{"id":1649,"date":"2014-07-09T00:15:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T08:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/?p=1649"},"modified":"2014-07-08T17:14:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T01:14:21","slug":"how-to-be-content-with-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cultofmoney.com\/how-to-be-content-with-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Be Content with Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Me and my two daughters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In general, money problems and massive consumer debt all stem from one thing: discontentment.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re not happy with your life you resort to filling in the hole by buying stuff. Stuff that brings you temporary happiness but then depletes all your time, energy and money.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the past couple years I\u2019ve finally got to the point where I absolutely love my life and wouldn\u2019t change a thing.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m content. I\u2019m happy. But it wasn\u2019t always like this.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve learned.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve Got to End Bad Relationships<\/h2>\n

You can\u2019t be happy if you\u2019re always around negative people. It just doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

To be honest, I was a pretty miserable person when I was married. When I got pregnant with my first daughter I decided that getting married was \u201cthe right thing to do.\u201d Even though my gut instinct told me it wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

I went through six years of really not loving my life until it finally came to be too much to bear.<\/p>\n

Getting divorced was another low point in my life but after I recovered from the emotional and mental stress I became a new person. A happy person. And I think it was one of the best choices I made for both me and my kids.<\/p>\n

Now don\u2019t get me wrong \u2013 I\u2019m not saying that you should get divorced. Marriage is a wonderful thing I just happened to get married when I was too young and immature to understand what a healthy relationship truly was.<\/p>\n

But you do have to weed the negative relationships out of your life.<\/p>\n

If you have a friend who is always doubting you, complaining, or just being negative you need to have a heart to heart with them.<\/p>\n

Know What You Want<\/h2>\n

That\u2019s a pretty broad statement but it\u2019s also one that makes you think.<\/p>\n

What is it that you really want out of life?<\/p>\n

For me I want awesome relationships. Money, material possessions, and work don\u2019t mean much at the end of the day.<\/p>\n

You see, whether you like to think about it or not, you\u2019re going to die.<\/p>\n

And when you enter your final days what do you want your life to look like? I seriously doubt that anyone has ever regretted not working enough.<\/p>\n

What most people regret is not creating meaningful relationships with their friends and family.<\/p>\n

At the end of the road other people are what matter.<\/p>\n

Make a Plan<\/h2>\n

Just a year ago one of my big complaints about my life was my job.<\/p>\n

I worked a crappy job as an insurance agent that paid $11.50 per hour. I actually had to work a second job as a bookkeeper just to survive. It sucked.<\/p>\n

So I decided to change that.<\/p>\n

I started working on making money by doing something that I enjoyed and by October of 2013 I had started earning enough money to quit the crappy job.<\/p>\n

Now I do what I enjoy<\/a> doing plus have all the flexibility in the world.<\/p>\n

If one of my kids is sick I don\u2019t have to worry about making my boss mad by not going to work. If I\u2019m under the weather I can take a nap in the middle of the day.<\/p>\n

I created the life that I love.<\/p>\n

Count Your Blessings<\/h2>\n

If you live in America you should consider yourself blessed. You\u2019re living in a country that not only has clean water and abundant food sources (not to mention loads of government help) but you\u2019re also living in the land of opportunity.<\/p>\n

Instead of pitying your life think about what life would be like had you been born into a third world country. Seriously, you should consider yourself pretty darn lucky.<\/p>\n

On top of that you have your family and friends. You probably have a home, job, and food.<\/p>\n

There are so many things you can be thankful for.<\/p>\n

If you ever start to pity yourself go read a story about a kid who is dying from cancer or a mom who can\u2019t provide her children with food or water and is on the brink of starvation.<\/p>\n

Yeah, you\u2019re pretty lucky.<\/em><\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

Finding contentment is something that you need to do to live a fulfilling life.<\/p>\n

Weed the negativity out of your life and make a plan to build the life that you love.<\/p>\n

What do you do to find contentment?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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