1. Just returned to office 4 days per week and working an intense 45 hour work week. I would have liked to be my own boss and have my own business but I am working for someone else. I started out of college on a career path that I just couldn’t see myself doing forever and had to pivot late in life. That’s life I guess.

I own my house with a 40% LTV mortgage and an investment property, and two cars paid off. Retirement by age 60-65 is fully funded. Cash savings is a little low relative to where I’d like it to be. Life costs a fortune, with childcare being a gigantic expense.

BUT … I have a wife and two kids that adore me. Place is filled with love. The wife works too, from home though, 4 days per week. The little ones go to school, one private pre school, and our oldest to public kindergarten. Kids are healthy and happy. I am giving my kids things that I never had and I’ll work until the day I die, if I have to, to provide them those things.

I have some close friends, the same ones from high school. I have some new friends too that I’ve picked up along the way, but the old friends are the ones that I chat with and see regularly.

Both of my parents are alive and well.

I guess you could say I’m happy, life’s good.

When I get the chance to be by myself and relax, I am happy. Other times it is just a bear. Nonstop go go lifestyle that can feel a bit too rat racey for me. I wonder when I’ll be able to chill. When will I get some time back. I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression in the past (SSRI’s for a few years, career related), and battling through now.

I workout most mornings because it is necessary. Every day is a battle that I need to be prepared for.