I'd feel like shit if I said I was unhappy because I try to be grateful for everything I have. But I've been feeling not quite happy last few months so there's that.
I think you can be grateful and unhappy at the same time. At least that's how I am. I'm happy that my life is as good as it is and I know I have many amazing things in my life. But there are some things that make me quite unhappy too from time to time. But I don't want to feel shitty for these negative feelings. It's not like I need to be this starving African kid in order to feel unhappy. Sure, it's good to be grateful but it doesn't make you ungrateful if you can't always look on the bright side of things.
I'd feel like shit if I said I was unhappy because I try to be grateful for everything I have. But I've been feeling not quite happy last few months so there's that.
I guess it's not that bad, but at the same time, it couldn't be worse.
I feel emotionally stable, but sometimes I feel like the worthless shit in the world, just the Universe's mistake, but it only lastes a couple hours until I'm stable again.
I hate that termn... "Stable"... I live in a constant state of neutrality, with little emotion, little goals, and little reasons to be alive. I don't have any reasons to die, but I have any reason to be alive either. I'm writting a book, that's the only thing that keeps me going. I have too many ideas, and I know that, if I don't give them life, they will die with me. But, would the world chage with my ideas, even when they are alive? How am I going to create an impact, how am I going to make my life important, and not only other instant in the life of the universe? I am nothing. I'm just a kid writing in the internet, and I don't want to stay like this forever. I want to do something great, but most of great things are evil, like wars and murder. I want to be the new messiah that brigs back purity to this corrupted world, but who will hear me? Jesus came to this world and made it a better place, independently if he was God's son or just a great dude. And now it's corrupted again, what will change? Why are we even alive?
My life is worthless, just as anyone elses lives, none of them mean nothing but a second. And I feel nothing. I don't feel sadness, or fear, or joy. I feel hollow, dead inside. I don't have any proyect besides this shit book, that will never be remembered by anyone else but me. I'm not doing anything with my life, I'm still in highschool and I already feel old. I'm nothing. I'm not living, I'm just waiting for death and procastinating in the middle.
I wish I could mean something. Not only to my family and friends, but the world, to the history. I want to be great, I want to be remembered. I want to be someone, not just a second.
I'll start off by saying, I like myself a lot, I'm kind of a jerk but I'm willing to help anyone and I'm willing to listen to what people want to say, It's probably why most people that know me have a positive opinion of me, however, I don't like my life, you see I'm a martyr by nature, my whole life has been dedicated to helping other people and fulfilling other people´s needs, I dropped out of High School and though I finished it through other means I have not been able to continue studying, which would be fine but I love studying, I want to be a professor at a University, I think that would perfectly fulfill all my interests and I would be happy doing that, but as it stands I have to keep working 12-16 hour shifts often working on weekends in order to support my family (Parents and siblings), because somebody has to do it, and it's something I don't enjoy, in fact, I hate it but the only way for me to do what I want to do would be to stop supporting them, and though it's reasonable I have a very hard time doing that, and I'm not sure I have it in me to stop, for starters I already live alone so that I can hide all the sacrifices I make for them well, besides I live in a different city, in any case, I very much like the person that I am but I dislike what I do but I wouldn't be able to stop doing that because that would mean that I'm no longer the person that I love.
I'm ok with my life. In a lot of ways it's much better than it was a year ago, but it's also a bit precarious (or at least I feel it is).
Probably nothing can be done, really. It's basically winter and I'll be a shut-in for months, slaving away for money but not wanting to actually go out and do anything. I don't (and am unable to) believe in anything spiritual or supernatural like [a] god(s), which doesn't help, but it doesn't hurt.
I'm not happy with my life, but i'm grateful for what i have. I could have so much less.
Also, like someone other said - it's not only about being happy with your life, but being happy about what a person you are. I'm surely not happy with who i am.
I don't believe in God. in my opinion, it's believing in almost a lie, just to make yourself feel better. I think it's wiser to endure the pain, even if facts hurt.
