I'm not a very happy person. Most of my unhappiness has been brought on by myself. I have ruined my life by the silly things I have done. I didn't care very much about my future as a teenager, I barely made it out of high school. I went to college for 2 weeks and dropped out. So school was never for me. I have been doing what I do for work for 21 years but I'm still at the same level I started out as in 1993. That's pretty dang sad if you ask me. All of this is because of my own doing. I was very lazy in school so I didn't apply myself and I had no goals or any direction. But here I am today hating my life I'm so unhappy about where I am and what I'm doing. 21 years of doing what I do for a living I should be running the place but no I'm at the bottom of the totem pole. I'm the one that did this I'm the one who had the poor attitude as a teenager, I was hard headed and would never listen to my parents. I skipped school and sometimes didn't even go. Look where I am today I make just a little over $5 an hour more than my 18 year old step daughter who is a senior in high school. How sad is that. When your young it doesn't bother you, you think you know it all but you don't. I'm so angry and so unhappy with where I'm at in life BUT I can only blame myself. If I had it to do over again I would do it very different.
I think all of us would look back at our lives and think at some point at least we should have done something other than what we did do.
the only real problem I see in this post of yours is that you currently hate you life.
That is not a crime its a symptom.
You remaining unhappy will help NO human being learn from your mistakes.
Learning to have joy is really the ONLY thing you NEED to do.
You need to find happiness in your existance.
If you don't you will be in pain.
when in pain people have a tendency to be cruel to others.
Not always or all people bit it is a real concern.
finds ways to bring joy into your life.
It does not take money.
I was raised dirt poor and I learned very early HOW to bring joy to my life during stressful times.
One of the KEY ways is to help others.
indeed in your op post seems like that is what you are doing.
trying to help others learn from your own missteps in life.
Money is NOT life's only measure.
kindness is a much better measure of the worth of a life.
In your post here I see a kind person who wishes others a way to avoid the pain you feel in your own life.
My friend YOU are a GOOD person.
that is an unpurchaseable with the largest pile of money on the earth quality.
You are wealthy in Good intentions.
tell yourself "I love YOU" tell yourself that every day as often as you can.
One day you will even believe it.
but you cant ever believe it if you never tell yourself that huh?
Be good to others and try not to expect much back.
tell yourself you love yourself and be good to others.
money cant buy that.
Love is the only currency that can help you buy your happiness back.
good luck my friend and I hope you stick around and chat with us from time to time.
I loved the kindness that flowed through your post.
the willingness to self examine critically.
Your a good person.
