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My childhood. Makes the rest of my life HAPPY!

Glad for you, Kipp!

Took some hard hits when I was a younger man. I had the foundation of my whole life shaken to pieces. I was depressed, doing LOTS of drugs, drinking too much and had totally shut out everyone in my life. I moved to a hole in the wall trailer up on 715 that was more hole than wall. I spent some time searching for a new view on life, or more accuratly escaping the outside world. I eventually moved out of the red to wash windows in lou (yeah it sucked). Life still blew I was still depressed. I eventually met this chick that got inside my head and drove the crazies out. I got laid off (the second best thing that ever happened to me) Started my own business, got hitched. And now I am so content (mostly, got to have somewhere to go) that at times i feel like i have sunshine spewing out my ass.
like I said:

DriskellHR wrote:I find it hard not to be this awsome. I rock!!

I'm alive, happy, and mother earth provides. What more could you ask for?

happiness makes me sad cause, well, you know. stability is an illusion/transitive. dynamic movement, tensioned balance...i forget the cliches. but i will be deeply disappointed if the weather is not perfect March 26-8.

but mr. p.- whataya doin'? walking around in nothing but a swami belt these days?

oh- 'love my life'? well, i don't know how to say this, but i walked around for 20 years in a constant state of excitement. it's a little less impertinent now.
it wasn't always mutual.

You will join me, Bob, Kevin Cox, and Lee in a practice in Lee Co up on 11 where we go climbing at lunch and after work on summer evenings. We will be old and crusty cripples at the cliff barely able to walk up the hill but warming up on Convicted.
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COUNT ME IN!!!!!!

Kipp, I can relate.

My life took on new meaning when I started my current job back in 2006. My life went from having "just a job", many hobbies/pastimes (climbing, etc.), and a lot of free time to having a challenging career and a sense of what I'm doing matters in this world. If you're going through anything like me, I was addicted to my work, excited to start the day/tasks that awaited me, and put a lot of my pastimes to the side as a result. I loved it and it was almost hard (if not painful) to stop "working". I felt that every action I took opened the door for another opportunity and if I slowed down for just one moment that could mean a lost opportunity. Everything was "BIG"....big risk/ big reward...and soooo exciting!

After about 2+ years, I actually had to take physcial steps to tame down the intensity with a healthy balance of work and pastimes because I learned they are both equally important to defining the core of who I am. Over time, I found there are still huge work opportunities in front of me all the time, they just may sit a little bit longer before I take them on. Oh yea, and my job doesn't demand me to work a lot and there is no monetary compensation for my extra effort, I am just super psyched on my job and the program I'm building.

So am I happy? More than I ever thought I could be; Love, health, career....I feel I got the bases covered and am blessed with all I have. I love climbing, of course, and am psyched to get stronger and all that but my life is way more than climbing and I sure am happy about that. My tip for you is that if you feel this psyched about your job, run with it for as long as it'll take you. So few people feel passionate about their work so you are what's called "a lucky one".

i am not loving work.

I think its hard for most to share rock bottom stories cus no one wants to get into a pissing contest about whose life sucked/s more. Troubled times are hard for all despite there differences. The hard part is pulling yourself out before you self destruct, or back up once you do

if i graphed the highs and lows of my life on an x,y coordinate plane and then drew the line of best fit - it would have a positive slope.



i also think i might be a little heavy on the work side of the work/life balance!

you might enjoy a ride along the edge from the square root of -1