What can i do to make it better? A lot. We are all capable of changing our lives. Because in the end, it's about our perspective on life. But it's easier said than done. So for now, i don't focus on finding any magic that will make it all go away. I focus on what i have to do, and i'm gonna start from there. What else can i do other than that? I can keep thinking, but it always ends up in that same way. I'm aware of different perspectives on life, but that doesn't change how i feel about it.
For all of you whining. Stop that. You have roof above your head, food in the fridge, computer, phone and a Wi-Fi to type here. I'm sure you have someone who cares about you.
Stop wasting your life thinking how crap it is, and instead get up and change it. It's your call.
I agree. And i think the fact we all have so much, and we waste it all, is depressing in itself.
We can all make a change, anytime we want. Any of us could just get up, and do something productive.
Hmm... Actually... Maybe we shouldn't go too overboard with changing crappy things. After all, there is only so much you can change, there will always be something you can consider 'crappy'. Instead of that, we could simply be more optimistic about life, and focus more on little things that make us happy, not just focus on what's bad and try to change it.
My point is... It's good to have expectations, but sometimes, we have to simply deal with the fact our expectations dont always match with the reality. But when you are happy with the reality you live in, you will passively change things around you.
I don't know... It's hard to balance those two things - being happy with what you have and changing what you have to something better. I don't think there is a magical formula for happiness. All of that varies from person to person. But i guess one thing is universal - it's not that easy to improve your situation, so start from small steps, and treat losing positively. Outcome doesn't matter, but experience does.
For all of you whining. Stop that. You have roof above your head, food in the fridge, computer, phone and a Wi-Fi to type here. I'm sure you… more have someone who cares about you.
Stop wasting your life thinking how crap it is, and instead get up and change it. It's your call.
If you want to talk, I'm listening.
You know... Replaying all The Walking Dead games lately really provoked me to think about... all of it.
We are all insignifiant and unimportant. So as whole humanity. Even if someone managed to be remembered throughout our whole history, it still doesn't matter much considering humanity itself won't exist at some point.
The most famous man on the world could still be unhappy. There are things that cannot be bought. Knowing there is X people knowing about you is a nice thought, but we can't give it much of a value. But emotional relations with other people - they have a lot more value.
Therefore, answering to Luke's question... If there is anything i would travel hundreds of miles for, it would be family. Not just family as your bloodline, but everyone you care about, and everyone who cares about you.
Objectively, there is no meaning to our existence. So if everything is subjective, and human relations are the most effective way to make us feel happy, i believe love, family, friends, and showing empathy to others is our best shot at happiness. After all... What's the point of existing, if the existence itself is a pain?
"What's the most important thing in this world Clem? Whats the one thing a guy would walk hundreds of miles just to get back? It's family Clem, it's a tough world out there without people you can trust."
Luke said that. Not really fitting for our reality, i know, but it's surely something to think about... What is the only thing that can push a man forward, no matter what situation he is in? Popularity? Money? No. All those things have meaning only in our realia. But people.... People will always exist, as long humanity does. It's a very universal motivator.
I guess it's not that bad, but at the same time, it couldn't be worse.
I feel emotionally stable, but sometimes I feel like the worthless… more shit in the world, just the Universe's mistake, but it only lastes a couple hours until I'm stable again.
I hate that termn... "Stable"... I live in a constant state of neutrality, with little emotion, little goals, and little reasons to be alive. I don't have any reasons to die, but I have any reason to be alive either. I'm writting a book, that's the only thing that keeps me going. I have too many ideas, and I know that, if I don't give them life, they will die with me. But, would the world chage with my ideas, even when they are alive? How am I going to create an impact, how am I going to make my life important, and not only other instant in the life of the universe? I am nothing. I'm just a kid writing in the internet, and I don't want to stay like this forever. I want to do something great, but m… [view original content]
I don't know. Something would be a nice start. Go out more, meet people (not too good at that sort of thing). I really want to go back to school but it hasn't worked out for me. Decided to take a break then go back when I'm ready. On a scale of 1-10, i'd fall somewhere between 4 or 5. Had a crap year. My Grandmother died, my dad got cancer and I had to drop out of uni. so yeah.
