Let's discuss general life satisfaction.
What defines the level in which you feel satisfied with your life? Is it success? What does success mean to you? Is it based on your relationships? Love? Body image? Internal self? Intelligence?
What and/or who impacts your over all level of satisfication with your current state? When you reach it, how do you know it?
2 comments:
I think the level of satisfaction varies greatly on a few big things. I don't it can hinge only on factor, be it career success or relationship success.
I think if one area (body, internal, intelligence, love, etc) is under stress, then it spills over into the other areas making failure seem blurred in several aspects even though there may not be an issue at all. Make sense?
I feel stressed and defeated at work. Therefore I naturally think it has something to do with my intelligence, relationships at work, and so on. The stress I feel from work has spilled over into a general feeling of self worthlessness. Those feelings cross over into my love life and my attitude as a whole. It's hard to feel successful when your whole demeanor has been damaged.
In short - success and satisfaction depend on a lot of things, but I think mostly your state of mind. One can be satisfied with a cardboard box and the sunlight, yet others long for more from their ivory towers.
crystal is on to something here..."but I think mostly your state of mind."
I think a lot of life's satisfaction is from taking the time to appreciate the good things in your life. Just take a few moments of the day - maybe before rising or before going to sleep - and contemplate what you are grateful for and the things that you did accomplish(why do we always focus on what we DIDN'T get done, or what has to be done tomorrow?)
xoxox
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