I Thought Divorce Would Make My Life Different

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🗓️ 8 January 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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After divorcing and moving closer to her family Samantha expected her life to be different. She expected an incredible life with things to look forward to but instead finds herself disappointed with the lack of excitement. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:12.4	Samantha, welcome to the program. on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:13.0	Samantha, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Hi, Mr. Lara.
0:17.0	Let's see, it's a pleasure to talk with you, and I guess I kind of have a general question for you, but my question is basically I'm 44, I'm divorced, I have no children. I moved a year ago to live closer to my family and life is just kind of blah you know like there's nothing terrible happening but there's really nothing great happening either.
0:43.0	So I didn't know if you had like advice for like, you know, like I want, I mean I want to live like an incredible life,
0:50.0	I want to have things to look forward to, I want to, you know I'm like just none of that's happening so
0:56.4	None of that happens to us I took up sailing now I have adventures 20 years later still. I took up needlecrafts and now I have projects
1:08.3	to make that make money for charity. None of this stuff happens to you. You take it on.
1:17.0	Okay, so just fine hobbies and...
1:25.0	What is it you expect to have happen? How can you?
1:26.0	My life is wonderful because I've learned to make things that sell
1:30.0	that other people enjoy and it helps the kids of Gold Star families.
1:35.0	That didn't happen to me. I took it on.
1:38.0	Yeah.
1:40.0	Yeah, and I used to be really good at that and I guess I'm at what good at what
1:47.8	Making connections
1:50.4	I don't make connections. I don't make connections. These aren't hobbies.
1:59.0	You're minimalizing these things into tiny aspects. The reason your life is boring, done, and
2:06.0	purposeless is because you haven't taken on a purpose. You have to take it on. You have to
2:10.8	commit yourself to something. Okay.
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