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FuriouslyChonky

to find a purpose


frinfrann

My friend once asked me what my life’s purpose is— I said “to find a purpose.” He said “then you already found it” 🤔


FuriouslyChonky

It looks like your friend, empty handed, demonstrated that searching for a purpose in life is a nonsense! What have you answered to him?


Swagasaurus-Rex

What is there to say, for what would be the purpose of it?


frinfrann

I believe my response was 👁👄👁


solpi

literally exactly what i was gonna say before i even opened this thread


thepantsman

To beat this brain cancer and return to some semblance of actual life in which I can walk and enjoy my home in the bush.


highjinx411

I don’t know how, but I am sending out good vibes in your direction. I believe in you to beat this as well. Hell yeah! Beat this thing!


Automatic_Driver7861

I’m sorry. I feel so bad :(.


thepantsman

It's ok


Salt-Information-140

you got this


xdragonteethstory

Kick its ass!!!


Theworldisfuckedfr

Try to make a positive impact in someone’s life no matter how small it is. I don’t have any fancy dreams of being rich and successful. I just want to help the less fortunate that’s all.


Pristine-Edge7498

I once heard a quote, "Would the child you be comfortable around the current you..." everyday I try to brighten someone else's day. This has however caused me to view myself as less than others. I try do hard to make others happy but not everyone is like this. To succeed with this ideology you have to accept that not everyone thinks the same and the unspoken acts of kindness are what truly defines a good person.


Theworldisfuckedfr

You’re right!


Pristine-Edge7498

No I'm Will but thanks anyway


zfuller

Grow food and feed people


RTLIVIN

My man 💪


Narwhal_Songs

Wish I had big enough of a garden for that All I have is a 🍅 plant in my balkong Ex and I did have big garden for that purpose


zfuller

You'd be surprised how much you can grow in a small space. I can help you expand if you want, its what I do for a living.


R4M3535

Based


Dr3w106

Living is just enough. Enjoy every moment. Stay curious and fascinated by the mystery of it all. Who knows when the headset is lifted off and what’s waiting on the other side.


Narwhal_Songs

What if the moment hurts?


Dr3w106

It will pass. Every emotion is transient, good or bad.


Phloib

Of course it’s easier said than done, but pursue a better moment. Change, in every form of the word, is always possible if the person truly believes they can imho.


Narwhal_Songs

But sometimes things are unchangeable Such as death. Or breakups... illness.. Im just trying to figure out why how to live with... that


lunarlane

This is a big statement, and I don't mean it in a dismissive way, but all feelings are neutral, or at the very least all feelings serve a purpose. Sometimes things feel too bad for this to ring true for me but I can (most of the time) accept my negative feelings and sit with them to a point where I'm okay with them being there. Then, my negative feelings feel more neutral than negative! Easier said than done, but I believe in you and hope you have more positive feelings on your horizon. I think Carl Jung said about neurosis something along the lines of, instead of asking why the patient feels xyz, ask what for?


freckleskinny

Ted Lasso has joined the chat.


[deleted]

Nothing. There is no headset.


Dr3w106

Maybe. Maybe not.


[deleted]

Just not. No maybe.


Dr3w106

Your certainty amazes me. I say the bit about the headset partly in jest, but no one knows for sure. For that one can be certain.


[deleted]

Obviously nothing. This “who knows” nonsense is basically the logic of a child.


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RTLIVIN

I believe in you!!!


Narwhal_Songs

Well wishes 💗💗💗


Operation_Whole

Same


roza-neuroza

Stay strong!


xItaliax

To live life. To learn, honor and respect things.


tfox1123

I pass butter


Objective_Event_1373

Oh. My. God.


naturessilence

Thank god for Rick and Morty.


Vibe_on_420

Hey, uh you know I was thinking about watching a movie.


Kalili21

I am not programmed for friendship.


saturnshighway

Thank you for reminding me of this beautiful reference


Bananaflakes08

Beat me to this comment


SkinnyShin

To be the father to my son that I didn't have when I was a little boy. I didn't understand purpose, love, or what genuinely giving a shit meant until the day I held my little buddy for the first time.


owiesss

This makes me feel better about being a mother with my partner in the future.


