How much do you love/hate your life? (2 Viewers)

[Chemical X]

no kids, no family on my side, limited debt (house only), readying for 17 night trip to Italy, well paying job with no stress and random hours, married 25 yrs to amazing wife.

LAM

 

[Native]

At this point I'm just going through the motions, overall my life is "meh" 

Positives:

Just graduated college with a B.S.

Gonna start the medical school application process next year

No student loan debt.

No kids or real responsibility.

Negatives:

I work part time for $9 an hour. Got my first paycheck yesterday for a whopping...$240. 

I moved back home after living by myself the past 2 and half years. It's been a tough adjustment to say the least.

My mom passed about two months ago, it's been tough without her.

I have no love life or social life.

Basically right now I'm in a transitional period in life where I feel like I'm too old to be in this predicament yet too young to really be fully independent. What really sucks is 4 more years of school plus crappy pay in residency. I wonder everyday if wasting all my "good years" in school and training is worth it. I'm gonna be 35 before I see any real "doctor money." 

Keep on grinding man. It may take a while, but when it kicks in it will be all worth it. 

 

[NutterButter]

no kids, no family on my side, limited debt (house only), readying for 17 night trip to Italy, well paying job with no stress and random hours, married 25 yrs to amazing wife.

LAM

hang in there

 

[leftcoastguy7]

I'm happy. I chose family & job but I think about this sometimes

Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a ####### big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of ####### fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the #### you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing ####### junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, ####ed up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin? - Trainspotting

 

[Shutout]

At this point I'm just going through the motions, overall my life is "meh" 

Positives:

Just graduated college with a B.S.

Gonna start the medical school application process next year

No student loan debt.

No kids or real responsibility.

Negatives:

I work part time for $9 an hour. Got my first paycheck yesterday for a whopping...$240. 

I moved back home after living by myself the past 2 and half years. It's been a tough adjustment to say the least.

My mom passed about two months ago, it's been tough without her.

I have no love life or social life.

Basically right now I'm in a transitional period in life where I feel like I'm too old to be in this predicament yet too young to really be fully independent. What really sucks is 4 more years of school plus crappy pay in residency. I wonder everyday if wasting all my "good years" in school and training is worth it. I'm gonna be 35 before I see any real "doctor money." 

Let me tell you something that you can absolutely believe in life: We tend to think of different points in our lives as the "good years" for many different reasons but it is absolutely a moving target. What was great for lack of responsibility was terrible because of finances. What was great for relationships was terrible for health issues.  Lots of things.  But, absolutely, if you have your health and a doctorate level of education when you turn 35, trust me, the best (and hopefully long) years of your life are ahead.  You're not wasting anything right now.