Are you happy with your life?

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Definately not, and not sure what to do fix it.  I'm Very, very, very lonely; have no real direction in life, I hardly have the energy to get up every morning or even complete normal tasks during the day, and I am really apprehensive about my future.

I do recognize there are millions of people on the planet who have good reason to be more unhappy than I am though.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

Definately not, and not sure what to do fix it.  I'm Very, very, very lonely; have no real direction in life, I hardly have the energy to get up every morning or even complete normal tasks during the day, and I am really apprehensive about my future.

I do recognize there are millions of people on the planet who have good reason to be more unhappy than I am though.

I know no one is asking for help, but I figure given my level of happiness it's the least I could do to just put my solutions out there for people to take or not.  My suggestion for you is to spend more time with your family.  It may not be the kind of company you're looking for but it will take the edge off finding someone to be with.  If you give yourself something to look  forward to each day, but only after you finish everything you need to get done, it may help with motivating you for your day.  Maybe even set weekend milestones or something, like a small trip if you go through the week.  And as cheesy as it is, smiling through the bullsh**t of every day will help.

Thanks Fezzy and I appreciate your help.  Part of my problem is that I don't really have much in the way of family.  My dad raised me by himself and passed away several years ago.  There is a whole cemetery in Morris Chapel, TN of people who are related to me who have long since passed away.  All I have left is an almost 90 year old great uncle in early stages of alzteimers who I visit on occassion.  I do have a few friends in politics, but I have found that political ambition will usually trump any loyalty or genuine friendship.  I do try to smile through the the bulls**t, and save my whining for my Atlas posts

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

In general, Republicans are happier than Democrats.  The disgruntled and the downcast project their troubles on the government in power.  These are why Obama supporters are so gloomy and miserable, and why they tend to be more suspectible to other types of mass movements.

While I'd love to agree with your hypothesis -- I know a whole lot of Republicans and I can't say that they are any happier than Democrats.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

I believe there are only 2 things that have signficant correlation with happiness: religious faith and money.

LOL... I'm afraid I don't have much of either