It's easier to make a purpose & get what you want than to deal with your feelings & be at peace.
Both ways are meant to attain the same thing; happiness. Two different ways and one is judged upon and labelled as crazy. The other one is heroic.
Just a thought on two different routes to happiness Yus I personally think a mixture of both is the best option.
A state of no anxiety and removal of worry is the ultimate happiness. (Or is required to achieve ultimate happiness)
I've learnt so much and grown not only in knowledge, mantra but also with a different perspective of life, our economic systems and the beauty of blockchain.
I hope I can follow in your footsteps @stellabelle as I try to work my tail off so I'm able to have a roof over my head haha. Rent is obscenely expensive in London and without steemit I don't know where I'd be. (Probably with my parents losing my autonomy and feeling humiliated). I'm also not only here for my own self-interested benefits so one day I can help others like you. Changing and revolutionising people's life.
Incidently I wrote a post about if you need sorrow and despair to be happy and conclusively from reading your post I think you do.
From the hardships of my life I think I have a stronger passion, zeal and love with steem which I wouldn't have without some rough times throughout my life. I guess we should be optimistic and self-sacrificing to be truly happy in this world.
Thank you for your amazing work @stellabelle :)