My life is great, but not some things are different than I expected. I'm 31 now, but in my mid twenties never could have imagined I'd have the life I do now. Wasn't planning on kids or marriage anytime soon, wasn't really interested in home ownership, loved living in the city, and was happy with my good IT job that I had with no interest in management, ever.

Now, I am a low level technical manager in the IT world, make more money than I thought i would, own a large house, am getting married in October, and planning on having a child sometime after that. I also don't live in the city anymore, and live in the burbs now... but I totally love it. I used to love being near the bars, and allmy friends, and at the heart of the action here in the Twin Cities... but now I couldn't really care less. I like my quiet neighborhood, I like my nice and friendly neighbors, I love my house, I like mowing my lawn and taking care of my house, and I like the idea of finally settling down and getting married. It's all incredibly comforting and relaxing in a way I never thought possible.

But when I was younger I never really saw myself being this successful suburbanite, but it happened and I love it. It's not about the money either, it's about the pride in what I've done to achieve my success, and my home, and my land, and the work that goes into maintaining my property and career is what's made me happier than anything. It beats playing video games, or sitting around being lazy, and the rewards and confidence I get from it are far more fufilling. In my free time I juggle, I play guitar, I read books, cook with my fiancee, go out for cocktails, play a lot of darts, and sometimes when there's nothing else going on I'll still maybe do a little video gaming or watch some TV shows on Netflix. All of those things make me happy in different ways, and that's all that really matters.

A lot of these other comments in here, about "figuring it out", and "looking for answers" would have been what I said 5 or 10 years ago. But at this point in time, I realize that stuff is mostly pointless. Being comfortable with never knowing everything, and being comfortable with never "figuring out my life" completely are things I've just become comfortable with and accepted... and it's made me a much more relaxed, happy, and productive person in life. I'll never have it all figured out, or know what I'll feel 5 years from now. All that matters is "today" is a good day, because that's all there ever will be.