Next Page 1 of 3 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. 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StevePhelps 0 #3 September 19, 2005 One. When I was on a HALO/SCUBA team in SF, that I didn't ets (get out of Army) before I got a chance to go to HALO. I passed SCUBA and became certfied Advanced Open Water, and that has been fun through the years, but I often think what it would have been like if I'd stayed in and gone through HALO back in 1979. Just think of all those years I could have been skydiving Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TFFTM 1 #4 September 19, 2005 That I waited so long to meet my "family". BSBD Home of the Alabama Gang Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawnDart21 0 #5 September 19, 2005 I regret selling my motorcycle for a second set of gear............ -- My other ride is a RESERVE. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #6 September 19, 2005 hind-sight's 20/20 huh? JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #7 September 19, 2005 QuoteQuoteDo you have regret from skydiving? only regret is that i wish i had started sooner Ditto Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #8 September 19, 2005 QuoteQuoteDo you have regret from skydiving? only regret is that i wish i had started sooner preach it sistah....amen!!!Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsaxton 0 #9 September 19, 2005 I regret that jump tickets are $20 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mailin 0 #10 September 19, 2005 WOw - wish mine were! I'm paying $23... JenArianna Frances Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jasonRose 0 #11 September 19, 2005 QuoteWOw - wish mine were! I'm paying $23... Jen What are you jumping out of??? Some day I will have the best staff in the world!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #12 September 19, 2005 I regret I didn't do this when I was single. -Then again, I only had 2 years as an adult that I was single... <--holy crap that's creepy. ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 259 #13 September 19, 2005 Yeah, a few. I regret trashing my credit for skydiving - not once, but twice. I regret thinking I wanted to own a gear store. Some days I regret getting so involved in this industry that it can be difficult to be an anonymous fun jumper at just about any dz I go to. And I'll always regret not telling certain people how important they were to me before they went in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #14 September 19, 2005 Jen, think of the satisfaction that Tracy might have given a child. You nailed it, it's all about balance. I guess I've done it right, because I have no regrets from skydiving. But it did take me a hell of a long time to get to my jump numbers. I used the balance over those years, and I hope I still do. Cheer up, it's Monday and you'll be out at Perris very soon.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawnDart21 0 #15 September 19, 2005 Quotehind-sight's 20/20 huh? Oh well, once the wind tunnel is up I am gonna have a good excuse to go buy another bike, it'll get better gas milage than my truck on the way to work............Next bike: -- My other ride is a RESERVE. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windcatcher 0 #16 September 19, 2005 only that I had $$ at the time I started. I "started" and fell in love w/ skydiving when I was 18, but had to give it up for lack of money. Just think of all the jumps I could have by now! Mother to the cutest little thing in the world... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #17 September 19, 2005 I regret a couple of decisions that I've made while skydiving, but that's about it. Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike111 0 #18 September 19, 2005 My regret was that i rode the plane down once. but you are right, it is tempting to go to the Dz every weekend, but one must also take time to spend with friends outside skydiving. They are just as valuable and important. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
karenmeal 0 #19 September 19, 2005 QuoteI "started" and fell in love w/ skydiving when I was 18, but had to give it up for lack of money. You should have learned to pack, I started at 18 too! I don't have any regrets in skydiving, it allowed me to gain some life experience that would have probably taken me about a decade to get on my own. But.... Even though I still love skydiving, I'm looking forward to not being a DZ employee and being able to spend my weekends doing other things with my boyfriend for a while. Probably will be a few more years until I can afford that though.. mmm.. backpacking every weekend..-Karen "Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j0nes 0 #20 September 19, 2005 i regret a 2 point 4-way I had on Saturday... a complete waste of a jump ticket and (quite frankly) fuel to altitude. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diverdriver 5 #21 September 20, 2005 QuoteI regret that jump tickets are $20 And they should be 25-30!! Ok...had to interject.Chris Schindler www.diverdriver.com ATP/D-19012 FB #4125 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolas 5 #22 September 20, 2005 I was a boring SOB before I started jumping. I lived my job. The only thing I had was a dog. I had to put her down over a year ago. I'd love to get another dog, but I travel to boogies way too much for that. It wouldn't be fair. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenfly00 0 #23 September 20, 2005 I wish I could have been a skydiver back in the days before it became all about money.----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trae 1 #24 September 20, 2005 in reply to"I wish I could have been a skydiver back in the days before it became all about money." I'll 2nd that wish. FUN Skydiving needs more clubs and less 'operators'. $$$$$$$ doesn't always = FUN. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
windinmyface 0 #25 September 20, 2005 A thoughtful post -- enjoyed reading it. You're lucky though that you're learning early what took me years to realize... the concept of balance. You'll actually enjoy skydiving more when your life is enhanced by it rather than revolving around it. Don't let your Mecca become your Armageddon. ----- I am Dyslexia of Borg, futility is resistant, your ass will be laminated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
