Job-like Pleasure and Experience for the Soul

I used to work on the a cruise line.
It was one year ago. I was waiting for my contract and was thinking of how my life would change.
In my town in Russia, people mostly don't aspire to alter the their way of living.
I think that people are just afraid of changing the their way of life, afraid to shake their safe foundation.
They are used to existing as everybody else, not wanting more. Some just like to complain about their pity pitiful existence, some blame others for their problems, some live for others by trying to live up their expectations, some are dreaming about a better life, but doing nothing.

This is upsetting...
Can you imagine how the world would have changed if we had done more, had aimed higher, had thought more positive positively, if we had done more sports, if we had done something new every day and had appreciated every second of our lives?

For me this was my job. I hesitated for a long time, before i had decided that something needed changing. But when my decision was made, I couldn't back away.
This six months was most significant, joyful and difficult toil at the same time in my life.
Anyone who worked on the cruise line will understand me. It was challenging and upbeat, I was drained and inspired. I seemed to live on another planet with new laws and rules of living. It was work for eleven hours, without days off, every day.
It was an interesting life with ups and downs. I found my strength and accepted my weaknesses.
Another world have had opened to me, where people lived in this moment enjoying every second to be given by the universe :)
I have returned to home looking forward to new adventures.
I am looking for a new job, which will give me more experience for the soul, which will open for me another part of the world, where I can find more people with a spark in their eyes :)

Wow! I am inspired! good luck!

Many of my corrections were to add 'definite articles': 'a' , 'an', 'the'. I have heard Russians speaking English here, and they commonly omit the 'a' or 'the', so you must not have them in your native language.

are: missing very

pity is a noun, you need pitiful adjective

positively is an adverb, modifying thought

needed: past tense

had:past tense

Job like pleasure and experience for soul (? don't understand and so cannot correct it)

I used to work on the a cruise line.
It was one year ago. I was waiting for my contract and was thinking of/about how my life would change.
In my town in Russia people mostly don't aspire to alter the way of living/change their way of life.
I think that people are just afraid of changing their way of life, afraid to shake their safe foundations.
They are used to existing living the same as everybody else, not wanting more. Some just like to complain about their pity pitiful/pitiable existence, some blame others for their problems, some live for others by trying to live up raise expectations(?) (I don't understand this one), some are dreaming about better life, but doing nothing.
This is upsetting/disturbing...
Can you imagine how the world would/might have changed if we had done more, had aimed higher, had thought more positively, if we had just played done more sports, if we had only done something new every day and had appreciated every second of our lives.

For me this was my job. I hesitated for a long time, before I had decided that something need changing, but when decision was finally made, I couldn't back away/out.
This six month was most significant, joyful and difficult toil at the same time in my life.
Anyone who worked on the cruise line will understand me. It was challenging and but upbeat, I was drained and but inspired. I seemed to live on another planet with new laws and rules of for living. It was work for eleven hours a day without any days off every day.
It was an interesting life with ups and downs. I found my strength and accepted my weaknesses.
Another world have had opened to me, in which where people lived in this for the moment enjoying every second to be given to them by the universe :)
I have returned to home looking forward to new adventures.
I am looking for a new job, which will give me more experience for soul, which will open for me another part of the world, where I can find more people with spark in their eyes :)

I am not clear on the chronology here ... 1 yr ago waiting for contract?  Did you change one year ago, or were you working there one year ago, it seems unclear.