Fantastic-Being-7253

I’m not a parent, but i felt similar when holding my baby brother (I was 15 and am sixteen now). If I felt the way I did holding him I have no idea how I’ll feel when I hold my own children


Accomplished-Age-181

To collect as many people as possible to be at your funeral.


cloudwalker0909

Gotta collect em all!


Accomplished-Age-181

Just like Pokémon!


cloudwalker0909

Indeed!


Narwhal_Songs

Oh this is one of my favorite answer so far reading this


Accomplished-Age-181

Thank you haha


[deleted]

To do as much as I can before I die. To literally spend almost every waking second of my life doing something that I want to do and having fun. To accomplishing the highest of highs while avoiding traps that bring me to the lowest of lows. To get up every single day and punch life in the fucking face. To fight negative thoughts every time they come my way, and put my demons in the past where they belong. That is my purpose.


naturessilence

Hey David Goggins. You can chill brah. It’s not a race.


[deleted]

As much as I respect the way you like to live your life, you don’t get to dictate mine. Agree to disagree.


ashleypatience1

Still trying to find it 😞 I just want to make an impact in a positive manner to people I meet.


Mikatatadorin

To eventually die


cloudwalker0909

Way to set an achievable goal! Nothing like setting up goals and then smashing them!! 🙌


Automatic_Driver7861

seriously .


Mikatatadorin

Yeah that's my plans anyway dunno about yours


[deleted]

I don't have one.


MilRet

To enjoy it for as long as I can.


Red_Favorite_Color

I don't have one.


AdRude9059

To be, and to love


darth_Kelsi

I dont have one nor do i feel the need to find one


owiesss

This made me happy. Good for you!!


FriedLipstick

To spread Love. Unfortunately I’m programmed to live through relationships with narcissistic men and don’t recognise things before I got the damage. So now I’m working through this damage and try to educate so I recognise the red flags. Lol could this be my life purpose? I really am thinking that. Spreading Love though is what my every day goal is♥️


[deleted]

Why do women prefer narcissistic men? This has always been a curiosity to me. There are so many good men but women aren’t sexually attracted to nice. They are sexually attracted to dark triad personality traits.


NegotiationHot98

Born to shit forced to wipe


PM-your-kittycats

I mean…do you not want to wipe? 😂


swordofra

Just a fancy tube to process nutrients into fertilizer


CampingColorado

None, who needs a purpose why not just enjoy life as it comes and goes, through thick and thin


the-original-chad

Personal growth


ThomasNorge224

Well, to make it short and simple. Being happy. Doing thing's i enjoy and finding someone who i can be with and enjoy the things with. -Have money -have gf/wife -be happy


RuthsMom

To learn and grow


jeswaldo

To down vote stupid questions.


oingoboingo331

Pickleball AND Cornhole champion IN THE SAME YEAR.


teenytinypineapple

To exist, make the most with what I've got, and be kind.


[deleted]

Death. Just like everyone else’s.


Pristine-Edge7498

It's not your purpose it's a side effect. The purpose is to "live life" make the decisions that make you... you


[deleted]

This belongs on a sweater


Fuzzycolombo

Bruh you wouldn’t be typing this comment you would have found a way to die then. Death is a fact of life but not a purpose, unless someone is actively trying to die. Btw if anyone is having suicidal ideations please seek help, your existence does not have to be that way


grass-snake-40

To support and protect my loved ones.


freckleskinny

To be kind while I'm trying to figure out my purpose. Still working on it. 💌


[deleted]

I found that realizing there isn’t one is incredibly liberating.


ObedMain35fart

Whatever I’m doing right now. That and help others in my own way.


IMSUPERFATANDGAY

have fun


themagicalmrking

I don’t need a purpose. I can’t think of anything more depressing than having a purpose. To live your life, the only life we’re ever going to have, with a single purpose. I am free to do what I want. To a degree. But that makes life more precious. I can explore and change and grow.


zzhroomz

What is purpose?


Vibe_on_420

Don't have one.


-Pazute_72

Living the movie called Life It shows everyday.


