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I'm back!

Added: September 27, 2004, 5:16 pm  (68 views)
I'm back! I thought I'd try to enter something in here once a day or so again. Thought it'd be interesting for someone to read, should they find themselves so bored...

My main thoughts today dwell on the Future. It is such an unkown and unpredictable thing. As was discussed in Star Trek VI, the future was called the "Undiscovered Country." People often times think about their lives and think that they have a very simple life, but in fact everyone's life is a very complicated thing. So many different facets that play into each other, and impact one another that it is amazing we don't all have nervous break downs every 5 years or so.

First, personal relationships. These are a great deal of people's moods, personalities, and overall happiness in life. Friendships, as well as romantic companionship, are both very important to people.

Second, careers. We spend close to 1/3 of our lives at work. The majority of our day that we are not sleeping is spent at work. It is imperative that we are happy there.

Either one of the above can affect each other (i.e. if you are unhappy at work, it can affect your personal relationships, and vice versa). If either or both are "up in the air," a person must give a lot of thought to correcting them. This might mean a career change and/or a change in personal relationships. Generally, friendships are not as trying as romantic relationships. Deciding where to take your career and how it will affect a significant other can put a significant strain on a person. The personal relationship can also have a drastic affect on your career. What if the SO wants to move? What if you want to move and your SO doesn't? Can you stay in a job you don't want so that you are happy at home? Can you give up what you have at home for a potentially better career?

The scariest part of changing one of these things is that you risk making a change for the worse. The future is so uncertain that a choice might not improve things, but make them worse. That leads to another choice which starts the cycle over again.

And thus you see where I am. Should I risk changing one of these main things? Will I be happy in 5 years as things stand now? Not only that, but is this all that I want out of life? When trying to decide if I'm content with life at present, I can't help but think that life is too short. It is so short that a person shouldn't waste it being content to be mediocre (something an old math teacher said a lot). You should always strive to be happiest, and accomplish as much as possible in life. So, am I doing that right now? Is my life offering me enough?

*sigh*

too many questions, not enough answers...

More thoughts later.

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