Two years ago I was a doctor addicted to self-prescribed medications as well as more illicit substances. The Medical Board found out about my activities and stripped me of my registration for one year. My wife was in tears and my two children were both confused and scared. Was I happy then? 1/10 on the happy scale
What changed? (apart from having a good doctor, and wonderful wife/family, and other outside help)
A LOT! I cant purport to give everyone the best advice on life and what will make one happy. Im not Gandhi or the
Dalai lama. It is also impossible to give everyone individual advice on a forum such as this.
I can however provide two mantras I try to remember/recall daily. These make life happier for me at least.
Less is more - I downgraded my house to an apartment and I now work as a part time labourer / part time what ever the hell takes my interest. I earn less but having "less" stresses me out less about wanting more! Truly - the richer you are the less happy you are. Might sound like BS but anecdotally you can take it from me - Less is more.
Journey before destination (from Brandon Sanderson). I simply no longer rush through life. Smell the roses. Dont be in a rush to get a girlfriend, dont be in a rush to get married, dont be in a rush to leave school. Sounds stupid I know. If I take my time everyday and enjoy "the moment" I feel at peace. I sound like a hippy dont I? Well Im not. This is known as mindfulness and clinically is known to provide strong benefits to people with mental illness or to those who simply struggle in life for whatever reason.
Am I happy now?
Im not a doctor (although Im planning to return doing some part time volunteer work at some point in the future).
I'm not rich.
I live in a small unremarkable apartment having sold a larger house with a fancy view.
Life is now 8/10 in terms of happiness - I dont think Ill ever be 10/10. You cant be happy without some sadness. The crests of a ocean wave cant exist without the troughs.
I mean, I have nothing to be sad about, I just feel like I don't know what direction my life is going to go. I don't know what to do with myself, so therefore I'm feeling unsatisfied and not happy.
I wish there was more vegan options, and also wish that people wouldn't make laws based on religion. (I'm atheist)
And it's pretty hard being intersex.
I identify as a male, but I am biologically not a male, nor a female. Well, technically, I am both. One ovary and one testicle. The issue is, I have no body hair and my voice is very high pitched, like a prepubescent boy. Not to mention I am very short. So I'm 17, and look like an 11 year old. Obviously this triggers lots of bullying. I just wish I could be a male from the start. Now I have to go through surgery, when I'm 18 or older.
I've always heard that doctors (especially anesthesiologists) are one of the highest risk professions for drug abuse. Glad you made it out of that trap and are rebuilding your life!
Im in my 40's and a happily married atheist.
Two years ago I was a doctor addicted to self-prescribed medications as well as more illicit… more substances. The Medical Board found out about my activities and stripped me of my registration for one year. My wife was in tears and my two children were both confused and scared. Was I happy then? 1/10 on the happy scale
What changed? (apart from having a good doctor, and wonderful wife/family, and other outside help)
A LOT! I cant purport to give everyone the best advice on life and what will make one happy. Im not Gandhi or the
Dalai lama. It is also impossible to give everyone individual advice on a forum such as this.
I can however provide two mantras I try to remember/recall daily. These make life happier for me at least.
* Less is more - I downgraded my house to an apartment and I now work as a part time labourer / part time what ever the hell takes my interest. I earn less but ha… [view original content]
Could be better.
I wish there was more vegan options, and also wish that people wouldn't make laws based on religion. (I'm atheist)
An… mored it's pretty hard being intersex.
I identify as a male, but I am biologically not a male, nor a female. Well, technically, I am both. One ovary and one testicle. The issue is, I have no body hair and my voice is very high pitched, like a prepubescent boy. Not to mention I am very short. So I'm 17, and look like an 11 year old. Obviously this triggers lots of bullying. I just wish I could be a male from the start. Now I have to go through surgery, when I'm 18 or older.
