On Wednesday, I took a health screening at the university. Physically, my numbers are all excellent...super happy about this! Finally, it's not telling me I need to lose weight either! Thank goodness! Once you finish the actual health screening, you then fill out an online health assessment. I did this today. Answered question after question about how I take care of myself, what I eat, stress, how satisfied I am with my job, etc. When finished, it tells you the top 3 things to work on. What do I get? Life Satisfaction.
Life Satisfaction: I know I'm lacking in this area. How do I change it? Do I want to be satisfied? I don't feel like I ever want to be satisfied...otherwise I feel like there isn't much to look forward to from there. But maybe I am wrong. I come to work every day...I do my job...but I don't exactly love every minute of it. I like the times when it's just me with my athletes. Any other time, not that happy to be here. How do I change this? It's hard to look past certain things...and should you look past things that frustrate you about your job every single day?!
I want to wake up excited everyday to go to work. I know part of this is because I feel like every hour of my day is filled with something and I don't always get to do the things I want to do. Once I go home from work, it's time to tutor and do homework all night. Does that mean I actually do the homework? Not necessarily, but I know it's there and I have to do it at some point. I will be excited for the day that when I leave work, the possibilities for my evening are endless!!! I can work out for 4 hours if I want to...or I can sit and read an entire book about whatever I want! That will be here in May...but why can't I find satisfaction until that point?
How do you find satisfaction in what you do everyday? Are you satisfied with your life? Looking for ways to be satisfied...help!
First, let me say that I think it's great you're blogging! I hope that you find it very therapeutic!
ReplyDeleteWhile I certainly don't have the answer, I do love a good discussion.
I often reflect upon weather or not I'm satisfied with my life. What I've come to realize is two things. 1. I try to feel content with what I have so I stop feeling sad about what I don't. 2. Stop comparing myself to others happiness/success because my own achievements should not be compared to anothers.
While at times I want to run away from the life of a stay at home mom because I feel like I'm missing out on a career life. I see the flip side and feel bad for the working Mothers who miss out on raising their kids.
So for now, I try my best to feel satisfied washing clothes, cooking, cleaning, wiping butts, and trying to make $1 into $10 because this is the life that I have been blessed with, for the time being.
I know May seems forever away, but my only advise for the time being is that try to find the happiness in what has been given to you for the time being because we all know that life changes in the blink of an eye.
I like my life, a lot. But you know what they say, "Satisfaction is the death of desire." I don't know if I'll ever be "Satisfied" with most things. At least I hope I won't be.
ReplyDeleteI see satisfaction as more of a measurement of happiness. Are you happy with your life and what you have accomplished so far? You can be satisfied with your accomplishments or your life so far and not be complacient.
ReplyDeleteI remember recreating goals for NCAA's 2 weeks before the meet and they might have been a stretch, but that is who I am. I wouldn't have gone into the meet thinking I just want to go best times or have fun. I wanted to have goals. Well, what happens when you don't accomplish those goals? Of course I was kind of let down, but at the same time I knew I had to tell myself I had to be satisfied with my accomplishments because I had come a long way. If I was swimming another year I would have not been complacient and "satisfied" and I would have made more goals and do even better.
Life is about striving for what you want and enjoying the ride along the way. I am the queen of covering my bases and trying to figure out what I want to do with my life, but in all of that, I have met a lot of great ppl, have grown a lot as a person, and am slowly but surely finding what I am truly passionate about :) Keep searching and it will come.