Is it normal to be disappointed with life?

I don't feel the same way and I haven't for a long time, but there's no easy way to change how you feel. You have to come to terms with the fact that life is finite, because that isn't so bad when you get used to it. I'd stop using escapism as a crutch, because so long as you keep engaging with escapism your own life will seem inadequate alongside it.

More than anything, it sounds like someone needs to wait until the economy picks up and there are more jobs, then get a new one the first day you can. Hold on, hold on, hold on until then.

YES!
I understand you!
We have so much potential if only we could be set free from shackles like work and money. And why cling to life knowing you have to die? Well some are selfish and just wanna live long.
Others have hope.
Hope that one day life will have thrill and freedom!
I really do understand this.
I always have.

That sounds very similar to my own thoughts. I feel like there is no divine score sheet on which you get points for good deeds or great achievements. Doing good and achieving greatly are fine for those involved or affected, but outside of that is doesn't really matter. And as time passes, it matters less.

I don't believe in a god or higher plan, and some days ago I watched a documentary about some people who believed in some sort of rapture or judgment day. I thought that it must be nice to have such a belief, in that it puts life into a greater perspective that gives intrinsic meaning to it all.

The fantasy world of The Lord of the Rings can be a nice break from thoughts of meaninglessness, I find, as in that world, there is evil and there is good, and there are battles that have importance for the world.

Try challenging yourself in new areas

The grass on the other side is greener! Try seeing the movie, a midnight in paris, i think it ll restore ur faith, it restored mine!

Doing everyday wat u r doing, is also grt, not all hav a normal life, jus know that for many ppl on the earth, ur life could be a relieving one. U r with the woman whom u love, whom u r going to marry, if there is nothing special, then hey u hav an opportunity to make something special everyday, try talking funny to ur collogues someday, to ur boss someday, to ur loved one, give her a surprise sex, or something!

My advice is: TRAVEL THE WORLD! Make a plan, but don't plan too much. Just buy a one way ticket and embark on your journey. Experience different things, the good and the bad. At least then you'll know you are truly alive.

#1..It could be clinical depression. If there is a history in your family, there are some nonaddictive medications that could help.

#2. Do you have reason to be sad..like a death, big disappointment, lack of acceptance of who you are, secrets about what happened to you in the past, that kind of thing that you are not dealing with?

#3. Do you know what would make happy? I had to accept that I am an adrenalin junkie and need to take some calculated risks now and then. I need to look at what I think is beautiful and I need to laugh. What do you need? And why are you not doing it?

Neo you should have taken the red pill

maybe you should stop thinking that this is just it and start thinking outside the box...... start searching for yourself.

i would probably recommend that you should just take a vacation or just plan a great escape... alone... and start rethinking why do you exist....

you need a passion in life for physical or intellectual activity in which you should strive to make a new discovery or a breakthrough

when you get to that stage of being close to making a discovery you will feel that the time is running out and that there is very little chance left to experiment or to try something new yet your life will be full of meaning

You said you're happy and engaged to be married, yet you don't sound like a happy man who's about to be married to a woman he's passionately in love with.

I think it's very normal to have those sort of questions and disappointments. I have them too and I struggle. But, then you have to suck it up. You have to chose to make the most out of the opportunities you do have, instead of mourning everything you don't. It's an acceptance of this mundane life and a promise to yourself to make something exceptional out of it for the time that you are alive, even if it's something really really small.

You sound like you need to get away from everything familiar in your life, though. To sort of 'shock' your awareness back to life. Maybe join a club, do some volunteer work, or go on a trip (alone) to somewhere you're never been.

Hopefully you are not the same person who posted about their gross cat not using the litter box. If you are I don't like you. If you are not then I often feel the same way. I am sure a lot of people do. A lot of us are too chicken to challenge the established way of living. We all (myself included) are metaphorically getting raped in the ass each day. It seems like there would be a more peaceful and efficient way of being productive while also not hating every minute of it and feeling like an insignificant pawn in an never ending empty cycle.

But there are also those who have a different attitude about life and find meaning in even the smallest or seemingly most irrelevant of things. So life is pretty much what you make of it for yourself.

You know, you are right. I was just messing around at first and then took it too far. I apologize. Happy New Year Ash.