Stuck in the clouds...

AuroriaP · 10-17-2009, 01:04 AM

So, I'm not sure where to post this, so I guess I'll place it here and see where it gets me.

I'm finding it incredibly difficult to keep my head out of the clouds, my mind on the tasks at hand, etc. I feel so incredibly... BORED with life...

I daydream constantly about a life where the impossible is possible and REAL adventure is possible. I yearn for something fantastic to happen, to learn that there is some special plan or meaning for me beyond this daily "blah". Waking up, going to work, running errands, coming home, repeat - it seems so MUNDANE!

I understand that the typical response to my unrest is "You're wishing for a dream world and this is real-life, and that's just the way it is." For me, though, THAT'S the problem! I don't want that life. I want real magic and excitement and love that literally takes my breath away. I don't want to hear "Life is so exciting and beautiful!" or "LIFE is magic!" because it isn't! Life is... ordinary.

I have an enjoyable job that allows me to be outside all the time, a man I love dearly, I have a nice place to live, but something is missing and I feel so lost...

Theblueman123 · 10-17-2009, 01:36 AM

Maybe it's time for adventure

grace_face · 10-17-2009, 05:44 AM

I feel your pain.

My daydreams are now taking up quite a large chunk of my waking hours. I have a loving partner and nice apartment, but I'm really unhappy and unfulfilled and discontent in general.

My daydreams concern my "dream" apartment. Finding it, moving in, living in it. Ah, bliss. And also finding my "dream" job. My current job is SOOO BORING and I don't like it. It doesn't even pay enough to support me and it's not 100% stable either. I want to do something I actually have a PASSION for. I have SO many things I long to do but I'm stuck at work instead.

I get angry sometimes that we're expected to just put up with this...our lives are all we have!!! Shouldn't we be truly LIVING them, not just EXISTING??

itsallgrand · 10-17-2009, 05:58 AM

Either go start an adventure, do something wild and fun that you always wanted to do, something to shake things up. Or you could always extend out in another way by helping others who are struggling hard and or dealing with the real crap end of life.

Sometimes my head goes in the clouds too dreaming of that feeling like when you were a tiny kid, when things could seem so magical and timeless and new.

But I've had times where I've felt like that as an adult too. Usually when I'm craving that, it's because I need to go deeper. With something, or with others, or the wider world.

So even though your life sounds beautiful and it may look on the outside that nothing is missing, maybe what you are feeling is telling you something real.

You are missing that magic. So now to go about reconnecting with it.

It's a matter of where you are coming from. You say "life isn't magical, it's mundane. It's ordinary." To me personally, life looks chaotic and half cocked, magical at times and blunt at others, but it's perception.

gsxr104 · 10-17-2009, 06:08 AM

It's time for a vacation!

grace_face · 10-18-2009, 01:51 AM

I personally don't mind if my life is mundane or ordinary. I like calmness and contentment IF I'm actually HAPPY in it though. Right now I'm not. If my job made me happy, if my home made me happy, then they could be as boring or quiet as hell and I'd be completely happy.

10-17-2009, 01:04 AM	#1
AuroriaP Offline Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Arizona Gender: Female Posts: 2	Stuck in the clouds... So, I'm not sure where to post this, so I guess I'll place it here and see where it gets me. I'm finding it incredibly difficult to keep my head out of the clouds, my mind on the tasks at hand, etc. I feel so incredibly... BORED with life... I daydream constantly about a life where the impossible is possible and REAL adventure is possible. I yearn for something fantastic to happen, to learn that there is some special plan or meaning for me beyond this daily "blah". Waking up, going to work, running errands, coming home, repeat - it seems so MUNDANE! I understand that the typical response to my unrest is "You're wishing for a dream world and this is real-life, and that's just the way it is." For me, though, THAT'S the problem! I don't want that life. I want real magic and excitement and love that literally takes my breath away. I don't want to hear "Life is so exciting and beautiful!" or "LIFE is magic!" because it isn't! Life is... ordinary. I have an enjoyable job that allows me to be outside all the time, a man I love dearly, I have a nice place to live, but something is missing and I feel so lost...

10-17-2009, 01:36 AM	#2
Theblueman123 Offline Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Gym Gender: Male Age: 17 Posts: 578	Maybe it's time for adventure __________________ Do something worth remembering.

10-17-2009, 05:58 AM	#4
itsallgrand Offline Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: following my grace... Gender: None Specified Posts: 6,783	Either go start an adventure, do something wild and fun that you always wanted to do, something to shake things up. Or you could always extend out in another way by helping others who are struggling hard and or dealing with the real crap end of life. Sometimes my head goes in the clouds too dreaming of that feeling like when you were a tiny kid, when things could seem so magical and timeless and new. But I've had times where I've felt like that as an adult too. Usually when I'm craving that, it's because I need to go deeper. With something, or with others, or the wider world. So even though your life sounds beautiful and it may look on the outside that nothing is missing, maybe what you are feeling is telling you something real. You are missing that magic. So now to go about reconnecting with it. It's a matter of where you are coming from. You say "life isn't magical, it's mundane. It's ordinary." To me personally, life looks chaotic and half cocked, magical at times and blunt at others, but it's perception. __________________ "The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off." Mal Pancoast

10-17-2009, 05:44 AM	#3
grace_face Offline Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Gender: Female Posts: 17	I feel your pain. My daydreams are now taking up quite a large chunk of my waking hours. I have a loving partner and nice apartment, but I'm really unhappy and unfulfilled and discontent in general. My daydreams concern my "dream" apartment. Finding it, moving in, living in it. Ah, bliss. And also finding my "dream" job. My current job is SOOO BORING and I don't like it. It doesn't even pay enough to support me and it's not 100% stable either. I want to do something I actually have a PASSION for. I have SO many things I long to do but I'm stuck at work instead. I get angry sometimes that we're expected to just put up with this...our lives are all we have!!! Shouldn't we be truly LIVING them, not just EXISTING??

10-17-2009, 06:08 AM	#5
gsxr104 Offline Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Gender: Male Posts: 650	It's time for a vacation!

10-18-2009, 01:51 AM	#6
grace_face Offline Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Gender: Female Posts: 17	I personally don't mind if my life is mundane or ordinary. I like calmness and contentment IF I'm actually HAPPY in it though. Right now I'm not. If my job made me happy, if my home made me happy, then they could be as boring or quiet as hell and I'd be completely happy.