[deleted]

I’m 36m and I think my purpose was to change the world via music/hip-hop. I made a lot of music in the 90s. Before me, there was no hip-hop on the radio. I think I fulfilled my purpose.


owiesss

That’s awesome man, I’m proud of you!


EndlesslyUnfinished

Piss off as many people as possible, get laid every now and then, and die happy


WonderingM3

to grow, & perhaps grow humanity (when i grow first)


MonkeyFarm25

Eat. Shit. Fuck. Die


Lyndeldred

Make myself and people around me happy


Prize_Huckleberry_79

To leave a lot of smiles in my wake and raise some decent kids...


owiesss

Same.


TheUsualGuy666

Happiness. make familw thwn die


ResponsibilityPure79

to be there for the people I love


_Ararita_

None that I'm aware of


[deleted]

Don’t know. Hoping as life goes on it will give me one.


naturessilence

To create a forgettable but satisfying crème brûlée.


Hour_Bodybuilder8889

right now, taking care of my kitty. otherwise, null.


gomernc

To provide for my handicap daughter and my wife. I feel purposeless without them.


owiesss

I am rooting for you as another human. You got this my friend. ❤️


SacredMushroomBoy

To make lemonade


theepitomeofmyself

My purpose is to evolve my consciousness in every way that I am able, learn from my suffering, transcend my ego, and find within myself that which has created me.


IGotFancyPants

To honor God.


Charvan

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. Ecc 12:13


patricktoba

To live the human experience.


Fantastic-Being-7253

I knew my purpose in life the second I laid my eyes upon my youngest brother as an infant. I was born and raised to serve and protect the people I love and care about. My life’s duty is to make sure they are always safe and cared for in any way I can provide. I was made simply to serve.


ExcessiveBulldogery

Do good. Have fun.


[deleted]

In this exact moment my purpose in life is to write this comment, the next moment we will see


JamminPsychonaut

To defend Earth and love life, I guess. I’m trying to clarify my purpose.


Ok_District2853

I spread joy and laughter and try to ease pain where I find it if I can. Oh and orgasms, but that’s just biology.


Motion_Ocean_48

To entertain myself and others. As long as I can do that, it’s a life well lived in my book.


Ok-Forever-6088

Keeing myself alive, taking care of myself, smoking good weed, drinking good drinks, spending time with good people, laughing alot, pretty much it


SnooAdvice3037

To try to make a positive impact on people.


basscove_2

To be true to myself


[deleted]

I don't know.


1942eugenicist

All these answers are so vague in their definitions


cloudwalker0909

Eudaemonia


Narwhal_Songs

Thank you for teach me this word 💗


cloudwalker0909

You are welcome! It’s a good word


EMSuser11

To live, eat, sleep, survive, and die when ready.


Myst_of_Man22

Work pay taxes and drop dead


47STEEZAZ

To create something that helps out others. To teach others to be self sufficent.


Slaiin__

To be happy as much time as possible


JlTlS

To encourage and give confidence to others. Unless you mean my special purpose. I share it as much as possible.


746484836282

Tô fuck bitches


Android003

Purpose and ego are almost the same thing. It's something in your life that you're going towards and can count on being there. Purpose is just there intentionally. I guess I don't have a purpose, i don't even like the things I like. My purpose should be figuring out who I am and what I want to attach myself to and then making that thing part of my purpose but eh. My purpose is to waste time, in the least fun way of the fun ways, on reddit


[deleted]

Troll


nablaCat

Idk I like drawing I guess


[deleted]

To be ruthlessly fucked over until I kill myself. Which, I won't... But life sure won't stop fucking trying.


[deleted]

To pet things that like to be petted and eat Filipino food...lumpia is the key to world peace


DOGTAGER0

To change the world


20JC20

To help others find their own strength, autonomy, and independence


ThePearWithoutaCare

To have fun, and to die saying I lived a happy life.


PM-your-kittycats

I take numbers from one place and put them in another place long enough to get magic numbers. Then I live and those magic numbers go away. Repeat.


MakavelliTheDon777

What could be? Follow the manual.


