Ask Lemmy

I'm in a very pleasant phase of my life. I've had a rollercoaster life with some deep lows in my twenties and thirties. But ever since I hit 40 my life has been much better. Stable job, stable relationship, stable home, in good health. Solid 8. But with very clear career and relationship goals, so ask me again in 10 years.

I mean im fine with what I chose given the options I have had and the information I based it on but I just don't like the world. It just has not been going in the right direction and moreso the older I get. I feel like the us was at one point leading the way with social security, 40 hour work week, minimum wage, and child labor limits but then dropped the ball on healthcare big time and we actually stunted more progressive societies because of our influence. I think I would be pretty happy if social democracy dominated post world war 2 and was common by now but I don't see the world changing enough for me to be happy even if I personally am doing all right at any particular time.

Very happy overall.

1-10 then 8.

I'm where I want to be, or making progress towards where I want to be in life.

It could be better but it often feels out of my control. 6/10

I'm pretty unhappy ngl. Shitty job, late '20s, never kissed a girl, can't drive a car, and I still live with my parents. I'm one again working on self-improvement. I'm learning to forgive myself for past mistakes and failures. I'm told I'm overly critical of my self. I didn't think I deserved to love myself for most of my life. It's something i'm working on. I'm getting better in that regard. I don't know where to go from there.

I have a job that gets me by. I'm not in a terrible financial place, but I'm not where I want to be. The stress from financial stuff is less than in the past. I have great kids. I have cats that love to piss me off as much as they love me. Sometimes I'm lonely when it's just me and the cats. 7 out of 10. C sounds about right.

My life's pretty much 9-10/10, and the things I'm unhappy about are both small all things considered and also mostly in my hands (and any changes haven't been made because I'm lazy and unfocused but still a future possibility). Most of the things I'm grateful for I've gotten completely for free, not thanks to any personal effort, like my upper middle class upbringing, my slightly cuckoo but very loving mom, my curious disposition, my depth and speed of thought, my empathy and prosociality (despite being such a proud and, at times, reclusive person), meeting my now-wife in the unlikeliest of places, renewing my faith in God... I've been given a lot, it's hard to be ungrateful (but I still manage sometimes, lol). 🙏👍

no, 1/10 :(