The first step in getting what you want out of life is this; Decide what you want.-Ben Stein
Such a simple solution, then why are so many people unhappy? why are there so many "regulars" content to drink their depression into temporary remission? Could it be that we dont know what we want? I think not, you can ask anybody at any time what they want and you will most surely get a laundry list of eclectic items.
Ive always been a pretty direct person, see something I want go after it till I get it regardless of consequence, this of course has not always been the best means to an end, but it has however sufficed until lately. I have accomplished alot with this mentality, eagle scout, standout wrestler, decorated combat vet, great job, making good money. Until recently I had thought that i had figured out the secret to being happy in life, now I realized that i was mistaking happiness for being content. Recently I have not been happy or even content and through much reflection i have figured out what I am mising and why I had not seen it earlier in life, i need companionship, looking back at my life I have always had a girlfeiend, someone to focus my attention on, a reason to get dressed up, a guarentee that i wont be alone for the time being. Psychoanylists will undoubtedly say this is because i grew up motherless for the most part, i dont necissarrily disagree with them but it has been sometime now since ive had a companion and I miss it, this doesnt mean that im gonna run out and scoop up the first available girl and try to start a relationship but it does mean that I need companionship to be happy. A couple of times recently i have thought i had found someone that would make for a good one only to be disapointed.
So i guess in conclusion Ben Stein was right, the first step to getting what you want out of life is to know what you want. However it isnt that simple sometimes the amount of steps between knowing what you want and getting what you want are tremendous, and sometimes the amount of effort required, and the amount of disapointment necessary to get what you want out of life are enough to make you want to pull up a barstool and drink...
Such a simple solution, then why are so many people unhappy? why are there so many "regulars" content to drink their depression into temporary remission? Could it be that we dont know what we want? I think not, you can ask anybody at any time what they want and you will most surely get a laundry list of eclectic items.
Ive always been a pretty direct person, see something I want go after it till I get it regardless of consequence, this of course has not always been the best means to an end, but it has however sufficed until lately. I have accomplished alot with this mentality, eagle scout, standout wrestler, decorated combat vet, great job, making good money. Until recently I had thought that i had figured out the secret to being happy in life, now I realized that i was mistaking happiness for being content. Recently I have not been happy or even content and through much reflection i have figured out what I am mising and why I had not seen it earlier in life, i need companionship, looking back at my life I have always had a girlfeiend, someone to focus my attention on, a reason to get dressed up, a guarentee that i wont be alone for the time being. Psychoanylists will undoubtedly say this is because i grew up motherless for the most part, i dont necissarrily disagree with them but it has been sometime now since ive had a companion and I miss it, this doesnt mean that im gonna run out and scoop up the first available girl and try to start a relationship but it does mean that I need companionship to be happy. A couple of times recently i have thought i had found someone that would make for a good one only to be disapointed.
So i guess in conclusion Ben Stein was right, the first step to getting what you want out of life is to know what you want. However it isnt that simple sometimes the amount of steps between knowing what you want and getting what you want are tremendous, and sometimes the amount of effort required, and the amount of disapointment necessary to get what you want out of life are enough to make you want to pull up a barstool and drink...
God youre cute, and I've lost my long-term and don't want him back for cheating yet again while I waited for him to come home....And I'm bored. And I'm lonely. And I'm admittingly co-dependant on my other to take care of half of this shit and I'll take care of half of his.
It works best this way. And you will write back, right??