So I'd give it a 7/10.
am i happy with my life? not entirely, but im sure am glad that i have what i have. wish i had a few more and wish to do more that have that few more and thats on me and thats what mostly makes me a bit sadd and angry. im afraid of, lets say challenging myself a bit more and be more active, whether it's academic or just in my personal life, to try to improve my situation but i dont want to really get out of my comfort zone or leave out, sacrificed, some of the things i enjoy.
You know... Replaying all The Walking Dead games lately really provoked me to think about... all of it.
We are all insignifiant and unimp… moreortant. So as whole humanity. Even if someone managed to be remembered throughout our whole history, it still doesn't matter much considering humanity itself won't exist at some point.
The most famous man on the world could still be unhappy. There are things that cannot be bought. Knowing there is X people knowing about you is a nice thought, but we can't give it much of a value. But emotional relations with other people - they have a lot more value.
Therefore, answering to Luke's question... If there is anything i would travel hundreds of miles for, it would be family. Not just family as your bloodline, but everyone you care about, and everyone who cares about you.
Objectively, there is no meaning to our existence. So if everything is subjective, and human relations are the most effective way to… [view original content]
I am due to having a great woman in my life and doing things that make me happy. I see how far technology has advanced and that makes me excited for the future. It's interesting that Leonardo Da Vinci invented the first working motor, the first parachute, the first tank, the first hang glider, the first home security system/robot, and countless other inventions. Leonardo made the discovery that the heart was the main organ for blood and vital use. Then we look at how far all of them have come. It's interesting as the other people must have thought him as being mad.
I'm 23 and an avid fan of Star Trek, so I look forward to the future. It would be incredible to see warp speed, actual robots that are advanced, and the day when people stop thinking of themselves as a race and they start thinking as they are all human. I don't like racism and it saddens me that there are racist Black and White people. I'm Scottish/English and Italian. I have red hair, blue eyes, and White looking. My fiance is African and Irish/Scottish. People stare at us everywhere we go and some elderly people are rude to us. I think about how in Next Generation, Geordie is seen as a valuable asset to the ship, not as a Black man, but just as a man. It's an uplifting series.
I am due to having a great woman in my life and doing things that make me happy. I see how far technology has advanced and that makes me exc… moreited for the future. It's interesting that Leonardo Da Vinci invented the first working motor, the first parachute, the first tank, the first hang glider, the first home security system/robot, and countless other inventions. Leonardo made the discovery that the heart was the main organ for blood and vital use. Then we look at how far all of them have come. It's interesting as the other people must have thought him as being mad.
I'm 23 and an avid fan of Star Trek, so I look forward to the future. It would be incredible to see warp speed, actual robots that are advanced, and the day when people stop thinking of themselves as a race and they start thinking as they are all human. I don't like racism and it saddens me that there are racist Black and White people. I'm Scottish/English and Italian. I have re… [view original content]
I added some things also to my post. A world were humans are united. I love Next Generation even more than I love the original series. Mainly because Next got me into Star Trek and although Kirk is an incredible and important captain to the series, I enjoy Picard more due to his high intelligence and leadership qualities. It's interesting to see Worf as the first Klingon Star Fleet officer and how he interacts with everyone. I enjoy how Star Trek brings everyone together. I hope to see that in my life time. My fiancé has a great grandmother and a great aunt that are still alive. Both are in their 90s and I think how they lived to see segregation end, the Rights movement happen, to see their grandchildren were one married a Hawaiian and White woman and the other, my father in law, marry a Scottish and Irish woman. They hugged me and said that I was a handsome man, I almost cried. This gives me hope that there will be a better future someday.
I wouldn't say I'm 'happy' since the past year was really stressful and full of pain for me. That being said, I'm extremely grateful for having a bed to sleep on every night, a decent job, and most important of all a healthy 1 year old daughter. It could always be worse, folks.
