I went to my job today and did some good business.

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Dropped my daughter off at her dance class.

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Last but not least, I went to my sisters wedding.

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But at the end of the day, I come to realize just how good I have things in life; and how in the past, it wasn't always so easy for me. There where times when I struggled, financially and with my family, times where it felt like my life was going off the deep end and dragging me along with it. Did any of you have times like these? When it seemed like you where destined for a life of failure, but in the end you managed to pull it all together in the end?

We're at the "keeping our noses above water" state of life. A bit behind on some payments, not saving up at the moment, and not much in the reserve. It's stressful

Then I think: "Well, there's a roof over our head, we have transportation, food, and good kids who are happy, and I have the perfect job (excpet it doesn't pay enough to support us).

In the past, we've been there with WOOHOO I'm livin' the dream Candice!. That's a good feeling. Right now, it's meh. But Meh is better than others...

Waiting to pull it together again...

As for long hard days...I love them! A good sweat and challenge does the body good!

I thought this would be about your first day on the set of your latest pormo.

Now that I know you took pictures, I'm glad it wasn't.

Yeah, I think I'm going through that period right now. Let's hope it goes well. I'm going to need all the luck in the world.

Dull day of entering hunter info into the machine.

I had a crappy day. I actually yawned so hard in class my jaw cramped. Pretty scary, thankfully I didn't have to notify anyone, that would have been pretty awkward.

Life has its ups and its downs. Everyone should have something relevant to this. Just gotta remember everything is in the eye of the beholder. What would bring down some would hardly phase others and vice verse.

I am having a really hard time dealing with the stress from working 11 hour days 5-7 days a week and dealing with my gf who is having a lot of family and financial troubles. On top of that I am split between 4 choices of majors and i cannot decide which one to choose. So I took the semester off to work and figure it out. None of my majors compliment one another either, History/Marine Biology/Psychology/Art. Could not make up my mind on what I want to do and I feel the pressure from various sources to start my path on one or the other. Then tuition kicked up 30% so my working has become something of a necessity. I am confident I can pull through but for the moment this optimist is feeling a bit pessimistic. The little things become incredibly important at these times I think. The 1 1/2 hour drive to work listening to music helps a bit. Seeing my gf smile helps too.

nope, i am doing well. ive got nearly 5 figures in saving in the bank and a steady full time job with great benefits.

I watched my parents make terrible decisions all my life, they refuse to learn, instead of being fiscally responsible they blame all their money problems on the area they live in and decide to drop every thing and move away. As she is now my mother is pretty much one step away from being homeless, she works at a storage unit/laundry place (where she lives above on the 2nd floor). She gets paid $500 a month for basically running the place, she isn't charged rent but 500 barely covers her expenses to just live. Its an illegally low amount to pay some one and her employers have her lying about her income, but she insists its a fiscally sound deal because she likes the house. Her employers themselves are obviously flaky and financially troubled so her current job doesn't really have long to last, and she has no savings.

my whole life my mother has been telling me that her financial plan is that when she can't take care of her self any more im going to be the one that pays her bills. She'll be in a rude awakening when i tell her im not digging my self into her poverty.

Well my girlfriend is moving to the Philippines to get cheaper education there, I have two physically demanding jobs that I work 6 days a week, and no prospects in life right now. It could be better but it could be worse.

Things could be worse. Things could be better. Life goes on.

This is something I learned from experience. No matter what happens, things could always be worse, so be grateful for what you have.

What Holy Assassin said for me.. my family doesn't exactly have a lot of money right now, and I have lots of things to worry about as well. I'll also be moving early next year (though a relative is staying behind), and I can't say I'm looking forward to starting the packing either..


Aye, that will be.. though I'm always nervous about the future. I feel like that a lot though, especially when I have a lot of things on my mind.

My whole life is a time when it seems like I'm destined for a life of failure. I'll let you know how things turn out in the end.