Mediocre life?

Dracata

Dracata

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Do you have a good life? Are you happy with where you are? job? love? family? money? everything?

Do you regret decisions you've made that have led to where you are, and not where you could have been?

Do you ever think of big changes?

Just curious..
 
Dracata said:
Do you have a good life? Are you happy with where you are? job? love? family? money? everything?
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Yes. Dead happy. Everything is just fine :) Uni is enjoyable, love is just fine, got the things I want, having a good time. Student earnings suck but hey, you cant have everything.

Do you regret decisions you've made that have led to where you are, and not where you could have been?
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Nope.

Do you ever think of big changes?
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Nope.
 
If you think about the future too much you forget about the present :)

Enjoy the present while you can :D
 
Could be an interesting thread, actually.

Considering the mistakes I've made, I'm really very happy with my lot, but there's things I need to change, and soon, for my life to be how I'd like it to be.

I got the boot from school at 15 and floated around for a bit, then started off on a career path (Apple Mac Operator), then stuffed that up as well, now I've been back in that trade for about six months (after about 18 months more of floating around with a job, but no direction or career or opportunities) and I'm doing fairly well. I'm having to work a lot of hours to make the money I need/want. So overall the work bit is good - especially considering what an atrocious start I gave myself!

I'm in a lot of debt though. I need to see to that by organising my money better, curbing my awful spending habits, and piling on the overtime. If I go about it the right way I can clear it in a few years. Just need to find the willpower.

My family are great, apart from one of my sisters, who's a total ****. I'm not going to her wedding in April and I'm fairly certain I won't regret not going, but who knows how I'll feel down the line.

I'm very lucky in that when my parents move to France in a couple of years once their house is finished, I'll be able to rent this house with my girlfriend for WAY below what I'd have to pay, and the only compromise is having to keep the spare room ready for the month or maybe two months out of the year they'll probably spend here. I can live with that!

Overall, no I don't regret the bad decisions/mistakes I've made. I've landed mostly on my feet, and we learn from our mistakes imo. The amount I've made, I'll be ready to go on Mastermind soon.

Sometimes I wish I'd gone to University, but most of the time it doesn't bother me. Maybe I'll go one day.

As for changes and plans, I plan on doing a fair bit of travelling on my motorbike throughout my life. First real big trip is next September with my parents and my girlfriend, taking in various bits of Europe. Very much looking forward to it :)
 
Im pretty bored of life atm - i have no ambitions or anything so ive decided to join the navy! Its the 1st career ive ever been excited about, im really looking forward to it :)
 
That's a hard question to answer - simply because it's going to depend on my mood at the time of writing this, so it would not be a true depiction of how i feel about my life in general.

I guess some days are up, some days down. Work (postgrad) is very busy. Love life is greater than I could have ever hoped for. Money could always be better. Family is hard work, but rewarding.

As Forest Gump wisely said "life is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get".

I suppose then the overall outlook for today is "meh".

Ten1a :)
 
Life is ok, got my health and that's the main thing, job was ok but am looking in a different direction now, i live with parents and talk to my brothers on a daily basis even though they live away from home.

I'm in a bit of debt but my family have helped me making a money managing scheme to follow.

Don't really regret anything apart from getting in debt, but you do learn from it and it's made me a stronger person.

I'm currently doing a big change of leaving my first proper job which i've been doing for 2 years to going into a different type of job and hopefully it will be for the better, but i don't know until i try i guess.

Andy
 
I cant pinpoint what is wrong with my life. I am feeling very discontented at the moment and there is no real reason for me to feel like this. I have friends, more money than i realistically know what to do with, but there is something missing.

I am thinking i need to look for another proper relationship that i can take seriously, the issue is that short of nightclubs which are only good for one night stands, i dont meet any women. I cant see how i will ever meet a genuine nice woman who i could even think about trying to settle down with.
 
I could've been in a far worse state than I am now. I used to hang out with the 'wrong' type of people, and very nearly got sucked in. Many of them turned out OK, but many have had a really nasty ride so far, which I'm grateful that I missed.

I flunked my A levels and dropped out, mainly due to discovering women and hanging around with generally unenthusiastic people. But I managed to find a job locally, and get an apprenticeship.

I somehow managed to get married to my first proper GF, and now we've bought our first house. I often get depressed that we could've had more, or that life could be less routine if I'd pulled my weight and studied hard, but I'm damn glad that things are the way they are, and not down the tubes.

I want a change one day, but I need some direction. For now though, all is OK.
 
There are things that could be better in my life, but there's nothing that I can currently do about them, so I'm generally happy. I do regret some things that have happened in the last 6 years or so, but if I hadn't done everything I have, I would never have met my boyfriend who makes me extremely happy, so I'm not sure I would want to change things if I could go back now.
 
[TW]Fox;10372841 said:
I felt exactly like this. I know its cliched but it really will happen when you least expect it to.
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There is literally no situation where i would meet one and get a chance to see them for enough time to even consider flirting/asking out. I dont have a problem getting one night stands, but i feel as though i am now past this and i really cant be bothered any more.

Bah humbug :(
 
Look where you are going,

Not where you have been.

tbh I could go back and change a lot of things but I am healthy, have my family and enjoying life.

You can spend all day thinking you could have changed this and that, but that is the past.
 
For the first time in my life, I have realised that there is no limit to what I can do. Anything I want, I can have. There are no setbacks, no failures, no upsets. Only learning experiences on the continuous road upwards. :D

Life is good!!!!! Live it
 
I worry that I overlooked how hard it is going to be to make a decent living in the 'music industry', and such it may have not have been such a good idea to study a Popular Music BA (I'm in my second year), however much I enjoy music. But this has always been a worry and I don't regret following what I enjoy the most.

I'm not particularly fulfilled at the moment in my life, I recently joined a gym and it's filled a hole that was created by my own lazyness - I often find myself bored but it's mainly because I need a kick up the ass.

I am spending a lot of spare time researching what I currently do for a part-time job (teach guitar privately at the weekends) and can see myself doing for a while after University, although I'm currently unsure of how long I will be able to stick it out, I enjoy it at the moment but cannot say if I will when I'm doing it full time.

Love life is non existent which sucks, but I'm going out more and more which is great, so summing up I guess it's just a matter of wait and see.
 
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Yup, very mediocre life I have :(. I've slipped into a rutt, but Im working very hard to get out of it atm, aiming for it to be all hunky dorey soon :D
 
I have a good life and I'm loving every minute of it. I enjoy my job and the prospects are good, I have a fine girlfriend and a hectic social life, I'm moving into a big house in January. I'm in zero debt but I feel like I could do with being a bit richer, but then doesn't everyone?

I've made some bad decisions along the way but I wouldn't swap what I have now for anything. Well almost anything.

The only changes I need to do is lose the timber I'm carrying since my new shift rota screwed up my routine and also buy a car.
 
Dracata said:
Do you have a good life? Are you happy with where you are? job? love? family? money? everything?

Do you regret decisions you've made that have led to where you are, and not where you could have been?

Do you ever think of big changes?

Just curious..
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Happy? Mostly, yes. But not entirely.

Regrets? No. I made decisions at various points in life, based on the best information to hand. SOme were right, some were wrong. But none were knowingly wrong.

Big changes? Yes, always thinking that.
 
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