Re: CHOICES
I have found most people who collect stuff, keep up with the neighbors, and have the bigest best of everything are usually so far in debt they will never get out. I have also found these people are not truely happy. They are looking for something but do not know what it is. They convince themselves that by buying things they will find the magic formula for happieness. They don't realize that the happieness a new car brings is passing, then they need something more.<br /><br />I have moved around some, changed jobs about every 5 years until my current job. I have been having the old wandering feeling, but am happy where I am at. I have worked for people, worked for myself, and given everything a shot that I wanted. I have never failed in anything I have tried simply from hard work and determination. But I have enjoyed what I have done enough that the hard work was not a bad thing. <br /><br />My only regret in careers is that I can not keep all of them. I ran my families cattle ranch but left it for an easier life for my own family, and to get away from pressures of extended family who had a hand in the ranch. I wish I could have both my present career and the ranch. I was a mechanic for years in my own shop during my free time. Made a great living and could have easily went full time with that venture, but it just wasn't for me. I like working on anything mechanical, but it just wasn't completely fulfilling and the amount of work I had lined up was too much for my family.<br /><br />Yes, if you are not truely happy inside, find something else then move on to it. My in-laws gave me a hard time when I changed jobs each time saying I wasn't supporting my family. I have not been out of a job since I was 14 years old. They are just all stuck in the old way of life, graduate school, get a job, get married, buy a house and die. That's not for me. There is nothing wrong with finding what makes one happy, as long as the dream is attainable.
