You know, things are going ok. Not perfect, but ok. My job is slack ass and I get paid close to $70,000 to do it. I leave my house at 8:30 and am back at 3:45. I come home for lunch every day. I work 4 1/2 hours a day, 5 days a week, 9 months out of the year. I get summers off, christmas and easter off, plus 20 sick days a year which can be banked up to 180 days a work year. If I don't want to go to work for a few days, then I don't. No one cares.
Work no longer defines me, and I do as little of it as possible. My wife and I have a great relationship. I love my wife and the sex is good. The kids are happy and are fun to be around. I want more money, but am doing just fine with what I have.
Life used to be unbearable because of work and my own insecuirities. Now I took the whole work thing out of the equation and I am much happier, and much more enjoyable to be around.
I get sad sometimes wishing things were different like having more money, but in the end it passes.
I watch less tv, less movies, eat more healthy and try and lead a more honest and healthy lifestyle. Why? Because my change came from within. My happiness comes from within. My sadness comes from within. I change the things I can about myself, and accept the things I can't change.
I like my simple life, and so do the people around me. And the sex is good too.
you seem to have figured most of your life now.
hey, any vacancies where you're at? :)
You should have said "fewer" movies. I learned that one from DL.
Posted by: at February 18, 2008 5:10 AMThanks for paying attention, Elsie.
dl
Posted by: at February 18, 2008 5:51 AMSorry about the "less movies". Should have caught that since I am a teacher. A slack ass teacher up in the frozen tundra.
Posted by: Anon at February 18, 2008 6:56 AMOh, good. You're a teacher. Please teach your students the difference between:
your, you're
its, it's
there, their, they're
whose, who's
lay, lie
And teach them to spell while you're at it. That stuff drives me crazy. (I guess I'm old-school.) I've always felt that spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors take away from what a person is trying to say. I cannot believe how many high school and/or college graduates are unaware of the proper way to spell.
Thanks. And wrap yourself up in a nice, warm afghan or blanket!
Posted by: at February 18, 2008 7:33 AMOh come on give the guy a break puh-lease! This was not an academic article. Just something heart-felt.
Posted by: at February 18, 2008 9:37 AMlove u
Posted by: at February 18, 2008 11:47 AMTo the "give the guy a break" commenter:
Hey, I was getting something off my chest. Isn't that what anonyblog is all about? Besides, I wasn't criticizing him, just venting. So, "puh-lease" yourself!
I love what the OP has to say about change coming from within. That's absolutely true. If you're not happy with your life, don't look for external forces to blame. Look within; that's where the answers are.
Posted by: at February 19, 2008 8:39 AMWow!!!! I wrote this blog because things are going ok for me. It wasn't always the case. Several years ealier I was on the verge of losing my family, my sanity and my life. I am far from being perfect on this planet. But my feelings of worthlessness that some people write about on this blog have passed for the time being. I do not know what is in store for me in the future, but today things are ok.
I am enjoying all the comments. I read them all. And I love this site as it is a great way to blow off steam or jsut have a great laugh!!!
Posted by: anon at February 19, 2008 1:24 PMWhat kind of teacher are you?? Sounds like a nice job!! I like my job I'm at now, but its not a forever job. I'm in school for my actual career but I'm not sure if that is what I really want to do either.....
Posted by: at February 21, 2008 7:50 PM