Feeling Blah

[CAM]

Nothing. No feeling. No sex drive whatsoever.

Sort of in a suspended animation emotionally. I get all of my work done well, I read the paper, I spend time with family, I travel a few times a year. I see that I'm in a period where all is peaceful, all is well. The storms will come. Family will age and pass on.

Anything else besides the daily routine? All the hard work, got promoted, but still at the same place...nothing new.

I should be thankful. I am very thankful. Honestly, every day is a blessing.

Is there anymore? Any more big accomplishments? Any new additions to my life? It is almost like I have career goals and 90 percent of them have been accomplished. The last 10 percent is the hardest and will take the rest of my career. I had social life goals, but you can't make those things happen. They either do or they don't.

Is the way life goes? Sometimes, it can be a bit blah.

[vashti]

I've been feeling this way a lot, too. I am trying to be aggressively proactive about changing it... trying to find something that makes it all worthwhile. Being bored to death leads to depression.

[shheadz]

I get that way all the time, and it compounds itself as the months roll on. I know I had the "blahs" hardcore when I decided to join the military. I was working, making good enough money, going out on weekends with friends, all that stuff, and I started thinking, "Holy crap, this sucks!" haha I wish I had a better solution for the blahs.

[starbuck]

Cam, are there things you've always wanted to do, that might seem a bit outlandish at first, but could really enrich your life? An early bucket list, so to speak?

For example, one of the things I'd love to do at some point in my life is to find a way to work at an orangutan sanctuary. Or at the very least, visit one.

You seem like a very achievement-driven person. Might be time to set some new goals?

[ecojeanne]

go travelling. somewhere remote and not westernized.
do charity work
combine both above

i myself can't stand routine. majority of people need routine. to me its self enslavement. maybe you have reached the point where you're done with routine. go off and do something mad, something you've never done.

[CAM]

I think another trip out of the country would be nice. Maybe even land an overseas gig for awhile. I'll look into it.