I am due to having a great woman in my life and doing things that make me happy. I see how far technology has advanced and that makes me exc… moreited for the future. It's interesting that Leonardo Da Vinci invented the first working motor, the first parachute, the first tank, the first hang glider, the first home security system/robot, and countless other inventions. Leonardo made the discovery that the heart was the main organ for blood and vital use. Then we look at how far all of them have come. It's interesting as the other people must have thought him as being mad.
I'm 23 and an avid fan of Star Trek, so I look forward to the future. It would be incredible to see warp speed, actual robots that are advanced, and the day when people stop thinking of themselves as a race and they start thinking as they are all human. I don't like racism and it saddens me that there are racist Black and White people. I'm Scottish/English and Italian. I have re… [view original content]
Honestly, I'm not happy in my life. I don't have any friends. Acquaintances, but nothing more than that.
We all crave human companionship, and the need to feel like you belong is very strong in human beings. But I don't have anyone who really wants me around. They're all polite, but nothing more.
And as a result I have lost interest in life. I'm not suicidal, not at all. But I don't have any zest for life, no passion, no fire, nothing. I try to be fun and have that fire, as that draws people to you, but so often I don't have it.
It's always been that for me. Never had a buddy! Or a group of people that I connect with.
So I'm alone. I have no real friends, there is no sense of brotherhood. And I can't seem to draw others to me. And I can't figure out how to make those social cliques.
Thank God for alcohol! But then I'm a lonely drunk.
Honestly, I'm not happy in my life. I don't have any friends. Acquaintances, but nothing more than that.
We all crave human companionship… more, and the need to feel like you belong is very strong in human beings. But I don't have anyone who really wants me around. They're all polite, but nothing more.
And as a result I have lost interest in life. I'm not suicidal, not at all. But I don't have any zest for life, no passion, no fire, nothing. I try to be fun and have that fire, as that draws people to you, but so often I don't have it.
It's always been that for me. Never had a buddy! Or a group of people that I connect with.
So I'm alone. I have no real friends, there is no sense of brotherhood. And I can't seem to draw others to me. And I can't figure out how to make those social cliques.
Thank God for alcohol! But then I'm a lonely drunk.
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uh.... not talk to anyone.... gets rid of the social anxiety
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if you feel unhappy that's mean you should try a different way to live
Why? you can use it and make a cosplay of a cowboy or something like that.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
"Happy" is a strong word.
I'm content with it, I like things in life...
Like porn or children's tears. Or a combination of the t-
Wait...
Thanks for your reply.
Yeah, that makes sense, but I've already changed a bit. To sum this up -- I think I feel this way because I feel kinda lonely and not understood.
I think you can be grateful and unhappy at the same time. At least that's how I am. I'm happy that my life is as good as it is and I know I have many amazing things in my life. But there are some things that make me quite unhappy too from time to time. But I don't want to feel shitty for these negative feelings. It's not like I need to be this starving African kid in order to feel unhappy. Sure, it's good to be grateful but it doesn't make you ungrateful if you can't always look on the bright side of things.
I guess it's not that bad, but at the same time, it couldn't be worse.
I feel emotionally stable, but sometimes I feel like the worthless shit in the world, just the Universe's mistake, but it only lastes a couple hours until I'm stable again.
I hate that termn... "Stable"... I live in a constant state of neutrality, with little emotion, little goals, and little reasons to be alive. I don't have any reasons to die, but I have any reason to be alive either. I'm writting a book, that's the only thing that keeps me going. I have too many ideas, and I know that, if I don't give them life, they will die with me. But, would the world chage with my ideas, even when they are alive? How am I going to create an impact, how am I going to make my life important, and not only other instant in the life of the universe? I am nothing. I'm just a kid writing in the internet, and I don't want to stay like this forever. I want to do something great, but most of great things are evil, like wars and murder. I want to be the new messiah that brigs back purity to this corrupted world, but who will hear me? Jesus came to this world and made it a better place, independently if he was God's son or just a great dude. And now it's corrupted again, what will change? Why are we even alive?
