Do you have it easy?

I've been privileged throughout my life. Just by being born where I was in the world gave me free good education, free good health care etc

I was however for years dissatisfied and felt ingratitude.

Then I learnt acceptance is the best way to happiness and to look for gratitude where I can every day. I'm not in Ukraine under attack, on the sea in a dinghy trying to get to a better life, I have food, somewhere to live and people who love me. What else could I need? I used to then tell you this, that, the other etc. But really I don't need them at all to be happy.

Good luck

I’ve always had it easy. I’ve never gone without basic necessities and have always lived in a place where, if I tried hard enough, I could find a way to improve myself and my circumstances. I don’t think life is ever easy in the context of not requiring effort, but compared to so many places where the struggle to simply survive in the most basic terms squeezes out the hope of anything more, I have to feel the ease of my life.

Today ... YES.

But it wasn't always this way.

I think the big change came for me when I was able (fortunate enough) to pay off the vast majority of my debt. IE: it was extremely stressful to have to service ($$) debt every month and once I added up how much interest I was paying every month to maintain a lifestyle I had become accustomed to ..... I knew I had to get rid of those interest payments. So I started throwing a lot more money at my debt every month .... worked a lot of overtime, refinanced the house at a much lower interest rate and took out a bunch of equity cash to pay off as much other debt as possible, then raided my retirement account to kill of the rest of accounts and cards with higher interest rates.

After all that I only owed on the house and I made a vow to myself to never pay any other interest.

It has worked so far (>10 years) and my life is much easier knowing that I don't have all that debt hanging over my head every month.

appreciate what you have and dont compare yourself to other people. look at the bright side and try your best to stay optimistic. stay curious, be creative if you are so inclined and dont give up so easily on things

What comes easy won't last:

No of course I do not have it easy in life.. some days are harder than others..I think Thursday might not be great though! 😩🤷🏼‍♀️

Compared to where I started out with no indoor plumbing and no electricity? You betcha.
Recently buried my second partner, living alone, and have stage four prostate cancer, but have my own and a steady retirement income so compared to those living homeless in the streets? You betcha.
Getting there? Not always fun, and many a twist and turn. But it is the journey, not the destination. Enjoy it even when the ride becomes bumpy due to air turbulence.

I have a roof over my head, people who love me, plenty of food, no need to collect water from a well in the heat everyday, not in a war zone, beautifully natural surroundings, better health care than many in the world and an income that meets my needs. Sometimes I have stresses, but I cope with help from others. I probably do have it easy.

You won't get a raise if you say you have it easy? 🤐

Objectively I have it very easy and a lot of luck but I have huge mess in my head making everything much more difficult than it really is.

For me it was finding the right partners willing to go through life with me. It's easier when you have backup.

way easier now than before......... worked 60 hrs a week for 25 years or so. thankfully, now i can get by on 30 hrs a week.

A bit rough but I'm trying to learn to navigate through..

I have had my hardships but I think it's still an easy life.

Work hard it will come it has for me life could not be better

hmm I dont know about easy. I grew up very poor and when moved to another country I seen my parents work their asses off to better things for me and my siblings. I think that is the greatest thing i took from my parents and that is working hard and not expecting handouts. If you want a good life, you work for it.
I work 2 jobs and have my own small growing business and out of that i have a very comfortable life now and have much comfort in knowing i am providing for my child and hopefully he will take what i did from my parents and pass that down to his children when the time comes

I never had it easy

far from easy.

Easy no. but some have it much worse. 😇

Hell no, but my basic life needs are met. That is important. The rest is quite murky.

Capitalism in Murka is designed to be difficult and to waste our effort.
It's working.

I do by not comparing my life to others. It's tough but when I dont, I am content.

I do now I didn’t always had it easy