How do I actually find a purpose/ultimate goal?

sierratangovictor · 2016-09-18T13:52:13+00:00

Live a mark on human history.

There are three things worth chasing.

Gloria. Find what makes you feel glorious. Something abstract that you can own and that you can command, but no one else.
Victoria. What tangible thing can you own and command (as contrasted to abstract) that no one else could have.
Concordia. Can you have someone to completely mix themselves with you? Not because you gamed them, not because they want to settle down, but that they truly see it as the fulfilment of their lives to be with you?

Too abstract? I guess it is. But now you have three bins. Take three bowls, name them gloria, victoria, and concordia respectively. Write things that comes to your mind on small cards/ pieces of paper, then put them in the fitting bowls or throw away.

Once your bowls contain more than one card each, pick any, and chase it.

Usyoubigam · 2016-09-18T21:08:09+00:00

I read a quote by Ghandi that said something like -

"everything in life is pointless to do, but it's worth doing"

What I got from the first part of that quote is that we're all going to die, and even though we could experience all sorts of wondrous and marvelous things while we're here, it's all sort of pointless in the big scheme of things in the sense that nothing we do will change the world.

The second part of the quote is saying that the whole point of life is to live these experiences! The world is huge! Go out and see things, explore, go geocaching with friends, try kayaking, try a sport, buy a mountain bike or hiking boots and go use them.

Live a full life and you'll understand the meaning of life.

blackedoutfast · 2016-09-18T22:42:41+00:00

you're still really young. you'll have more clarity about a lot of things when you finish school, get away from parents/teachers/etc controlling your life, and start living on your own.

i do encourage you to start thinking about and focusing on what you want for the future. you are starting to make decisions that will have a major impact on the rest of your life. a lot of people who are older and have a lot of authority, experience, and influence over you will give advice and suggestions and basically tell you what you should do. take their advice with a really fucking big grain of salt. don't blindly accept what they say as the absolute truth. just for example: if you don't really want to be a doctor/lawyer/whatever, don't get into huge debt and waste years of your life to become a doctor/lawyer/whatever. even if everyone is pushing you to become a doctor/lawyer/whatever and telling you they know better and it's a great idea and they wish they had done it and you'll be super rich and have a wonderful life if you do it and it's clearly the path to happiness and shit like that. one of the most profound realizations you will have one day is that most of the people who gave you advice when you were younger had no clue what they were talking about.

Title	How do I actually find a purpose/ultimate goal?
Author	rhys5584
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Date	September 18, 2016 12:48 PM UTC (9 years ago)
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