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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel for you, OP.

However, there are some attitude/behavioral shifts that could increase your satisfaction with your own life. Nothing about your life sounds bad- it sounds great! It is your attitude that is negatively coloring your experience.

From your post, it sounds like you feel you "deserve" the happy life your brother has, and that your brother's success is undeserved because he wasn't as hard-working as you growing up.

[b]All of his success is from active choices he's made. He worked for his job, he works to maintain a healthy relationship, and he works to have the positive, humble attitude you say he does.[/b]

You're not in a relationship because you say you can't seem to meet anyone. Why can't you meet anyone? Are you putting yourself out there? Doing online dating, volunteering, being social, going to meetups? If not, it doesn't make sense to mope about something you're not putting effort towards. If you're meeting people and it's never working out, what's the issue? What can you change about how you approach or behave in relationships so that you can actually get what you want?

You have a good job. That's a positive thing! If you're unhappy with it and the area in which you live, why are you still there? Move to another city. Look for another job- you have the resume to get one, as you pointed out.[/quote]

This.[/quote]

No, and I don't want it to come off at all that he isn't deserving of his success. He 100% is! I guess I just would've hoped that my life would've turned out a little differently. I've tried to do everything right as well but....maybe I just suck. [/quote]

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