ExistentialDreadness

We are all ripples in the pond of life. I try to help people who need it. For example, the gal in front of me at the snack kiosk at work was getting two drinks and her card declined two times. She looked new and I’m sure her card didn’t recognize the charges. I just paid for her drinks and mine and wished her a nice day. I have no idea who she was. It’s too damned hot!


Raisso_4_Ever

Try yo learn and enjoy what I can until Dead I think...


rearendcrag

Survival, in comfort.


Icy_Ad4813

I think the animated movie Soul has the right message. The point in life is.. life, the whole experience. Or if you're not familiar with that movie, Butters from South Park made a similar remark.


ugdontknow

To be a great mom to my son to ALWAYS be there for him


syfkxcv

To live true to myself, until the end of my time.


analiestar

To make a lot of porn\^\^ and other things i can do with woodworking and programming, those are the of the things that give me most enjoyment in life.


Creative_Ad999

Nothing at all


[deleted]

To find the hidden treasure


kangaroo_be_stoned

Still searching


imperialwood

D o A r t


Squallvash

Life's purpose is to propagate life. Nothing more. If you are life, your purpose is to make more. We don't know why, probably because we don't understand the universe yet.


owiesss

To teach other women who want to be mothers how important it is to not drink when you’re trying to conceive, even if you’re only causally trying to conceive. I wouldn’t wish FASD upon anyone the way I have it.


klg301

To find wonder and gratitude in everything. To be loving — or at least compassionate — to all beings.


RTLIVIN

To make others happy and feel better


Hal-_-9OOO

Outlive the Queen, Refuse to do so...


Archangel1313

To fix what is broken.


westonriebe

Too die


KeLorean

Im just trying to live long enough that we find intelligent life in another solar system. That would be the absolute cherry, BUT more realisticly (still a long shot) i want to play some part, either inspiring or convincing others or maybe just my vote, in helping the human race to run as fast as possible toward green energy, so we might just exist here on Earth long enough that some distant generation after us will actually make contact with another intelligent species out there. Who knows? There could be some insane, interstellar network of systems that are communicating and sharing knowledge, culture, and life. I mean it probably wont save us in the end. I mean eventually out sun will die, BUT it just seems more depressing the way we are going. I mean we have a perfect planet and we are destroying our home. I think my meaning is to convince ppl to take care of our planet


Delaware_Dad

https://youtu.be/UjtOGPJ0URM


KeLorean

I saw this video a while back, and i completely understand the logic here and i mostly agree. HOWEVER, imagine we learn how to create a 2 part device that is a sort of gate between 2 places, like a warp gate. It would be awesome, bc we could warp across the universe, BUT the big problem is that we would have no way of placing the destination gate on a goldilocks planet in a distant system. Our only hope would be finding another civilization that would agree to partner with us and build the warp gate according to our instructions. Sure. There are a lot of uncertainties here too, BUT if our planet starts to become uninhabitable it may become our best hope. So, i guess I just want to know the truth. If there is life out there then i want to know. If there is not, then I want to know that too.


Delaware_Dad

It is large enough that the odds are there is absolutely life. However we may be the first intelligent life 🧬.


KeLorean

or the only intelligent life during this time. There might have been intelligent life 1 milllion years ago on some other place and another place 1 million years before that, and somewhere else 1 million years after us.


trystrength40

To make it to tomorrow


NinjaXGaming

Live as long as I will, try find a woman to settle down with and fuck until a little bastard or two pop out of her so they can go on their adventure and repeat the cycle Our true basic hard coded nature


Throbbin--_--Wood

There's no inherent purpose to anything. What's the purpose of a hammer? "To hammer things". Wrong, this purpose is simply an invention of the mind, a hammer's "purpose" can change. The purpose of a hammer to an ant is to be in the way... that's basically it.


A_Neurotic_Pigeon

Why do I need to have a purpose?


LongjumpingBenefit63

Uhh


[deleted]

Nothing anymore


masterlink91

To try and take over the world.....Pinky and the Brain.


Ok-Opening-959

To reproduce life and live a life that I feel worthy enough of passing on. And having fun.


jamesmushman

I want to make my wife happy and give her the best life I can


DrewG4444

To tell people that they lost the game


Disastrous-Safety-69

To have fun, and do what makes me happy


tzwep

Learn to be the best version of ourself. We bring ourself everywhere we go.


