I need a direction in my life, I need a purpose. Help me find it.
>>6888814
Good luck friend.
>>6888856
Already feeling like I failed.
>>6888875
At what?
Most times when you hit a rut like this, you're scaring yourself out of taking the next step. Maybe the direction you want to go in is intimidating, maybe someone told you you were a failure that'd never amount to anything. Maybe none of that shit fucking matters. Maybe all that matters is that you learned how to take the step in the first place. Fuck it. Failure is just as helpful as success. Being scared of it is being scared of the best opportunity to grow as a person.
A chance to post one of my favorite thoughts/walls
I've got 3 left weeks of college and a mountain of work to get through, barely pushing through with the help of medication and support from friends.
I hope you find your direction; one thing that I'm trying to do to help myself is to internalize a few realizations I keep coming back to. For example, environment can play a huge part in not having direction. Whether you're overwhelmed with school, work, or simply nothingness; there are so many negative thought patterns that are easy to get trapped in due to environmental pressures. It's important not to judge yourself based on the worst version of yourself in regards to mental health.
Also, in my search direction, I've tried looking at activities that I enjoy doing and finding work that I might be able to apply principles of those activities to. For example, I really enjoy video games. Some of the base principles of what I like about them include creative and dynamic problem solving, facilitating team coordination for a common goal, and being challenged to always grow and improve my skillset.
It might also help to find a saving grace, like an art, a hobby, a discipline, etc. that isn't necessarily a work-based purposed but is something that can get you out of bed and keep going. One thing that helped me find a bit more direction was asking myself, "If I had one year left to live, what would I do?" And my immediate answer was write music. I don't care if it's shit, if it's unfinished projects, etc. But at least there'd be something I could leave for people to remember me by, and on my deathbed I could look back knowing that I did... something.
These are just some examples of things you might be able to apply, or maybe for some other random anon who reads through this thread.
I don't know man, life's really hard. Best of luck. Maybe it's naive, but I believe there is always something to live for. I hope you find it.
>>6888814
No.
You imply as if direction, purpose and motivation could be "found" and or "extracted" from a patch of land or a piece of rock somewhere.
Fix yourself, and generate your OWN direction.
Fix yourself, and generate your OWN purpose.
Fix yourself, and generate your OWN motivation.
dude shit is brutal. But keep going. That's what pisses people off the most.
>>6888814
I wish I could have no direction. Here there's only one path. I've been forced through 10 years of compulsory education. Now im waiting to undergo mandatory conscription for 2 years. After that 4 years of university. Once im done I'll be 25. Never had the chance to live or love, maybe I'll be lucky if I get to die peacefully. Here foreigners are treated above locals, and there's no freedom at all. All my friends are foreign students. Once they go back home I ain't seeing them again.
>>6889232
stop wallowing in your own self pity...
>>6889232
All will make you grow. It's tough going, and it's supposed to be. Those two years will prepare for the four.
Thanks for all the answers guys.
To be honest in 100% I just lost myself in a few years back and can't find myself again. All I do, all I make and try seems pointless, worthless. Everything I try, I just stop doing it because I do not find a reason doing it. It started with simple actions like making food or ironing clothes. I wonder all time what is the purpose, for what, why etc.
I am 25yo, I honestly think I lost my life, I am unable to do anything that would change my life or give me joy. I feel like pleb.
I am in state that I do not find any actions that would help me. It's fucking annoying, it hurts in the night and makes me sad at daylight. I can;t recognize myself anymore, I do not know who I am and where I come from or where am I going. It's fucking depressing and trigerring.
I am writing bullshit now I guess. Sometimes I wish I wasn't born, or just be dead. Life is... painful necessity.
>>6889763
forgot pape
>>6888926
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>>6888814
this one is getting me through
I added a part of an advice post because I wanted to see it too, and it kinda fits
>>6889763
Dude. It's just second puberty; don't sweat it. Just watch Mr. Nobody, start listening to Pat the Bunny, and acknowledge the fact that life is inherently meaningless and that's exactly what makes it so beautiful. Life is a playground, or nothing.
>>6889813
fuck anon.. this one is gunna help me out.. thanks bro :;)
>>6890503
you should also wactch the movie, Falling Down
Wouldn't say "inspirational" as the guys just blows a screw, but really good movie
>>6889169
Do people actually find this pic motivating? I don't get it..
>>6888947
I love you man, good luck.
>>6889366
Yeah that sailor is fucked.
>>6888947
You are very strong anon, I dropped out at that moment of hardship and I can't get over the fact that I am/feel like a failure.
I know college isn't the only way towards success but most people who don't need it don't drop out due to failure but because they already have the skills it teaches. I'm not sure now how to better myself.
>>6889169
Hes given his word to do it. Simply by that and his will he is going threw with what he said even though it's a lot harder to keep with it is what's inspirational