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How do I find purpose in life?

>> No.18146497

knock a girl up

>> No.18146528

submit to god

>> No.18146543

submit to a knocked up girl god

>> No.18146546

>>18146497
>>18146528
None of these are satisfactory
I'm losing my fucking mind here. My life is pointless.

>> No.18146565

>>18146474
Be good to others. Also this:>>18146528

>> No.18146578

>>18146474
There is none, only the illusion of purpose which is determined by luck. Have fun!

>> No.18146594
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I'm going to fucking kill myself
AAAAAAAAAA

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>>18146474
Have you tried looking into Hinduism and the practice of yoga? Real yoga, not western white wan yoga. I was going through the exact same thing as you and it saved my life. I couldn’t recommend pic related enough.

>> No.18146638

>>18146626
> Real yoga, not western white wan yoga.
*western white woman yoga

>> No.18146678

>>18146578
This

>> No.18146768

Wondering the same as you OP.

I'm just trying a lot of stuff and seeing what sticks. If nothing does at least I tried and failed.

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>>18146474
Reading through Plato, Aristotle and Cicero, and learning about Sir Thomas More (who remains something of a hero of mine), brought me to the conclusion that the best thing you can do vocation - wise is civil service. Man is by nature a political animal, and if you're not cut out for a life of sequestered contemplation, fulfilling your civic duty is a sure path to eudaimonia.

That isn't to say become a politician, but I could never find fulfilment in a corporation, chasing money to buy more things. Civil service could mean politics - either elected, or in your country's equivalent of political service - or teaching, joining the police, working for a charity, becoming an architect or civil engineer, etc.

There's plenty to choose from, but ultimately the noblest thing you can do is contribute to the world around you in some small way. Teenagers want to save the world. Be content with leaving it a little better than you found it.

If you're open to it, I also recommend reading Augustine's Confessions. Everything must be rooted in God IMO. Christian humanism is the way to go.

>> No.18146902

Why would you need purpose? You aren't a robot. Try creating community. If you're an American, you could fix your fat mother's walmart scooter. Unironically, the little things count.

>> No.18147218

>>18146474
Shoulder your damn responsibility and transform uninhabitable chaos into order!

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>>18146474
look up.

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Would people be more content in life if they were assigned a purpose from birth? I feel like the more you limit the options of a human, the happier they become.

>> No.18147280

>>18146474
Your purpose is to play your part, and to play it well, to help others and to change the world for the better.
Your purpose is to find a way for the world to progress, while remaining stable, not degenerating.
Your purpose is to think, discuss and act. You are a social animal.

>> No.18147503

>>18147242
I think so, yes. It's why slavery and serfdom is the standard in history.

>> No.18147514

>>18147218
>Making sacrifices
Sounds kind of cringe to me. Have you taken your benzos, friend?

>> No.18147606

>>18146474
Your mistake is thinking philosophy is going to get you happiness. You need to improve your physical and mental health, and you need to strengthen your relationships and/or your contribution to the betterment of society.

Why do people not know this? Have you not gotten to known happy people or learned any stories about this? Why are the basics of life so mysterious and unknown to 4chan users?

>> No.18147625

>>18147606
Also learn to sing or how to play an instrument, I strongly believe being a musical person is a missing puzzle piece in a lot of peoples lives

>> No.18147659

>>18146474
>>18146546
>>18146594
As a prophet, I can accept you as a disciple, but I do expect some payment in return. I can help you find meaning in life.

sraoshaincarnate@gmail.com

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I don’t care about anything bur reading books. The only thing that motivates me to do anything else (by that I mean have a job) is my desire not to disappoint my parents who gave me so much to set me up for a life of success.
I find people who are professionally ambitious—like people who spend their free time studying whatever they do for a living—to be impossibly cringe.
Is this unhealthy bros?

>> No.18147753

>>18147672
You're normal. You're a man who makes a living. That's it, you work to live, not live to work. A good distinction you made.

>> No.18147792

>>18147659
Begone daeva

>> No.18147801

>>18147792
I'm not a degenerate or fraus like Adi Da if that's what you're implying

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>>18147801
Drugwant

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>>18146474

>> No.18149281

>>18146474
move into the forest
and post shit on social media
like forest anon.
purpose will be revealed after
the humming birds have been fed.

>> No.18149318

>>18148310
Very cool meme. Definitely saved this one

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>>18146497
I'm unironically an antinatalist but I've decided to reproduce because otherwise I'll lose my mind.
Isn't that odd?

>> No.18149493

>>18146474
Under a rock

>> No.18149573

>>18147672
>people who spend their free time studying whatever they do for a living
I feel like anybody who says they have purpose is shallow. Like, how is it even possible?

>> No.18149577

>>18147625
>being a musical person
I've been a performing musician since I was 14.
I am still full of existential dread.

>> No.18149628

>>18146626
Thanks for the rec

>> No.18149630

>>18146474
There is no purpose and anyone telling you otherwise is trying to sell you something or, at the very least, make themselves feel a bit less lonely and a bit more self-assured.

Absurdism is probably the most accurate philosophy though.

>> No.18149643

>>18146546
Become a male nurse.

>> No.18149883

>>18146474
you dont you just try not to lose your mind and survive until the end