What If I’ve Already Reached The High Point of My Life?

Is it all downhill from here? Or will things get better?

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This is a question I’ve been asking myself for the past couple of days. Has my life peaked? Have I experienced the best parts of my life already?

It might seem like a strange question to ask when you’re only 31, but the question has nestled itself in my mind and refuses to go away. The more I think about it, the more I start to wonder whether my best years are behind me.

To understand why I feel this way, it’s best to reflect on what I did previously. Once I graduated from university, I spent a year working in a betting shop. A job I wasn’t fond of and couldn’t wait to quit.

The day I did was euphoric. It felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. The good aspect of the job was it allowed me to save up a lot of money for something I’d wanted to do for as long as I could remember.

Live in Australia.

While it would only be for a year, it was an experience I yearned for forever since I set my eyes on Uluru (Ayers Rock) in an encyclopedia. I’d been enchanted with the land down under from then on.

Once I got there, my mind was blown. Not only was it as good as I thought it would be, it was better…