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3/29-4/4: Can't Get No Satisfaction?

If one hundred people your age were chosen at random, how many do you think would lead a more satisfying life than yours? What about your life is so satisfying or dissatisfying? What would you like to change?

8% - No one could be as satisfied as I am!

36% - I'd be in the top third.

45% - I'd be somewhere in the middle.

8% - I'd be near the bottom.

3% - I can't imagine anyone being less satisfied than I am.

Here's what Tripod Members had to say:

Ludwin - I don't think it's important to know if other people are more or less happy than I am. Everyone meets problems of some kind, and everyone knows some moments of happiness. I won't say anything more about this question.

wilmer - I've always advocated 4 priorities in my life.
1. Put God first
2. Family
3. Work
4. Recreation
Put everything you do in that order and you will have a most satisfying life.

Schnuggs - With myself, I'm very satisfied, as I'm really comfortable with my beliefs and the person I am. With my life however, I feel something lacking, so even tho I am very comfortable with me, it's hard to be comfortable with where my life is right now.

YURIY - I don't like what is going on with my life. The only way I would be satisfied is if I accomplish my dreams. So far, it's not something I can do...

CapnDick - Since I am a driven person (I always need to be doing something, I don't necessarily need other people to see what I've done, I just have to do something), I will probably never be completely happy, except, maybe, when I die. If I ever become completely happy, then chances are that I've gone completely insane.

MirandaS - I like my life a lot, usually...

Portia - My life is just a life. I suppose that there are people who might could get more out of my life than I could, but then, there are also those who could not get as much out of it as I have. So, I am one of those middle-of-the-road people. Simply existing on this existential plane. (Do what???)

KansasJack - I'm pretty satisfied at this point because Im pursuing dreams that ive always had. Whether or not I achieve my goals, the pursuit itself satisfies me immensely.

GTroyP1 - I'm twenty-five, in college, changing schools and majors. How much more depressing could life be? Oh, I know, throw in my fourty thousand dollars in college loan debt, the horrible chances to get a job in my field, and top it off with a Republican Congress. That should just about do it. On the flip side though, I am also unemployed, and pursuing a film career where I can find joy in my work.

Unrest - Emotionally I'm very satisfied. I love my jobs, I love volunteering in area public schools, and my relationship with my family has never been better. However, since moving back home after a year elsewhere some friendships have been strained and I have yet to find someone to date. In the scheme of things those aren't big struggles.

SoyMax - Dissatisfaction implies regrets of some sort or another. Regrets are a waste of time and energy. As long as you have you, everything else is just gravy, so slurp it up! Forever forward.

amlingma - I am a second year university student in Northern Ontario. Right now, we are in the middle of our final exams, and yet I can still say that I am probably among the happiest people that I know. This comes from knowing who I am and accepting myself. I also have a very lovingboyfrind who could not be nicer. Life is great and thank you for asking!

andreamer - I'm pretty lucky. Life tends to go fairly well. Could be lots, lots worse.

troll4 - My life is very satisfying because I have a strong support base in my family and friends. Whatever my decisions are they stand by me. If something goes wrong they are there to help me through and also to celebrate in my success. My parents have always allowed me to make my own choices and that has made my life fuller. I am in charge! My life is what I make of it and that is very scary and exciting. What the future holds in uncertain, but I will make the best of it!!

dovmurik - Happiness is really subjective. My definition of "more happy" or "less happy" will obviously be other that anyone's else. Therefore, this survey doesn't tell you very much.

beermeister - I have a well-paid job as a teacher, but I'm so busy that I don't have a well balanced life. Being in the education system is becoming exceedingly draining psychologically and physically.

JuJu - I am satisfied with my life except nobody pays attention to me...Yet

LadyDeVine - I find my PRESENT life dissatisfying simply because I must work so much to put myself through school while meeting my basic needs.

brlystad - I've got God in my life, & I couldn't be better. Its more JOY than it is satisfaction. J- Jesus First. O- Others 2nd. Y- Yourself After.

DUSTBALL - I am not very satisfied right now so I would be near the bottom. I am not happy with my life: school, work, religion, family and my friends. I am unhappy where I am at so it leaves it impossible for me to be satisfied.

cmillard - I'd have to say I'm pretty satisfied with my life so far, maybe in the top 5-10%, but there are so many things yet to be done...