My life is worthless, just as anyone elses lives, none of them mean nothing but a second. And I feel nothing. I don't feel sadness, or fear, or joy. I feel hollow, dead inside. I don't have any proyect besides this shit book, that will never be remembered by anyone else but me. I'm not doing anything with my life, I'm still in highschool and I already feel old. I'm nothing. I'm not living, I'm just waiting for death and procastinating in the middle.
I wish I could mean something. Not only to my family and friends, but the world, to the history. I want to be great, I want to be remembered. I want to be someone, not just a second.
I'll start off by saying, I like myself a lot, I'm kind of a jerk but I'm willing to help anyone and I'm willing to listen to what people want to say, It's probably why most people that know me have a positive opinion of me, however, I don't like my life, you see I'm a martyr by nature, my whole life has been dedicated to helping other people and fulfilling other people´s needs, I dropped out of High School and though I finished it through other means I have not been able to continue studying, which would be fine but I love studying, I want to be a professor at a University, I think that would perfectly fulfill all my interests and I would be happy doing that, but as it stands I have to keep working 12-16 hour shifts often working on weekends in order to support my family (Parents and siblings), because somebody has to do it, and it's something I don't enjoy, in fact, I hate it but the only way for me to do what I want to do would be to stop supporting them, and though it's reasonable I have a very hard time doing that, and I'm not sure I have it in me to stop, for starters I already live alone so that I can hide all the sacrifices I make for them well, besides I live in a different city, in any case, I very much like the person that I am but I dislike what I do but I wouldn't be able to stop doing that because that would mean that I'm no longer the person that I love.
I'm ok with my life. In a lot of ways it's much better than it was a year ago, but it's also a bit precarious (or at least I feel it is).
Probably nothing can be done, really. It's basically winter and I'll be a shut-in for months, slaving away for money but not wanting to actually go out and do anything. I don't (and am unable to) believe in anything spiritual or supernatural like [a] god(s), which doesn't help, but it doesn't hurt.
I'm not happy with my life, but i'm grateful for what i have. I could have so much less.
Also, like someone other said - it's not only about being happy with your life, but being happy about what a person you are. I'm surely not happy with who i am.
I don't believe in God. in my opinion, it's believing in almost a lie, just to make yourself feel better. I think it's wiser to endure the pain, even if facts hurt.
What can i do to make it better? A lot. We are all capable of changing our lives. Because in the end, it's about our perspective on life. But it's easier said than done. So for now, i don't focus on finding any magic that will make it all go away. I focus on what i have to do, and i'm gonna start from there. What else can i do other than that? I can keep thinking, but it always ends up in that same way. I'm aware of different perspectives on life, but that doesn't change how i feel about it.
It could be worse
I fucking hate life. That's why I'm in counseling
For all of you whining. Stop that. You have roof above your head, food in the fridge, computer, phone and a Wi-Fi to type here. I'm sure you have someone who cares about you.
Stop wasting your life thinking how crap it is, and instead get up and change it. It's your call.
If you want to talk, I'm listening.
I agree. And i think the fact we all have so much, and we waste it all, is depressing in itself.
We can all make a change, anytime we want. Any of us could just get up, and do something productive.
Hmm... Actually... Maybe we shouldn't go too overboard with changing crappy things. After all, there is only so much you can change, there will always be something you can consider 'crappy'. Instead of that, we could simply be more optimistic about life, and focus more on little things that make us happy, not just focus on what's bad and try to change it.
My point is... It's good to have expectations, but sometimes, we have to simply deal with the fact our expectations dont always match with the reality. But when you are happy with the reality you live in, you will passively change things around you.
