Are You Happy?

Somewhere in 2007, I had reached a point where I realized that my life could
not continue the way that it was.  I hated my life, and most of what I did every
day.  I was working on average about 12 hours a day, seven days a week, and
probably enjoying less than 10% of my job.

I was stressed to breaking point, and thoughts of suicide were my first and my
last, every day.  I wished to be dead.

We were going backwards financially, month after month, had already lost all
the savings that I had built up over the years before that time, and the bank
had issued me with official warnings that, were I to not make significant
payments towards my house and car, I would lose these.

Today, which is, for the record, the 19th of September, 2009, I work about eight
hours a day, and I love every moment of it.  I have no debt.  My income
comfortably covers my monthly living expenses.

So is this web-site another "how to get rich?"
No.  I am not rich.  I don't live in a big fancy house and I don't drive an
expensive car.  I live in a small city in China, renting an apartment which is quite
comfortable. I cycle around to where I want to get to most of the time.  

Maybe I'll be rich one day.  Then I might add some advice on that front, to this
web site.

But I am happy.  

I had to reach a point of utter, bitter unhappiness to realize that being happy is
important.  You can live your life until you reach such a low point.  Or you can
make a decision today, that you will begin to be happy.  

If you want to live a life which is mostly characterized not by what society calls
success, but by a sense of happiness and contentment, low levels of stress, a
sense of purpose and fulfillment, and enjoying most of what you do, then I am
hoping that this web site could be of help to you.

Interested?

Please take a moment to understand where I am at in terms of this web site, so
that I don't disappoint your expectations before we've even started!

Please email me for any
queries

ashton@ashtonfourie.com
Starting a Journey to
a Better Life
Ashton Fourie

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