The place you want to be

Day 29 / 365

Are you happy where you are right now?

That’s a loaded question. The “where” could mean a lot of things. It could mean the actual physical place, or it could just mean the situation you have ended up in your life.

If the answer to that question for you is No, I hope that the problem for you is the physical “where”, because that’s an easy fix. If you are not happy where you are, just move somewhere else. Whether its a bad city or a bad job, or a bad apartment. It might be a tough problem to fix, but atleast there is a solution in sight.

On the other hand, if what’s bothering you is where you are in your life, then I feel for you. That’s a problem with no clear solution in sight.

I read a reddit post about a user who fell into a depression after a breakup. His friends encouraged him to get out of his house, go on a vacation. He caved in and decided to go on a trip to Egypt. When asked if he felt better there, he said — “Earlier I was depressed in my flat, now I am just depressed in Egypt”

If you are unhappy with where you are in your life, you just cant runaway from it. Wherever you go, that dread will follow you. I had stuff that I was going through in my life yesterday, when I was in Mumbai. Today, I am in my hometown, but that stuff is still there. A mere trip will not solve those.

If however, you are somehow able to figure out where you actually want to be in your life, you might have a chance to get out of this mess. But its tough. It’s like getting stuck in quicksand, you would need someone’s help to get out out it.

I hope you have that someone in you life to help you get out of whatever mess you are in.