I don't know... It's hard to balance those two things - being happy with what you have and changing what you have to something better. I don't think there is a magical formula for happiness. All of that varies from person to person. But i guess one thing is universal - it's not that easy to improve your situation, so start from small steps, and treat losing positively. Outcome doesn't matter, but experience does.
You know... Replaying all The Walking Dead games lately really provoked me to think about... all of it.
We are all insignifiant and unimportant. So as whole humanity. Even if someone managed to be remembered throughout our whole history, it still doesn't matter much considering humanity itself won't exist at some point.
The most famous man on the world could still be unhappy. There are things that cannot be bought. Knowing there is X people knowing about you is a nice thought, but we can't give it much of a value. But emotional relations with other people - they have a lot more value.
Therefore, answering to Luke's question... If there is anything i would travel hundreds of miles for, it would be family. Not just family as your bloodline, but everyone you care about, and everyone who cares about you.
Objectively, there is no meaning to our existence. So if everything is subjective, and human relations are the most effective way to make us feel happy, i believe love, family, friends, and showing empathy to others is our best shot at happiness. After all... What's the point of existing, if the existence itself is a pain?
"What's the most important thing in this world Clem? Whats the one thing a guy would walk hundreds of miles just to get back? It's family Clem, it's a tough world out there without people you can trust."
Luke said that. Not really fitting for our reality, i know, but it's surely something to think about... What is the only thing that can push a man forward, no matter what situation he is in? Popularity? Money? No. All those things have meaning only in our realia. But people.... People will always exist, as long humanity does. It's a very universal motivator.
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Im in my 40's and a happily married atheist.
Two years ago I was a doctor addicted to self-prescribed medications as well as more illicit substances. The Medical Board found out about my activities and stripped me of my registration for one year. My wife was in tears and my two children were both confused and scared. Was I happy then? 1/10 on the happy scale
What changed? (apart from having a good doctor, and wonderful wife/family, and other outside help)
A LOT! I cant purport to give everyone the best advice on life and what will make one happy. Im not Gandhi or the
Dalai lama. It is also impossible to give everyone individual advice on a forum such as this.
I can however provide two mantras I try to remember/recall daily. These make life happier for me at least.
Less is more - I downgraded my house to an apartment and I now work as a part time labourer / part time what ever the hell takes my interest. I earn less but having "less" stresses me out less about wanting more! Truly - the richer you are the less happy you are. Might sound like BS but anecdotally you can take it from me - Less is more.
Journey before destination (from Brandon Sanderson). I simply no longer rush through life. Smell the roses. Dont be in a rush to get a girlfriend, dont be in a rush to get married, dont be in a rush to leave school. Sounds stupid I know. If I take my time everyday and enjoy "the moment" I feel at peace. I sound like a hippy dont I? Well Im not. This is known as mindfulness and clinically is known to provide strong benefits to people with mental illness or to those who simply struggle in life for whatever reason.
Am I happy now?
Im not a doctor (although Im planning to return doing some part time volunteer work at some point in the future).
I'm not rich.
I live in a small unremarkable apartment having sold a larger house with a fancy view.
Life is now 8/10 in terms of happiness - I dont think Ill ever be 10/10. You cant be happy without some sadness. The crests of a ocean wave cant exist without the troughs.
Ehhhh, not really.
Not really, to be honest.
I mean, I have nothing to be sad about, I just feel like I don't know what direction my life is going to go. I don't know what to do with myself, so therefore I'm feeling unsatisfied and not happy.
So I'd say probably a 6-7.5/10
Could be better.
I wish there was more vegan options, and also wish that people wouldn't make laws based on religion. (I'm atheist)
And it's pretty hard being intersex.
I identify as a male, but I am biologically not a male, nor a female. Well, technically, I am both. One ovary and one testicle. The issue is, I have no body hair and my voice is very high pitched, like a prepubescent boy. Not to mention I am very short. So I'm 17, and look like an 11 year old. Obviously this triggers lots of bullying. I just wish I could be a male from the start. Now I have to go through surgery, when I'm 18 or older.
