You worked extremely hard to move up in your career ladder. In exchange for that, you neglected the people who love and care for you. You are too busy to find time for your family. Each time you promised to take your family to a nice vacation, you failed to fulfill it because you could not find the time.

Your family felt unhappy, and this made you feel unhappy. You failed to understand why your wife and children did not realize that you were slogging for them. You blamed your wife for not being accommodating, and your children for being too demanding.

In your workplace where you devoted much of your time at, you suffered the same fate. A small error can ruin your entire day and you find it hard to manage your temper. The stress is taking a toll on your mental health and you wondered why this was happening to you. You still persevered, making life more difficult for yourself.

Your appetite worsens and you are also losing sleep. You wanted to improve your health by going to a gym but never did so. Eventually, your health went downhill which makes you more frustrated and angry with yourself.

But you continued to live on a big, white hope ? the hope that tomorrow will be a better day. Tomorrow, you will have everything, and there will be no further need to spend long hours away from your family.

But did that happen? It did not. This is because you looked at external factors to find your happiness. You thought you would be happy if you could buy that big, white car or the beautiful hill on the house where the town's richest people lived. You never tried to find happiness in what you had -- a lovable wife, a pretty daughter, food on the table, a respectable job and friends who liked you.

You are easily affected by what your peers said about you. You wanted to get their approval so much that a small negative remark could upset your entire day. Frustration overwhelms you when your assignment was being handed to your rivals. In the entire day, you feel only anger, frustration, misery and jealousy.

You did not bothered to clear these negative emotions and eventually these negative emotions went home along with you. These negative emotions started to grow in your home which ultimately damaged the relationships you have with your wife and kids. To make yourself feel better, you turned to liquor which further aggravated your situation at home and at work.

This is just a typical story of any working adults in today's society. To stop yourself from falling into this vicious cycle, you need to take action now. Make a list of all the things you want to accomplish. Be sure that the list has yourself devoting sometime to your family and for you.

After you are done with your list, reorganize your schedule to make time for all the things you want to do. This is not to disrupt or disturb your life. The main purpose to set your priorities right. You will realize that you have found the way to happiness.