jesse
Touchdown! Greaser!
I wasn't the happiest person when I was 15 either. Many reasons for that, the primary being a poor family situation. I also had essentially no friends and a less than pleasant experience in school each day. I was in the worse shape of my life.
What did I do? Shortly after I turned 16, I accepted I was the only one who could change things... I identified everything that was making me unhappy and fixed them:
1. Dropped out of high school since it was a negative experience where I was essentially just harassed daily.
2. Moved out of my parents house and didn't look back
3. Worked around the clock and jumped at any opportunity that came my way. In my younger years work was all I had. No friends, no family support. Just work. Turns out that's not so bad, nothing comes free.
4. Learned how to actually eat, started excerising daily, and dropped 40 lbs in a year.
I eventually determined that happiness does not come free and one has to chase whatever will make them happy. That journey and the results it yields will bring you true happiness. It can't be gained with a pill or 30 minutes in some shrinks office once a month.
I'm 26 now. I'm most certainly not what my school consoler assured me I would become by dropping out. I bought my house when I was 21, have an airplane, motorcycle, few boats, few cars, cfi, etc. I am able to do what I want. No regrets and I'm incredibly happy and satisfied with life.
No two journeys will be the same. Own your life. I'm most certainly not saying you should do what I did. What I'm saying is that you should figure out what makes you unhappy and then work to fix it. Don't expect it to be easy or fast, nothing done right is.
One of my parents always felt that one is entitled to happiness and "feeling good" and that any problem is best fixed easily with a pill. Had I cooperated I would have been drugged up and my life wouldn't be even close to what it is today. I'm damn glad I resisted that nonsense. FWIW, that parent, is in pretty rough shape these days from trying to fix things with prescription drugs and has had their life fall apart. Sad.
YMMV, just one guys opinion. Certainly not a professional.
What did I do? Shortly after I turned 16, I accepted I was the only one who could change things... I identified everything that was making me unhappy and fixed them:
1. Dropped out of high school since it was a negative experience where I was essentially just harassed daily.
2. Moved out of my parents house and didn't look back
3. Worked around the clock and jumped at any opportunity that came my way. In my younger years work was all I had. No friends, no family support. Just work. Turns out that's not so bad, nothing comes free.
4. Learned how to actually eat, started excerising daily, and dropped 40 lbs in a year.
I eventually determined that happiness does not come free and one has to chase whatever will make them happy. That journey and the results it yields will bring you true happiness. It can't be gained with a pill or 30 minutes in some shrinks office once a month.
I'm 26 now. I'm most certainly not what my school consoler assured me I would become by dropping out. I bought my house when I was 21, have an airplane, motorcycle, few boats, few cars, cfi, etc. I am able to do what I want. No regrets and I'm incredibly happy and satisfied with life.
No two journeys will be the same. Own your life. I'm most certainly not saying you should do what I did. What I'm saying is that you should figure out what makes you unhappy and then work to fix it. Don't expect it to be easy or fast, nothing done right is.
One of my parents always felt that one is entitled to happiness and "feeling good" and that any problem is best fixed easily with a pill. Had I cooperated I would have been drugged up and my life wouldn't be even close to what it is today. I'm damn glad I resisted that nonsense. FWIW, that parent, is in pretty rough shape these days from trying to fix things with prescription drugs and has had their life fall apart. Sad.
YMMV, just one guys opinion. Certainly not a professional.
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