If what you do, doesn't make you happy, then figure out what will and do it!

Someone recently said this to me, "If what you do, doesn't make you happy, then figure out what will and do it! " I've been thinking about this for the last 8 days and can't get it out of my mind.


My time sitting around recovering from my surgery has opened my eyes to a couple of things in my life. First, just how much my wife does AFTER a full day at work, where she does physical labor. Second, the amount of stress that my job creates in my life; it's not healthy. I've decided to take both into my hands and weigh my options.

I'm going to start with the first one. I CAN impact how much work my wife does at home after a long day at her job and I will. I do enjoy helping out and I know she appreciates it and I believe it will be a good example for my boys. These last couple of weeks I've been able to do some things around the house to help out and it feels pretty good. I do dishes, cook meals, take the kids to school and hey, I even swept the floor a couple of times and made the bed.

Second, the work stress thing, well, I cannot let it get to me and I have to manage it better. This might mean making big changes, changes that will impact more than just me. I believe that I owe this much to my family and I will find a way to work it out.

I challenge you to ask yourself if what you do makes you happy and change it if it doesn't. I'm going to try it, how can I go wrong? I owe it to my family.

@MarkBolin