Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

I am, at forty-two, ever so slowly, approaching “content”. Unfortunately, this glacial pilgrimage is often punctuated by times of restlessness and impatience. I try to be as zen-like as possible, but I’m an aggressive dude.

I am finally happy, blessed and content. To want more would be selfish and greedy and why I volunteer at and donate regularly to our local shelter.

I am very satisfied. I could do with just a bit more money, as I am anticipating a high power bill, but yeah. I am a lover of life.

I am satisfied, but anxious for change. I spent the last week traveling to a potential PhD program that could offer me the opportunity to teach the courses I am interested in while studying and researching. If admitted, I am going to be offered a full ride.

I didn’t think I would have these opportunities growing up in a family with limited funds. I can’t be discontent because I have so much to appreciate.

I’m definitely satisfied.

I’m married to a my best friend, we both have good jobs that we enjoy, we (along with Daisy and Chloe) are happy and healthy, I live in a nice house, and I can afford all of my bills. There’s money in the bank, two running cars parked outside, and a college degree hanging in my office. I call that a pretty good life.

Things could be better, but that’ll always be true. I’m grateful for what I have, because it could be a hell of a lot worse.

More than satisfied, merely gaining satisfaction from life seems entirely unambitious to me.
No, i’m completely & utterly delirious with my life, couldn’t be better.

Still reeling from the end of my marriage and the break-up of my family. Very much a work-in-progress.

I think it’s all relative – it’s a matter of “is the glass half empty or half full?”

I have a good job with a lot of perks, in a position envied by many, where I can be fairly autonomous and I can travel on the job.

I am a single mother of a young child, and with that, there’s always the wish for more free time, yet I have more free time than a lot of two-parent-family parents. Most parents of older kids or adults say “enjoy it while they’re little, because before you know it, they’re grown.” I can afford to pick up and take a trip to almost anywhere, yet with a young child and a full time job, I have to plan.

I live in a house in a nice community. It’s not a huge house, but to someone living in a small apartment, or living in a bad neighborhood, mine would be grand.

I have a decent car, and will be buying another new car within a year. Is it a Maserati? No, but I am happy with what I have.

If I want something, I can buy it. I like sales and I try not to pay full price on many things I purchase. Do I shop on Fifth Avenue? No but I am happy with what I have, and it gets complimented. If I hit the mall I try to use a discount coupon when I can, just because I am thrifty.

I’m not broke, never broke, don’t pay attention to payday, yet I’m far from rich.

The last job I had, I saw the richest and I saw the poorest, and it made me realize and appreciate what I have.

Could it be better? Yes. Could it be worse? Hell yes. Am I satisfied? Yes, definitely.

The past 15 months have been filled with extreme sleep deprivation (sleep disorder) and chronic back pain. If you had asked this question 16 months ago, I would have said, “yes”. Now, I really do realize that I need to be learn to be satisfied with what is, rather than resent what was lost and worry about what is to come.

Right now – as in this current moment – I am satisfied. I am content and genuinely grateful for what I have. But I’m also fully aware that I really have nothing – except the ability to experience life, which from what I can tell is nothing but change.

Yes and no. Living at home at 25, working for a low wage, feeling stuck and unsupported in my life goals, having no friends, battling and losing the weight loss battle. It’s got me down.

@ucme is finally getting some from the missus!

@muppetish Congrats on the full ride opportunity…that is huge and worth all the hard work you put in to achieve that! ((knuckles))

@Cruiser I just got through humping your missus, not bad for an old bird ;-}

No. I did enjoy and was ecstatically happy, content and joyful for years, until the economy wiped me out starting in 2010.
I lost my country house last spring of 7 years, had to re-home my beloved pet of 15 years and am now barely adjusted to my new circumstances which are oppressive, boring, devoid of my number one need, freedom and creative expression.
I am now a slave to dull routine, forced socialization with dull people after being self employed in a highly creative field chock full of fun and creative expression.

If I am unable to create a new circumstance for myself soon I am seriously considering a pot of Oleander tea.
I will NOT live a life lacking in quality, I just won’t. How’s that for brutal honesty? lol
I’m all about quality over quantity and that’s the way it is.

I’m vaguely anxious but I have to say I’m in a place that is a thousand times more secure than it has been in the past. But I’m still a little anxious.

I’m not satisfied with my life but I am always mindful of being grateful for what I have and how far I have come. I’m a single parent, very lonely at the moment, looking for work, trying to get some dreams off the ground and dealing with depression, PTSD and anxiety. But I do have a beautiful son. I strive to improve myself and situation. I hope one day that I won’t have to rely on handouts financially and I’d love to be able to buy things like a new sofa, bedroom furniture, new clothes – find my style rather than putting up with what I have to; I’d like to be able to really make my home, my own. I rent at the moment and have a really awful landlord. I feel ill a lot of the time with various ailments too, but I’m trying to change that, slowly.

There are a lot of things that I am not content with, but on a day to day basis I am glad that I have a roof over my head, love for my boy, food on the table, books to read, education, gratitude, a functioning and deep mind and above all hope and determination that things will change for the better.

We have shelter, food, health insurance and access to the internet; the kids have access to education and will reap tremendous benefits from being white and perceived as men; I have a couple of degrees that I can use for work, if necessary but I am lucky to go to school again, to pursue what I’m passionate about, many people don’t get that chance. There are some issues, of course, like a poisonous mother in my life and some ups and downs here and there that occupy my mind. But, overall, I am tremendously blessed.

@ucme She is hardly an old bird…probably younger than you old man! Plus her left leg has not had that much attention since we got our puppy! ;)

@Cruiser To be fair, I had to pleasure myself on her leg, dat crack reminded me of the Grand Canyon, i’d have been missing for days ;)

@ucme So that was you I heard yodeling!

I’m grateful that I finally have my own apartment…

@Cruiser Yeah, that’ll be the echo after I went down on her

^^^ You be baaaad!

@Coloma Time to take Clint out back to the wood shed

@Cruiser You keep that battered old chopper away from me, ya dirty bastard

@ucme That is exactly what my wife just said to you! ;)

I am very happy with my life. I am looking forward to moving in a different direction in my career. It’s going to take a lot of hard work and dedication, but it will be worth it. My family (husband and children) are all doing very well. Of course we have our hiccups here and there, but those aren’t anything we can’t handle.

@Cruiser She told you that to ease your pain :)

Satisfied with my life but not happy in the part of the country I have to live it.

I’ll get back to you. Next month I’ll be getting out of the military to start my new life with the rest of you :). I’m pretty excited but also scared.

Congrats and thank you for your military service @Blackberry! Do you have work lined up yet?

Thanks @Cruiser. I won’t have a job yet, but I do have a good amount of money saved up over these 9 years. I’ll immediately be looking as soon as I get settled in the apartment. I was thinking about going on a vacation or something, but I don’t want to waste my savings yet lol.