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So what does this old cliche mean to you?
Member. said it in another thread and it got me thinking. I think that it's a nice saying.....
My live life to the fullest materialistically means buying lots of star wars stuff....
academically - strive hard for good/great grades
socially - make the best friendships posible..
there are so many things such a vague statement could mean to people...

party whenever the chance is there

Living life to the fullest just gets me in trouble....

true, but boy how fun it is

Living life to the full means doing everything that you want when you want, obviously depending on finances too, if you get the opportunity to do something or go somewhere and you do every time then you are living life to the full. If you waste time and procrastinate etc you are not living life to the full.

Party on dude.

maybe it has something to do with extreme sports

could do if that's what you are into.

hmm...well....i can stand on one foot while wearing rollerblades.

well I think it is different for all of us.
But in general I think it means that we should try to be as happy as we can be.
How we become happy is different for everyone.
For me it would be to stop thinking so much about what ppl say to me, and to continue to do what I do namely be the best friend I can be for my friends. I know this might seem to be an ego thing, but can honnestly say I never said NO to a friend when he or she asked me to do something. Yes I know it is a bit naief but I don't care, I do not expect other ppl to be like that, but I want to be like that cause my friends have all given me more than they can ever imagine

yes even you people

Sounds a lot of effort to me...

party on

well when one is young and healthy, they tend to not care about one's health and thus turning into the couch potato which in turn well lead to a bad life. living life the fullest is doing everything u wanted to do when ur still healthy and don't have a family to worry about. like mei do extreme sports aka. rollerblading, skateboarding, snowboarding. and u have to be happy doing it, if ur not happy, then ur not fulfilling what u wanted and if sitting on the couch watching tv all day is happiness and go for it, but think about ur future children and how they will look up to u.

nah just a bunch of beer a t the pub will do

i said all that for nothing?i feel unloved...

party....is that all life's about to you ?

Not to me!(Waves hand excitedly) To me, living your life to the fullest means taking advantage of as many oppurtunities that are given to me.

it means just do whatever makes you happy.

Greetings Backfire! How are things?

I don't live life to the fullest. I'm dull, aren't I?

Don't be hard on yourself Rexxy.

I agree with the idea that living life to the fullest means doing whatever makes you happy, whether that be partying every night or going to the library every day to study. (Or in my case, a fine balance of the two)

Whatever it is that keeps you smiling, go ahead and fill your boots.

so is he gonna fill his boot with his head then Mech?

Its a saying over here, whatever gets you going......fill ya boots man.

whatever floats your boat.

Or rocks your world.

yea ush it is a lot of work and it ain't very easy
but it's like this
I once told a friend:"Allowing yourself to be open to other people involves some risk, but the reward outweighs the pain you can get from it"

Very philosophical.

I wonder if Finti will..."Live life with a mullet"?

is that a scary thought

You know I'd love to live life to the fullest at the moment, but studying is getitng in the way of that I believe

Ditto, should all end in June 2004 for me I hope.

When do you finish your course Jules?

this semester will be done may 8th for me...but then I start summer school and I don't graduate ( undergrad degree) until 2006 and masters years after that...and Phd.....much longer after that.....* how depressing*

i'm sorry. those things seem so far away for me.

Jeepers Jules you've got it all planned that far ahead?!

I'm thinking about stopping for a couple of years after finishing my degree. Maybe I'll start a masters if I find an employer who'll give me a little more support, but I'm frightened that leaving it a while will make it too hard to start again.

Julie, I do not see how studying can be in the way of living your life the fullest
Ofc. you study and you lose time by it but the time you really lose is very little in my opinion. Ofc. you have to spend a few hours a day in school/college/uni but when you're there you are also enjoying yourself. (atleast I know I am) I can see and talk to my friends, I can have quite a lot of fun in school so I don't see how it could stop me from living my life the fullest. Ofc. the studying at home stands in the way. But sometimes I think that studying is a part of living my life the fullest.
It could just be me but sometimes I actualy care what I am studying

Its not that I don't enjoy what I'm learning, although some subjects are hella boring, but its the sheer volume of work you have to do in your own time. Plus don't friends always seem to call and suggest going out when you're tied up with homework?

It's like they know and do it to p**s me off.

Yes I like to do that every once in a while, but i don't have time which is probably just as well coz it ud probably involve me breaking bones.

Would you beat them to death with a oversized hotdog?

What a way to go...

Indeed. Of all the snack to be attacked with, Minxy chooses the one with most comic value.

I actually like the stuff I'm studying, but I don't sociallize all that much....and I don't even have time to play many video games....or read and write things I want to.,...they would be part of "living my life to the fullest....." on the materialistic...petty side of things

Petty has a bad name. People should spend a good amount of time indulging in petty.

Like petty crime and stuff like that?

Well, if you are going to do crime, better to do petty than serious, yes?

I think there are more rewards in serious crime, take for instance stealing a Garden Gnome from someones garden or stealing 125,000 from a post-office hold-up. Which is more rewarding?
And more to the point which would you feel you were living life to the fullest doing?

Can't say I'd have much use for the gnome, but I could do with the cash.

Whatcha say Corran, lets go to work?

So Mech, you didnt have much use for Corran you say

Corran's a gnome!?!?

That would explain the bright clothes, floppy hat and obsession with fishing in ponds.....

hm...

It's very relaxing.

The fishing or the floppy hats?

I despair.

why???????.....be happy!