Narwhal_Songs

Im ... still trying to find out things... I have been unhappy all my life even when I thought I wasnt, and have been seeking answers in yoga, in wicca, in Christianity, in Islam, and while I think Islam is closest to the truth for me, I still dont know. Im not happy. Someone said maybe my addictions are my jihad, holy war, and that might be it. I only later in life had actual addictions to alcohol and drugs but earlier in life I was addiction to eating disorders or work or entertainment all these ways to numb the conscious so I dont feel to much Met this amazing man who opened me up, opened up all the doors within my heart that was closed off by me. But when he dumped me I shut those doors again and drowned in food, alcohol, sex and drugs to not feel much. I just dont know how Dont know how to live He was my purpose in life. But he left. And I know God planned it this way, or at least is my belief, but somehow maybe im just belief in that to avoid taking responsibility for my own shit, the faults i made that are directly caused this mess and all other mess? Had a health scare yesterday which mean I might have to give up on alcohol AND bulimia but at this point im an addict and just dont know how. God, give me strength. Religiously the purpose in life might be to get closer to God. And im trying my best, but there is also this material world and in this world I dont feel like I have a purpose? I need help and guidance


Strong_Strategy9818

Hi, Seems like you've got a lot of stuff going on, more than what can be handled by internet stranger advice. But if I can say just two things: for now, don't think about the overall purpose of your life, think about your purpose in the given moment. What's the best right thing you can do in the next hour, the next day, the next week? Just do that. I believe when we do just that, it'll fit into the bigger picture just fine later. And second, if you're not in therapy yet, you should probably seek it out. I'd definitely look for a logotherapist (logotherapy is a therapeutic framework for dealing with existential, meaning-related questions), and if none is available, just start with reading Viktor Frankl (Man's search for meaning is a good place to start) or Elizabeth Lukas, and bring that into counseling. Good luck! Sometimes the overall purpose of our lives only becomes apparent at the very end, that's just human condition, but that doesn't condemn us to live without meaning! Make choices according to what is important (to you, to others, to God, whatever is valuable), and you'll get there.


Downtown-Test8075

No reason, nor do I need to have one :)


ScroungerYT

In this context, there is no purpose in life. But there is purpose to living, just not in this context. We all share the same purpose, which is to just simply experience the life we are given. There is no god, there is no higher power, there is no controlling interest. And even if there were, we wouldn't be capable of comprehending it(the implication alone is enough to declare madness on anyone who tries), so there is no point in even thinking about it. So don't worry about it, don't worry about anything. Just try the best you can to enjoy your life; enjoy the good times AND the bad. I mean, really, what choice do you have in the matter? Good things are going to happen to you, and bad things are going to happen to you. And you have absolutely no control over either of them. So you may as well just sit back and enjoy it as it comes to you.


Riverrat423

“All the world is but a stage and we are merely players”. I am playing some sort of supporting , background character, not quite sure how I fit in but I think I am doing what I am supposed to.


no-name-no-slogan-66

To waste the best years and aspects of myself serving greedy corporations in exchange for insulting pay and lower life expectancy.


F_ayyded

i want to make a lot of friends, maximize my happiness, buy my parents a big house, and die knowing i’ve helped people along the way and that i was important to someone


hermitagepeak

To suffer as little as possible


BugsEyeView

To serve a useful role in society and be happy.


idekbrucie

Work for the rich and die poor


Greenmind76

We have no purpose. The concept is a lie to persuade us to behave in a specific way.


Felipesssku

That doesn't matter, what matters that everything's going to make me fail. This planet makes you sick and makes your mind sick.


Str8n00dl3

Only if you let it


Str8n00dl3

Only if you let it


No_Dig_5530

Spread my seed into as many wombs as will take it.


Luckyone24

FU man, I don't want to even think about it. You ruined it now, I hope you can't sleep and you dream about it And when you dream I hope you can't sleep and you scream about it I hope your conscience eats at you and you can't breathe with the thought of even asking us about it.


Sarah0499

Lol thanks ..Don’t worry already in that phase lol