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Are you happier now or ten years ago?

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hmmm some of both I think...for different reasons

10 years ago, I was making about $80K/year and we were getting ready to buy our first house (after almost 24 years of marriage)
I was working my life away (at least 6-10's) and driving in the range of 1000 miles per week just in commute miles.
We had very few bills, we were in good health, and had money to spend/save as we chose.

Now, I'm no longer working and my income has been drastically reduced because I'm on a form of work-comp disability
We're in hock up to our necks, (lifestyle based on 80-90K, now trying to survive on about 1/2 of that)
BUT, I no longer have to deal with the high-stress maritime construction job I did for so many years
I no longer commute 100 miles each way
I'm going to community college and am pulling (almost) straight A's (which surprises the hell out of me) and am LOVING school

So while money is much tighter than it was 10 years ago, the only real stress I have to deal with is self-inflicted...gotta maintain that 3.92 GPA! 😀
 
10 years ago was before my kids were born. It sounds corny, and if you do not have kids, you may not understand, but I could not imagine how I could be happier before I had my kids.

MotionMan
 
Tough call, much less responsibility then, but I still had loads of school work to go through. Now it done, and Im married an making piles of dough, but I have lots of responsibilities and life doesnt seem so care free anymore.
 
Hard to say.

10 years ago I was in college, had no worries, and was just having fun all the time.

Now I work all the time, but I am going to be a dad in just over 3 months.

So..... to me it is a toss up.
 
Originally posted by: soxfan
Hard to say.

10 years ago I was in college, had no worries, and was just having fun all the time.

Now I work all the time, but I am going to be a dad in just over 3 months.

So..... to me it is a toss up.
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Come back in about 9 months and answer the question again.

MotionMan
 
I was 12, so yeah, 10 years ago.

Go to school, then come home and kick it with my friends and play Nintendo 64 all day long.
 
Tough call...10 years ago I was just getting into my senior year of high school, which was when it finally all came together for me and I had a great year.

However, now I work an incredibly fun job, have a girlfriend, and few fun toys (sports car, motorcycle, jet ski) that I wished that I'd had in high school. But I'm older and don't have as much free time or regularly hang out with as many friends.
 
10 years ago.
I was 19, had an amazing sex drive AND was having lots of sex.
Also liked drinking and hanging out.
Was a deck ape in the Navy and didnt make much money but I did enjoy myself.

I wont delude myself into thinking I cant have fun anymore, but lets be honest: Between ages 18 and 22 the easiest thing for you to do is fuck and party.
At no other point in your life will either activity be so simple and routine.
I'm not saying life has to get worse or more miserable as it goes on, but in the years to come I know I will always look back on those times with nostalgia and simple, carefree abandon.

As you move up in your career and and the workforce you start building up worries and stresses that wont go away until you retire. Am so glad I dont have a wife and kids yet.
 
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Ten years ago I was innocent looking forward to life. Now, I have experienced a lot of it and I'm still looking forward to my future but I'm a lot more cynical.
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This.

10 years ago I wasn't even in HS, but definitely was "happier" then because there was little to no real things I had to be responsible for.
 
Then: 16. Drove an '88 Accord. No money. Awkward as any 16 year old boy. As popular as your average chess club kid in HS.

Now: 26. Drive either a '98 S70, '86 951, or '76 914. Making good money. Past my awkward phase. Respected in my job. Enjoying the fact that having a good job and being intelligent are much more popular with women after HS.

Honestly though, I was pretty happy then and I'm pretty damn happy now. I have my days when I don't appreciate it, but everyone has those. It's just a matter of finding the good things and cherishing those.

ZV
 
Now.

But only because 10 years ago i was stuck at home in pure hell.

Not really overly happy with life now, but it could be worse.
 
Now. I'm married to a beautiful, young woman who makes every day a joy.

I just wish I had my body from 10 years ago. (Trained to be on an Olympic team, then.)
 
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