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Essay On My Ideal Life

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I have no license, I have no style, I have no home to call my own, I barely own anything, I’m unemployed, I’m obese, I have an ugly face filled with acne, and my hair is alright I guess. I’m not well-known, I have very few close friends, I’m single, my relatives live far away, I’m struggling to communicate with my family which is my parents and my brothers, and I have no kids or pets for that matter. I am not happy, I have almost no joy, I have no faith in myself or a “God,” my stress is at an all-time high, and the way I see the last question, it feels like it sums up all the other questions in one and that is I am not in harmony with my life right now. I wasn’t surprised by the fact that every single answer to these questions gave me some sort of anxiety about how I am …show more content…

Everyone sees the perfect life with an outstanding job, with a growing family, with good connections within family and friends, and probably some kind of dog like a golden retriever. When it comes to my material self, it almost completely pertains to society’s standards of a good life, like a nice car. My social life is along the lines of society’s standards, and something that would be beneficial to my own health and wellbeing, like having a lot of friends and being in a relationship. I would say that my spiritual self is my most important self and is the most connected to me and my own thoughts. I truly believe my spiritual self will always be the most important to me because of what I’m going through now and how concentrated my life will always be to that aspect of myself. I have depression. It might follow me for years, and I have to accept myself as I am before I can truly be happy, nothing else will truly make me happy if I am not spiritually happy. So in the end, I do want to impress some people when it comes to my material and social life, but my spiritual life is

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