Accomplishments and Rewards

This is yet another homework assignment from Barbara Sher to help discover more about what internally motivates me to pick up and drop activities, jobs, projects, and everything else. It's also another way to take time to appreciate the way my personal brain works and celebrate past accomplishments that I previously might have considered failures.

Here is a list of things I've done or accomplished and my personal reward gained from the activity:

Accomplishments
Learned Violin
Learned Cello
Learned Piano
Learned Guitar
Math Olympiad
MATHCOUNTS Best in High School
Chase Youth Award Nominee
High Jump Top Ten in School History
Long Jump Top Ten in School History
Air Force ROTC Scholar
JSHS Poster Presenter
Learned DOS
Learned Windows
Learned Linux
Built Countless Computers
Learned to Fix Computers
Discovered Why I'm on the Earth
Remote Access Apprentice
Math Minor
Chemistry Minor
Bachelors in Chemical Engineering
Masters in Electrical Engineering
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Learned to Program
Wrote Lego Tank Video Game
Wrote Skylander Video Game
Learned to Build Electronics
Hiked Lone Peak
Hiked Mt. Olympus
Built a Website for Work
Designed a Model for Auto Auction Prices,
Used Model to Get a Good Deal on a New Car
Became a Manager at Work
Built a 3D Printer

Rewards
Self-Mastery, Music
Self-Mastery, Music
Self-Mastery, Music
Self-Mastery, Music
Self-Mastery, Success
Self-Mastery, Success
Self-Mastery, Science
Self-Mastery, Success
Self-Mastery, Success
Self-Mastery, Flying, Career
Science
Self-Mastery, Computers, Video Games
Self-Mastery, Computers
Self-Mastery, Computers
Self-Mastery, Computers, Building
Self-Mastery, Computers, Helping Others
Ethics
Self-Mastery,  Career
Self-Mastery
Self-Mastery
Self-Mastery, Science, Career
Self-Mastery, Science, Computers, Career
Self-Mastery, Career
Self-Mastery, Improve Utility, Career
Computers, Video Games, Family
Computers, Video Games, Family
Computers, Building
Self-Mastery, Fun
Self-Mastery, Fun
Improve Utility, Career
Improve Utility, Discover
Save Money
Improve Utility, Career
Discovery, Fun, Save Money, Building

This is a work in progress, but I've already learned a few things about myself. My long-term passions are computers, gaming, science, and flying. I'm definitely driven by my desire to be great at what I do, and I want others to recognize my accomplishments. When I'm satisfied with my level of recognition or mastery I tend to move on to something else unless, like video games, I find continual entertainment. I like to take on projects that provide utility and help others, and I also tend to make decisions to save money and based on what I think is right or ethical. While I enjoy music, it doesn't provide the same propulsion that I get from science and computing.

Finally, I realize that I like to gain knowledge for the purpose of creating things.