So I'd give it a 7/10.
I've always heard that doctors (especially anesthesiologists) are one of the highest risk professions for drug abuse. Glad you made it out of that trap and are rebuilding your life!
Ahh, that sucks, sorry to hear that. I myself am not really tall, so i know the feeling. Well, at least a fraction of it.
Yeah, sucks to be 5'1 and surrounded by people 6 ft tall. But, I could have it worse...
I was never able to join sports teams either but I'm not even into sports, so win win?
No.
am i happy with my life? not entirely, but im sure am glad that i have what i have. wish i had a few more and wish to do more that have that few more and thats on me and thats what mostly makes me a bit sadd and angry. im afraid of, lets say challenging myself a bit more and be more active, whether it's academic or just in my personal life, to try to improve my situation but i dont want to really get out of my comfort zone or leave out, sacrificed, some of the things i enjoy.
Dude life is depressing.
Only if you think it is.
That's the key. It's all based on our perspective.
I am due to having a great woman in my life and doing things that make me happy. I see how far technology has advanced and that makes me excited for the future. It's interesting that Leonardo Da Vinci invented the first working motor, the first parachute, the first tank, the first hang glider, the first home security system/robot, and countless other inventions. Leonardo made the discovery that the heart was the main organ for blood and vital use. Then we look at how far all of them have come. It's interesting as the other people must have thought him as being mad.
I'm 23 and an avid fan of Star Trek, so I look forward to the future. It would be incredible to see warp speed, actual robots that are advanced, and the day when people stop thinking of themselves as a race and they start thinking as they are all human. I don't like racism and it saddens me that there are racist Black and White people. I'm Scottish/English and Italian. I have red hair, blue eyes, and White looking. My fiance is African and Irish/Scottish. People stare at us everywhere we go and some elderly people are rude to us. I think about how in Next Generation, Geordie is seen as a valuable asset to the ship, not as a Black man, but just as a man. It's an uplifting series.
Amen to that.
I would love to see a world of robots and humans united.
I added some things also to my post. A world were humans are united. I love Next Generation even more than I love the original series. Mainly because Next got me into Star Trek and although Kirk is an incredible and important captain to the series, I enjoy Picard more due to his high intelligence and leadership qualities. It's interesting to see Worf as the first Klingon Star Fleet officer and how he interacts with everyone. I enjoy how Star Trek brings everyone together. I hope to see that in my life time. My fiancé has a great grandmother and a great aunt that are still alive. Both are in their 90s and I think how they lived to see segregation end, the Rights movement happen, to see their grandchildren were one married a Hawaiian and White woman and the other, my father in law, marry a Scottish and Irish woman. They hugged me and said that I was a handsome man, I almost cried. This gives me hope that there will be a better future someday.
I wouldn't say I'm 'happy' since the past year was really stressful and full of pain for me. That being said, I'm extremely grateful for having a bed to sleep on every night, a decent job, and most important of all a healthy 1 year old daughter. It could always be worse, folks.
BUT MY PERSPECTIVE IS SAD
Here I am!
You know I couldn't let that pass....
Lol when I saw that you commented I thought the same thing.
Honestly, I'm not happy in my life. I don't have any friends. Acquaintances, but nothing more than that.
We all crave human companionship, and the need to feel like you belong is very strong in human beings. But I don't have anyone who really wants me around. They're all polite, but nothing more.
And as a result I have lost interest in life. I'm not suicidal, not at all. But I don't have any zest for life, no passion, no fire, nothing. I try to be fun and have that fire, as that draws people to you, but so often I don't have it.
It's always been that for me. Never had a buddy! Or a group of people that I connect with.
So I'm alone. I have no real friends, there is no sense of brotherhood. And I can't seem to draw others to me. And I can't figure out how to make those social cliques.
Thank God for alcohol! But then I'm a lonely drunk.
Then change it
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Thanks for sharing, mate.
Don't worry. As I stated above, you're definitely not alone.