Not sure if this is helpful or not--at forty, I have been working with an animation company producing my own show. I sat on my own fat ass and wrote it down, and at forty I have a show concept going to the broadcaster convention in the spring. Years of chugging along, highs and lows, feeling appreciated, and unappreciated (see; Halifax) and then suddenly on a whim I pitched this show to my superiors at work, and a week later I am producing a sample episode and having the time of my life.
Life is about getting along, and not giving up. And finding your happiness where you care to. My personal life has always had it's ups and downs, so I have always found comfort in my work. That's just me. People are hard to fathom, harder to rely on. But work is work, and the harder you work the better you do. there are exceptions (see; Halifax)
On the other hand, one of my best friends is a school janitor, and finds his happiness every day coming home to his wife and daughter. He's easily the happiest guy I know. He's an artist and a painter and put it all aside to raise a family and has not regreted as second of it.
I think sometimes we are led to believe we should just be happy all the time. Life should be like the end of the lord of the rings every day--smiling and laughing and jumping on the bed. It isn't. lots of rich succesful people fall into drug abuse and suicide, so obviously money and fame isn't what we hope it is either.
Happy for me is those little moments, fleeting and brief, that make the rest worth while. Groove on those, know the bad times AND the good times will end and return again, and just give 'er.
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Life is about getting along, and not giving up. And finding your happiness where you care to. My personal life has always had it's ups and downs, so I have always found comfort in my work. That's just me. People are hard to fathom, harder to rely on. But work is work, and the harder you work the better you do. there are exceptions (see; Halifax)
On the other hand, one of my best friends is a school janitor, and finds his happiness every day coming home to his wife and daughter. He's easily the happiest guy I know. He's an artist and a painter and put it all aside to raise a family and has not regreted as second of it.
I think sometimes we are led to believe we should just be happy all the time. Life should be like the end of the lord of the rings every day--smiling and laughing and jumping on the bed. It isn't. lots of rich succesful people fall into drug abuse and suicide, so obviously money and fame isn't what we hope it is either.
Happy for me is those little moments, fleeting and brief, that make the rest worth while. Groove on those, know the bad times AND the good times will end and return again, and just give 'er.