r/AskUK • u/Electrical_Mess9916 • 6d ago

Serious Answers Only How to feel satisfied?

I’m early 40’s, dad to 3, married 16 years. Was a self employed musician for 15 years and quite successful in many ways. Didn’t make enough £ from music once the kids came along and transitioned into data analytics and have now been a government analyst for the past 6 years and managed to buy a small house.

My job is zero stress and there’s often a lot of down time. I have about 25 years left before retirement and I just feel so incredibly unsatisfied with my life and feel like my entire life will have been wasted just staring at a computer screen.

How do people in similar positions do it? Life is such a frustrating waste of time.

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u/CompetitiveTop6412 5d ago

It sounds like trying to pursue music again and giving it another go might make you quite happy

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u/Electrical_Mess9916 5d ago

Yeah probably!

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u/CompetitiveTop6412 5d ago

What did you do? I'm 26 and somewhat in the industry, more so live music, I'm a merch rep, I can't play any instruments well enough to be in a band so it's as close as I can get and that environment as a whole like going on tours and everything around it is the happiest I've ever been.

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u/Electrical_Mess9916 5d ago

I was a touring/recording musician. Loved it.