by Guest » Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:22 pm
[QUOTE=maenad;40568]my attitude is kind of crappy...so that might be a good place to start.[/QUOTE]
Hey man, I can identify with you pretty well. I'm 31 years old and for as long as I remember I struggled with depression. Growing up I always told myself that if I just had this or if I just had that then I'd be happy. If I just had money, I'd be happy. If I just had a good education, I'd be happy. If I just lost weight, I'd be happy. If I just had a girl-friend, I'd be happy.
Then, I went out and did all of those things. Shed 100+ pounds when I was 24, got an MBA, landed a great gig paying me way too much for what I do, developed a proprietary investment strategy that has helped me create a nice pot of gold.
You know what? I STILL wasn't happy.
So, I sought to tackle the woman issue. I did and found myself enjoying the love and affection from many different beautiful women over the last few years.
You know what? I STILL wasn't happy.
That is when I realized that happiness is not what you have, it's not an external thing granted to you by the world. No, it's a state of mind, it's an attitude. It's the freedom to do whatever it is that you want to do. The last six months or so there's been a huge shift in me. I've identified a handful of goals I want to achieve, not because I think they'll make me happy but because I want to achieve them. I think it'll be cool to do so.
You know what? Women have zero place in those goals. They are not a focus for me at all. Yet, I've got a sweet little 22 year old girl pining after me. A fuck buddy that I met in the grocery store that lives two blocks from me (she's about 15lbs overweight which is why I don't take her out, but she fucks like a champ and she's pretty tolerable to be around when my dick isn't inside one of her orifices). I just started seeing a half Russian, half Ukrainian that lives in Keller, which is perfect because it limits how often we can hang out.
I met all of these women while I was focused on doing OTHER SHIT. Women can sense when a man has more important things to do than to deal with some girl's bullshit. It's an attitude. It's freedom. And they want to take it from you. They want a taste of freedom. You become a vacation to them. A break from their boring lives.
All of this because you decided to focus on more important and worthy causes than a woman.
Imagine that...