So how many of you here are happy with your station in life?

I want some brutal honesty from you folks.

im happy

But are you really?

I'm not successful at all, and the worst part is it means less sex.

Thread crossover!

Yeah, I am.

i feel relatively successful

things are gonna change i can feel it.

I'll be honest here. I feel like I should have accomplished more at this point in life. I feel like when I was growing up, people kept telling me how I was going to take the world by storm, how talented I am, how this or that. And maybe I started believing it, to the point where I took my time and now find myself with remarkably little to show for all that "potential".

I'm 24 years old, working towards my second degree (graduating in December) and it's a little irritating to still be in school and working full-time. I don't sleep enough. I feel tired all the time. I like my job, but it has nothing to do with what I want to do with my life and I hate the daily routine of it. I have a second job in my field that barely pays at all. But I do have another well-paying job in my field lined up for me for after I graduate, so that's a glimmer of hope.

I'm very frustrated with my romantic life. Ever since I broke up with my girlfriend last year things have been pretty unstable. I'm seeing someone now but that's doomed to end for a number of reasons.

On the flipside, I have a nice cast of pretty fantastic friends, I do really well at my job, I have a lot of creative projects lined up. I laugh more than most people I know. And I managed to be completely independent from my wealthy parents, which is something I'm super proud of.

In conclusion, 50/50. I'm okay with where I am, but there's a lot to be changed, and I need to work towards changing it.

my fear of never finding my dream job has been replaced with a fear of losing it.

Feeling unfulfilled platy? I always figured you to be someone that had it all together.

I have always felt unsuccessful, despite my best efforts.

Jorge, on the bright side you are only 24. Lots of time ahead of you.

I'm very happy in my life outside of work/career, but not happy with work/career. So 50/50 like Jorge I guess.

Sort of feel the same way, really.

I just illegally downloaded the new Wilco, and i'm listening to it in my fancy townhouse.

I can relate to this a lot.

I don't know, some days I feel frustrated with where I am but generally I'm okay with it. I'm 28 and studying full-time towards a degree I only decided to take up a couple of years ago, though the upside of that is I'm thoroughly enjoying it and so in a sense I feel like I've got a lot to look forward to - that helps.

I wish I had more money, things are very tight given that I'm only working two days a week and my wife's only working two nights a week so we can juggle looking after our daughter, but we're getting by. Things should pick up once I graduate and go back to full-time work, though she gets more down about that than I do - understandably so, I guess.

While of course I wish I'd figured out what to do with my life when I was 18 and been on the way there a long time ago, I wouldn't necessarily change anything. Things are okay, all things considered.

No matter how you weigh success, I'm unsuccessful in life. I am certainly not anywhere close to where I planned on being at 28 when it comes to a career or a domestic life, nor do I feel like I am as "good" of a person as I expected to be at this point. I've grown selfish and a little bit bitter. It's that second measurement of success that I think is more important, and also the one that I think that I can change quicker. I used to be the friendliest (dare I say sincerest) person. I think I'd like to fight to get that back again.

Yeah, my life has been pretty much a failure for the most part too.

I probably skirted over this in my post above, but I felt this way too for a long time.

I don't know, it's been better lately because I get the feeling I'm actually working (albeit very slowly) towards where I'd like to be but I don't know how long that feeling will last once study is behind me and I'm trying to find a decent job.