Achieved some things but still don't feel content

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I have job which I have held for 6 years and at times been driving my own car for 4 years but I seem to feel as though I don't feel as much the same than when I didn't have those things. They haven't seemed to have made me 100% more happier. I still feel there are things missing. Those things do include a partner, my own house, etc. I seem to feel as though a part of my brain is self-imposing these on another part me which feels like not wanting to rush into things. A part of me also feels somehow uninterested in having my own house which seem to some people like its coming across as ''childish'' because people will be looking at a grown man still choosing to live in his parents house as an ''abnormal weirdo'' or a ''mummy's or daddy's boy'' and that he should be out there, independent of his parents and getting his own place like a ''real'' man. I don't understand why some people who have a job like me, have a car like me but also have a partner unlike me and have a house of their own unlike me seems to envy me while at the same time there is a part of me that seems uninterested or not ready yet.

I also still don't feel I've made a name for myself and I don't feel at the height of a career. I remember having discussion with family about this issue the other day. I did sort of think maybe you have to be passionate in these things in order to make a career out of them. The trouble is I've got such a varied interest. I'm into reading, writing, history, animals, crime, music, sometimes going for an occasional swim or bowling etc. I haven't seem to have chosen one of them I'm most passionate about to make a career from. I remember having an aspiration to start my own zoo as a kid, and then at school when I had a bass guitar, I had an aspiration to start a band. But I realised I'd have to be a multi-billionaire in order start my own zoo and I found out it was hard to learn playing bass as I couldn't match the notes I was trying to follow until I stopped playing altogether. Sometimes I've listened to music and then thought ''How come I can't sing like this person ?'' The thing is I don't find myself envying famous iconic singers like Elvis Presley it only seems to those people who only get a few minutes of fame like those people you see on shows like Love Island who probably can't sing.

I think even billionaire business owners, major celebrities, porn stars, lottery winners right down to more humble and modest life goal achievers are not fully content.

IMO, your main problem is an extremely common one. You're focused on what you don't have and have not done yet instead of appreciating what you do have and being proud of what you have accomplished, so those negative perspectives make you miserable.

If you were impressed with yourself with what you do have and have done, you'd be in a better mood for it, and in turn more likely to continue accomplishing your other goals.


As for your own home.. meh - times are different now; especially here. I'm 40 years old and rent from my parents. It's no extremely common - whole families moving back in with mom/dad/grandparents etc because housing is so expensive people can't afford to live on their own like a generation ago. Those who DO have their own places have either really made it OR make some huge sacrifices to do it OR don't have other options available to them. Many who pay market rent prices envy those who's parents have an affordable room/suite for them to rent. Has this shift happened where you live or is it affordable for almost every young adult to simply rent their own apartment?

Similar for driving.. it's VERY expensive here. Many people younger than me don't even bother getting a licence and learning how to drive because they're like F it, it's completely unaffordable. (Car insurance for a new driver can be around $450-500/month, cars/payments are expensive, fuel is another $500/mo.. maintenance, parking etc driving can be $1-2k/mo without even driving a luxury suv or anything like that.) So, even just having a car on the road is looked at as an achievement by many these days. (And I have a car, a van, and a motorcycle all insured right now - but combined my insurance costs are approx $300/mo due to 24 years driving with no at fault claims and my motorcycle has collector plates.) Annnnyways, just saying, maybe being independent enough to have your own wheels on the road is something you Should feel a sense of achievement and pride for more than you do - because many can't manage it, either the funds or they're very poor with financial decisions and can't regularly afford it etc.

Most people never reach superstardom. Many of those things you listed off are things people do for leisure/passion/enjoyment, but not what almost anyone does to earn an income. Sometimes it's better that way, anyways. If you make a passion your job then it becomes work and you may lose interest. Sometimes it's better to just pick a Job and do it to make money. Bonus if you can get Good at it and people notice and it earns you ever more money. Not to "toot my own horn," too much.. but I'm getting there with my trade as a Taper. (like a plasterer but for drywall mud.) People notice how smooth my walls and ceilings look.. I can use a 4' level as a darby & an 18" trowel to float things out and make dogshit boarding look like sweet sweet smoooooothness - people notice and it pays! Tradesmen see me do it and they're thankful I'm their mudder and look forward to contracting me to beutify their next job for paint. If I do nothing else for money in this life, I Know I can earn a solid living doing This because I've put in the thousands of hours to learn how to do it from a handful of guys with 50+ years experience. You, too, could pick a regular occupation and excel at it and earn yourself a decent living - enough $ to have the time to pursue the things you actually enjoy doing.

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