What do you "really" want from life?

Do you really know what you want in life? Why is it so hard to implement or change ones thinking?

It seems that most people go through a mid-life crisis, and every one is different. It seems to be around 40ish (it could be sooner or later) men and women alike seem to hit a ‘wake up call’ so to speak, where one ponders their life legacy. Everyone reacts in a different way and therefore handles their situation in their own way.

For me, at first, it was frustrating as there were all these feelings and emotions that I couldn’t figure out. Feelings of self doubt, failure, resentment, anger, and that the world was passing me by. What difference have I made in the world?

Then I had an “uh huh” moment. I wasn’t happy with myself, no kidding, when you constantly beat yourself up, how can you be happy with yourself? I definitely needed a reality check and change a few things. I figured I had two choices:
1. I could continue on in my miserable, self-centered, self-pity life and make my husband, children and everyone else around me miserable, or
2. Take stock of my life. Count my blessings, make changes in my attitude and move forward in a more productive, prosperous, healthy, fun loving life. Accept what was in the past (for the past can not be changed) and change direction.

Guess you can figure out which path I choose to take. Being 40 isn’t bad; it’s all in how you handle it. It was a good thing for me, as it forced me to really decide “what do I want out of life?” I have a saying on my front door, “Knowing WHAT you are trying to do is more important than knowing HOW you are going to do it.” (I can’t remember which book I got that quote from). That was my problem. The saying has been on my doors for YEARS! But the internalizing and feeling and direction wasn’t there, and I didn’t KNOW what I wanted. No direction, just dreaming, hoping, fantasizing that everything would turn out just peachy. Well everyone knows, “a dream is only a wish if it is not written”. Was only living life one day at a time, caught up in the rat race of everything I needed to do and get done. Work, work, children, work, taking care of the house, work, and everything else that goes with being a wife, mother, sister, friend, in-law, daughter and the list goes on and on.

I am now taking charge of my life, and it is a whole lot better. Great things are happening this year. I will fill you in more later.

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Have a marvelous day. As you discover what you "really" want from life.