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Old 09-19-2007, 10:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
Boreas
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Default Achieving a goal, but then finding it isn't what you wanted

A few years ago I graduated college and started working. I started day trading and working a desk job, and wanted to be a millionaire. I also wanted to live in a big house. A few years on my day trading was even, but I still wanted the reward of living in a big house. I was earning enough that I could afford one if I split the mortgage with my Mom. I did that and a year ago started living in a good home in a nice neighborhood. (MY mom is around half the time)

Now, a year later, I find that this dream of living in a nice house is not what I wanted. Maybe I only wanted it to confirm success, or to impress people. Or maybe I just wanted some comfort, or some place to be while I continued to work on day trading. (Things are going better, though not millionaire yet. ) ...

Anyway, now I really don't like living in this house at all, and try to get out as much as possible. I feel now like my dream is to live in an apartment in a big city, and by myself....but I am afraid I will be disappointed in the same way once I accomplish this dream.

So what do you do when you accomplish a dream and yet it disappoints you?
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