Update from the Road to Happiness

posted 8th October 2009 Written by: Marisa CATEGORY: All Posts, Quarterlife Crisis, Robyn, Season 1

accepting that I have little control over life, conquering the quarterlife crisis, living outloud, road to happiness

My road to happiness has been interesting, one paved with surprises, anxiety, confusion and excitement.

6 months ago I became a statistic. I found myself with no detailed direction, options to either pursue or reject, and a chance to live my life the way I wanted to.

I am happy. Happier than I’ve been in a very long time and it’s because of this Quarterlife Crisis. Molly first inspired me to choose this path after learning about her QLC, and I have to say it probably wouldn’t have been the same without her. This opportunity to blog about myself has given me a sort of perspective about choices and decisions that have affected my pursuit of happiness.

Here’s what I’ve learned so far:

I can be happy with mostly any job as long as I’m true to myself with my passions and interests.
Life can be a crapshoot. Don’t let it control you however, because it always won’t be that way.
Don’t work as a mascot even if you’re unemployed and mostly desperate for work. My dignity was worth more than what they were offering as pay.
I’ve had more dates in that past 6 months than I’ve had in 10 years. I now know it’s because I’m more comfortable with myself, more aware and more confident. (This was big one, self-doubt and insecurity were big steps to hurdle…)
I am a drummer. I am now going to play live. I am going to record. I am a musician.
Simple things please me more and more. Good food, good company and good music are all that it takes to make me happy.
I want to and am ready to find love, to find happiness in others and to continue to find happiness in myself. That was a big step to accept since I generally lack the ability to give up control over anything and everything. I am learning to r-e-l-a-x.
This is my one and only life. I can regret and hate things, but I need to make sure I keep a balance of the positive and negative. Otherwise you find yourself being sad, mad and depressed.
I still love cranberries, fabric stores and music. Even more so if that’s possible.

I know I’m not done. Reading the other experiences from my fellow QLC bloggers has helped me to feel more at ease in life, in my discovery. I’m generally excited to experience life in a whole new way, not just how it was back when I was complacent and quiet.

I make noise now. I find noise. I dream of noise.

And thanks to Molly and others– we can live with, grow from, and conquer a Quarterlife Crisis, instead of falling victim to it.

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