The Road to Elysium

It’s been almost a month since I wrote last. A lot of things have happened, and much of that hasn’t been of the positive kind. Lately I’ve found myself pondering on what to do with my life. I used to have goals when I was younger, things that I worked hard towards achieving. And I did achieve them. I wanted to find the girl I was to spend the rest of my life with. I wanted to be a father. I wanted a stable economy, and a good job. A house, a car. And I’ve achieved those things. But what remains now? Having reached all the goals I set for myself, what is the next step? I can’t say that I have any real life friends. My social network has pretty much been based upon World of Warcraft, but even that can’t continue. I need more. As a father, with a fulltime job, coming home late, how do you make friends? I’m only 24 for crying out loud, but what options do I have? The little time I have left after being done with work I’d like to spend with my family. So when do things change? What can you do? Do you just accept the fact that getting real life friends is close to impossible? Some might say that getting friends through work might be an option, but what if the people there are not friend-material? I am of the belief that you can’t just lower your standards when things are bad, in some areas anyway. Perhaps I’m being too picky, but a friend should be a real friend, not just someone you decided to settle with because you couldn’t find someone worth your friendship.