Do you live the life you want to live?

You know what Tom Robbins said "It's never too late to have a happy childhood." I also have known a few "Negative Hippies". Some people just take their shit way too seriously. Fighting negativity with negativity is like putting out fire with gasoline. It just takes a few years of reprogramming to get past that initial reaction.

Stay Brown,
Rev J

 

I can't say that I'm particularly happy with my life right now. As a grad student it feels like everything has been on hold for a few years now. And I'm definitely not living my dream at the moment. My hope is that I'll be closer to that after I graduate....

Mainly I would change my living arrangements if I could. But that isn't possible right now. So I'm concentrating on making the best of current circumstances.

This part of your post really hit home with me. I feel the same way about my twenties. I spent 4 years in college, took 3 years off, and I will have spent 3 more years in grad school when I'm done. Other than that it feels like I haven't really done much of anything. But that's one of the reasons that I've made my way to this forum. I'm trying to get a better perspective on how I'm defining my sense of meaning and satisfaction.

Much of my difficulty stems from what society tells you that you should have achieved, own, wear, think, etc. by the time you're 29 years old....

 

speaking as a college drop out, i can assure you that getting your education definitely counts as doing something with your life. you really start to realize the value of an education when you don't have one. Once you complete graduate school you'll have so many opportunities and chances to live your life the way you really want to live it. I can't find a decent job without a degree so my options are pretty limited..be proud of your education.

 

I am working towards living the life I want to live.

Trying to rid myself of negative delusions that only stop me from attaining what I know that I can.

I think I can I think I can I think I can.. said the little train.

I will say, I know I can I know I can I know I can.

Too many cans, now it seems like a strange word. All words are strange..

 

It's all about the journey not the destination. There is no destination in life, except maybe the last stop at the end. So. Enjoy. The. Journey.

Your journey is happening right now, if the step you are taking at this moment is not meaningful then you are not on your true path.

You chose your next step, right now.

ENJOY the trip.

 

Very very true. If you only plan the destination then you might drop dead before you reach it. Enjoy the journey - live now.

Simon

 

im almost there... just gotta keep on truckin till your happy! the times a coming!

 

Am I where I would like to be in life? No not really. Although I shun the financial institutions and work only in cash I work for a bank, in a bank call centre in fact. But I understand why I am there, I am there to get myself out of the current debt I got myself into a few years ago and to get some savings behind me to go travelling and to buy me a piece of land somewhere. But although I am not where my dreams depict it does not mean I am not happy. I appreciate that today is the day I am living in the place I am living it. I cant be that person I dream to be just yet, but I can enjoy where I am now. I can practice my gardening so when I get my land I can build it up well. I get to talk to hundreds of people a day and hopefully bring joy to their life even for a minute. I can enjoy my eclectic flatmates and my strange cat. Trying to obtain the "dream" life right now and here, having it be the be all and end all, i dont think id like it. You always have to have something you are working towards...

 

I'm not really sure, to answer the OP's question. Sometimes I can't tell if I'm on the right path. I can say for certain I'm not at the destination I want to be at, but I think that's most everyone. I may or may not be on the path to get there.

I would love to be like Chris McCandless and just set out into the wild, or out into the world. I wish I could bounce from town to town, finding odd jobs for a few weeks at each stop, meeting new people, and continuing with a non-stop adventure. But I'm tied down by other goals I have, as well as the lack of experience I have in being a traveling vagabond.

I wish I could find friends that I could waste the days with like I had when I was younger. We'd all sit on couches, on carpet, drinking Jack Daniels at high noon, playing Egyptian Rat Screw, and trying to find $10 so we could go get some lunch. Or we'd work a job for a few weeks, save $1000, and drive up to Chicago and spend it all in a few days. But those friends are long gone and everyone I know these days is tied to duty and obligation.

C'est la vie.

 

Right now, I'm a bit frustrated with how everything is playing out in my life. I'm not very satisfied but I'm changing that today, I'm starting to meditate more and take time for myself. I'm not living my dream yet but in a few short years I'll be off to college and my journey will begin.
If I could change something in my life, I would change how much freedom I'm given and what my limitations are concerning transportation issues. Ya know?

 

i dont think about it because it's not real .

 

I do enjoy my life, and I believe I'm living how I'd like to. I don't do a lot of things that I plan on doing in my life as of now but that's only because I'm still in high school. I know that once I'm more free I'll be doing everything I have ever imagined I'd do and I'll love life even more. I know who I am and I think that is the biggest part of living the life you truly want!