Sooooo......I just saw the other user's positive post from earlier and I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon.

I'm a 42M, married, and have 1 kid. I think my life is pretty great despite it starting off rough. I grew up super poor (didn't have running water until I was 10). In my 42 years, I've done a lot and experienced a lot. Some of it is absolutely terrible and some of it was absolutely amazing, with a lot of "in between" stuff. There are some days when I think I'm not where I'd ultimately have liked to have seen myself, but where I am at is not a bad gig at all.

I graduated from high school and then went on to get 3 college degrees, all of which have been super beneficial. I have a good job, an alright marriage, a brilliant kid, and a couple of good friends I consider my brothers. I served 5 years in the Army and that's where the money for college came from. My dad gave me $20 one time while I was in college to help pay for gas to get there and to my knowledge, that's the only money my parents ever gave me for school (I point this out to simply show that I wasn't handed anything).

I love life. Whenever something bad happens, I try to focus on the next good thing that I'm fairly certain will happen to get through. My final thought is: life is what you make it, if you're in a bad position, change it. Case closed. That's how to make adulting not suck so bad.