A "Friend" told me today that I had lost my way..... basically what she was saying was that since I consider myself "happy, and content with my life", I have lost all my drive and ambition.
In a way she is right. I'm not driven by my career, I don't want to move jobs to get a promotion, more money ...whatever. I like being where I am (big change from a year ago!!), I find my job a challenge and I don't dread going to work each morning..
Most of all I am VERY happy with my life. I love my Husband deeply, have a fabulous little boy who never ceases to amaze me and a lifestyle which may not be filled with luxuries, but is certainly not on the breadline either.
So what I basically want to know is..... Is it so bad to consider you do not always need more?
I don't deny that there are frustrations in my life, I don't deny that I sometimes crave new challenges, A bit more cash would never hurt.... and yes I would love to be able to do some of the things I did when I was single (holidays abroad, lovely clothes, Go out more often, etc...), but at the same time the joy of my family and the challenges I find at work are sufficient to make me smile each day and not hate living. I honestly think that is fine for now.
Have I lost my way, just because my priorities have changed and I have settled for somethng a little more realistic than my dreams? I have to answer honestly I don't think so.
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If you have lost your way b/c you are content then I guess I am completely lost as well! I think our priorities change as we get older. In my 20s I would never have been happy with my life as it is today... happily married (I used to thrive on drama), a baby on it's way (we all know what I think about kids!)... stability (I used to love the uncertain, now I hate it), and so on. It sounds more like your friend is the one who is lost to think that you need to be less content to have a path in life. I have friends who think that a career is what defines a person and that I have no real definition as I stopped working 6 years ago. I tell them that they are sad if they need a job to have an identity, that should come from within. To each their own and I think it's a case of agree to disagree! Glad to hear you're happy with work now as I remember last year wasn't so great!
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