Research

As I stated in my first post I am researching how to get back on track. In the process I have run across a few resources that interest me greatly and I will share the things I learn as I go along.
Job- related: Road- Trip Nation
This is a documentary by PBS about 3 groups of college students who travel around in an RV asking people how they got where they are. Interestingly enough many of them failed along the way.
After the first disc I had collected this advice:

• Want to succeed
• Look for the benefits: You'll know you got there when you feel good looking in the mirror
• Find a passion
• There is a direct correlation between how much you matter to others and how happy you are
• Encourage your own voice: you are what matters to you
• Stop forgiving your failures if you're not trying
• Explore until you find the job you like
• Do what your heart tells you
• Don't feel guilty to move on
• Be a risk taker: if you take the risk and it fails then it was the wrong risk
• You should ask: if you were plucked from the face of the planet would people miss you?
• Don't be indifferent
• Find an interest then a job not the other way around

Happiness- Related:
The Happiness Project by:Gretchen Rubin

I am only a little way in and the best advice I have gleaned from it's pages is to pay attention to how you treat others, don't ask of others what you don't want to do yourself and don't expect others to act the way you want them to.