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Are you happy with the path you chose? I mean, really happy. Not happy because you have a loving family and beautiful children who you'd gladly take a bullet for, but...satisfied.
Are you where you thought you'd be when you were 10? 20? 25?
At the end of the day, do you feel like you go to sleep without any regrets? Any yearning for something more from your life? Again, I mean aside from your parental/spousal roles.
You. As a person. Are you happy with you?
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Two roads diverged in a wood --
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I am only just starting to do what I have been wanting to do for years- I just didn't know I could all those years ago when I was looking at colleges and determining my career path. I am only just scratching the surface. (And I am still working on the Be An Author part.) It's not that I am unhappy per se but I wish I'd had more direction- well as much as a seventeen year old can have.
You know, I think I am. I am slowly but surely working toward the type of life where there is nothing that I've wanted to try that I haven't tried.
Yes. Ecstatic. Dreams I've waited 10 years for are coming to fruition. But it took many winding roads to get here and sometimes I feel I am making progress pushing the boulder up the hill and other times I feel it's all I can do to just hold that same boulder in place.
Also what I am doing is nothing I EVER imagined I would do.
Most days? No. It hurts to admit that, and it's harder still to change it. But I am working at it, changing it bit by bit each day.
Great post... getting me thinking this morning. It's a good way to focus on what I need to accomplish today!
Holy crap, that's a heavy question! I have NO regrets, but I often wonder if I wouldn't be happier with a simpler life.
I have some regrets. I'm sure we'd be better off financially if I had gone to law school in Maine instead of MA, or not gone at all. Wishing I could stick to things when I say I'm going to.
Crap, this is deep for a Monday morning.
I am light years away from where I thought I would be. As a child I was going to be a paleontologist, not a SAHD.
Would I trade it, some days I might, but most life is pretty good.
I am not at all where I thought I would be. I'm in my late 20s and husband- and child-less. But I am doing things that I love, and I couldn't be happier.
Even though I am doing what I love, it isn't all sunshine and roses -- it still takes work to be happy. Lots of work sometimes. But it's so very, very worth it.
As a matter of fact, yes I am. I will always want more, but I'm doing just dandy so far. :-)
After writing a novel in your comments I've decided to take this over to my blog.
I am happy w/ me but at the moment I feel the need to look at what is imp to me & take care of it. My life really is what I dreamed it would be but no exactly the route I thought I would take. Good question!
Great question! I am happy in my relationships with family & friends....I still regret that my undergrad degree is just a piece of paper & does not mean anything BUT I'm working on my MBA part time and hoping to change that though.
Really, at the end of the day, I feel loved and make sure I let others know how much I love them - and there's nothing that can make me happier than that!
Is is possible to say yes, no & maybe?
I wonder this alot. Now more than ever.
So many things in my life have changed in the past few months that I am constantly questioning myself.
No, I am not at all where I thought I would be. I'm not satisfied with myself, either. I always thought that I would be a writer, a journalist, a Someone. I feel frustrated that I can't let it out, this intelligence and creativity that lives inside of me. Since I got pregnant so quickly after we got married, DH's job became It, and we have moved and lived accordingly, including leaving my motivations and aspirations behind while we had small children.
That having been said, I am currently at a crossroads, this very minute. The kids are in school, and for the next little while I will be in limbo, spending time at their school, but as they get older, they and their teachers will not need me there, and I will Begin Again. I have to believe that to be disappointed now would be shortsighted; I still have time. I will make time. I will have it All, just not all at the same time. To each its own season, and a time for every purpose. Maybe my ultimate purpose hasn't even presented itself yet.
Well, since I'm approaching the Big 5-0 in March, I'm more acutely aware of the fact that my life hasn't turned out AT ALL like I expected, Then again, to be honest, I wasn't expecting much. I haven't found my dream job and I'm not where I want to be in life, but the unplanned events have combined to teach me about who I really am.
At 49+ I feel I have a deeper understanding of the kind of woman I want to be, and where I want to go from here. Coming to terms with being an alcoholic (Oct. 21st marks my 4-year sober anniversary!) and understanding the deep depression I endured for decades have provided me with an insight that I might not have obtained if I was living the Dream Life.
Meeting ppl from all walks of life in rehab and along the road to sobriety have given me a deep empathy for all who struggle with a burden, and years of therapy have taught me to extend that same empathy towards myself. At this point in my life, I feel like I know my truth, and that enables me to see other's as well.
So what I have now is hope and clarity, I have a belief in myself that I didn't possess when I was in my 20s and 30s, and I feel deep within that the next decades will bring a sense bring a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment as I move closer to my life's purpose.
30 had a positive, introspective affect on me. I almost ::shudder:: when I refer back to my 20-something, more irresponsible, super flakey self. I'm happy(er) now than I've ever been because I'm learning from my mistakes. I'm getting a little more boring along the way, but happier, so it's an even trade.
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