I believe I am. Life is much different than this time last year, but at least now I know what's going on. I try not to allow things on the outside to get me worked up. Some days are better than others. I make my own decisions. I live with them. I face things that I denied in the past. And because I trust God, Yes... I believe I am.
I finished up school a couple weeks ago. Start my job on Tuesday. Preparing for the LSAT coming up in September. If accepted to school, I would be starting in the Spring of 08...part-time. I will spend the next 4 years working full time and going to law school in the evening, practically year round. Then right when I get out of school, I'll be preparing for the bar and looking to start at a new position at some law firm or corporation. I'll have to be a champion ass-kisser for atleast the next five years after that. The next decade of my life is going to suck.
Cool woman aren't available for long if at all because it doesn't take much for one guy to figure it out. If you find one, you have to jump on the opportunity. My wife was living with someone when I met her but I didn't let it stop me from asking her out.
If you insist on allowing everything affect you, then the only alternative that I see is to buy a new Harley. I know a good sales guy. Let me know when you're ready.
Absolutely miserable. Very long story short: I got a masters than worked in IT, was pretty successful. My bosses loved me and it seemed like I was on the fast track. But I quit to help w/ my mother's business (due to my father's passing). I've spent the last 1.5 yrs in an ass backwards town filled w/ really ignorant, drug-using, get-by-in-life-by-lying-cheating-and-stealing people and it sucks. I've got in numerous confrontations w/ drug dealers and general a-holes, had several near fist fights, car chases (not kidding) and one full blown Fight Club event which made me realize I got sucked down to their level. All I can think of every other moment is I went through life trying to be a decent kid, got a good job, lived in a lively city...just to end up in a black hole of a town dealing w/ the most worthless people you can imagine 24/7. Well, I guess I did make a difference after all, the low life encounters went from every day to maybe once a month if at all. But family always comes first and I owe my mother everything, so the only thing that makes me happy is feeling like I made the right choice, although I can't help but feel I've thrown my career down the crapper and will have to start over 100 steps back again. Oh yeah, watching the Rockets and Cavs in the playoffs hasn't helped either.
1) very happy 2) the driving force getting me out of bed every day is my wife saying "get your lazy ass out of bed" everyday
I think that's called "being jaded". Anyway I still think if the Rockets won it all I would probably feel as intense happiness as they did the first time they won it. I might not be doing backflips down Boylston ave. though like I did in 1994.
While my job situation kind of sucks, my life is pretty damn good. Without my wife or my son, I really wouldn't have a reason to get out of bed. That's all I need...
I am quite happy with my life. I am never happy with myself (in that I can always improve and never live up to my own standards that are impossibe to meet). I always appear to be very unhappy (people always think I am in a bad mood - just my surly personality...on the inside I am usually quite chipper). But, yeah, I am living the good life.
Yeah it's one thing to be happy because of circumstances, but another to be happy from perspective. I admit I'm happy mostly cause of circumstances right now, but want to develop that other quality. Be joyful always, right?
