I'm happy. And it's so nice to be here again.
My baseline is generally to be happy--I've always been a glass half-full kind of person. Over the past few years, work has been really, really...not good for me. I've been frustrated and unhappy so much that it spilled over into other areas of my life. I was actively unhappy for a few years. (I knew it was completely related to work because whenever I got more than a few days off, I would go back to my baseline of being happy, at least until a couple of days before I had to go back to work, when the black cloud would descend again).
A little over a year ago, I started to care less and less about work. It's taken me quite a while, but my happiness level has improved over these months. I feel like myself again. There are still little speed bumps where I get frustrated, but they don't last long (I remind myself to just let it go, and it generally works).
I was worried that caring less about work would negatively impact the quality of the work that I do, but I don't think there has been much of a decline in it. (I do check in with trusted co-workers and make sure).
Finding MMM has been helpful as well, since I'm making progress and hopefully will be able to stop working at some point in the not so distant future.
It's just nice to feel happy again.
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