A satisfied life is better than a successful life. Because success is measured by others, but our satisfaction is measured by our own heart, soul and mind.
I just read that today, and it resonated, it sums up how I've viewed my own life. I could have done the college route, and I tried many times with night classes.
I've always said about my job that its not about the money. I didn't go for a "career", it was more important to me to be satisfied than successful. I have always been happier having to make do on le$$.
But I don't feel satisfied taking care of mom. She wants me to be something different than who I am. I can't be her emotional support. I do what I can, run errands and bounce her ideas back at her. But I'm always at a loss when she cries, when she has anxiety. Those are emotions under her control. But she tries to put it on me.
So after a long afternoon of more of the same, I took a walk at the local park. It was 101, but I needed the outdoors!