Jubilation - My life is satisfying in the fact that I'm in a loving relationship with a wonderful man (finally!) and I have some close friends who I love goofing off with, but otherwise it's not what I've been hoping and working for. I'm in my first year of college, already $6000 in debt, unhappy where I am, and not concentrating on a major I have yet to declare....If anyone has any clues to get me by, I'd appreciate it!

dawnh - I think I'd be one of the most satisfied, because at 17, I'm out of high school, have a great job that allows me to take time off whenever I need it, and I get to travel a lot. If I could change anything, I would like to have more time to spend with friends and my family.

VLew - I think satisfaction is a personal decision. I choose to be satisfied with what I have. Although I don't have as much as the next guy, I still have more than the one before. It is dangerous to become comfortable, though. I don't think we should be comfortable with what we are. There is always room for improvement, and we need to be realistic about that. But we are a lot better off than some. Thank God for that.

stuff - I'm only in college, and I don't feel like I've really lived. I'm more discontent than unsatisfied. I'm sure the rest of my life holds wonderful things for me, because I will make it so.

Saulm - I am quite grumpy sometimes...

Dragotha - I live life one day at a time. It dosen't Make sense to try and predict what will happen in the future. What will happen will happen. and you will have to live through it anyways.

Pimento - Even though I am well taken care of, I feel like I have no control over anything in my life. I think I need to make my own decisions from now on.

Billzebub - Most people are just pawns in someone else's game. Not me brother. No one controls my destiny.

Kaala - I was just reading the other comments left; who knew there were so many satisfied people out there? I generally consider myself pretty unsatisfied 'til I start thinking about really unsatisfying things like world hunger and ethnic cleansing... All I can say about life is that I'm sure the brochures couldn't have looked like this or I wouldn't have signed up.

Fresher - I'm living the good life: I have a great girlfriend and we have just bought our first house, we will move in as soon as it's built; I have a super job and two of the best bosses around; I have good and dependable friends that are there when I need them; I ain't rich, but I don't need that much to go by; and that about sums it up!

ge - I have recently divorced and I have a new job that I enjoy. Life is good!

brenos - I live on the Gold Coast, the temperature rarely gets below 15 degrees centegrade, and the house I live in doesn't even have a road between it and one of the best beach breaks on the coast. My backyard runs on to the dunes!! I surf two to three times a day, and do well with my own buissness, where, coincidentely, I work at home. And to top it all off I'm only 22.

dollym - I perfectly agree with Ludwin. And It's diffcult to say. Cause I think it depends on one's way of thinking...

Shark - Life could be better for me. I have several things to be thankful for: I have a musical gift, a sharp mind, and a desire to make things better.

Wayne_Foundation - Satisfaction is not in achieving a result or a destination, but in having the freedom, inspiration and energy go after what you want in life.

Stonewall - This question is ridiculous. Satisfaction is in the "eyes of the beholder." I don't care how many people think they lead a more satisfying life than me. Also, a person needs to judge themselves against others. Everyone has worth and you should be satisfied with what you think your worth is. If you think you can improve it, than do so! Just don't go ranking yourself against others to judge whether you are fulfilled or your life needs to be changed.

DavidMcBride - The secret to living life successfully is not to dwell on self-pity, but to allow yourself to know some contentment in your daily efforts, to see that your glass is half full instead of half empty. Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, "Nothing is good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

mabourn - I'm a first year law student. Most would be less stressful, but few would be more satisfying.

Dickj - Age is not a watermark of lifes satisfactions - when one realizes that experience enhances the ability of the person to enjoy the evolution of life.

Mekon - I think Wilmer has go it right. Just gotta sort my life out in that manner!

RoadTrip - All lives have ups and downs. It's how effectively you deal with them that makes one's life satisfying or not. Mine is!

Lorissa - A lot of people are not satisfied with their lives, but they never do anaything about it. The only person that can do that is the person themselves. Everyone should take a look at their lives and try to set goals that they would like to accomplish. Take one at a time and try to achieve it. This will give the person great satifaction. If a person is not satisfied with their lives then do something about it and not just complain. First you have to be happy with yourself. Confidence is a great builder of satisfaction.

ArchDuchess - I don't live the greatest life, but I'm young and I have potential (which is probably the single most important thing you should never waste) and I'm an American. So, from my Ivy-League dorm room, behind a computer that costs more than my grandfather made in a year, and a guaranteed admit to my choice of law schools, I'd say I have it pretty well.