If all you do is live and die, then what was life's purpose
if it was to reproduce, which I never did, I will just be gone. Why was I even here?
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if it was to reproduce, which I never did, I will just be gone. Why was I even here?
no purpose at all. you are thus condemned to determine for yourself what that purpose is - with the freedom that comes from your life having no purpose comes the dreadful responsibility of deciding for yourself what that purpose might be, and not shying away or making excuses for the fact that your life isn't as glamorous or as meaningful as you think it should be. making your life meaningful is your responsibility, and whether or not you choose to act in accordance with that or hide behind god, your country, or blame mom and dad for that fact that your life sucks, in the end, you always had a choice, and everything you've done up until now has been largely the result of your own choices. even refusing to act and hiding from your responsibility is a choice, you are never not making choices until the day you die.
The purpose is just to have fun. In dire straits, you make life as best as you can.
Lots of stuff fits under "fun". Toys and games are fun. Friends are fun. Life fulfillment is fun, too. Having a family, volunteering and helping others, doing a hard day's work, etc can all be fun because feeling good about yourself, who you are, and what you've done is fun.
Your life is ultimately useless on a grand scale.
That's why you need to set your standards a bit lower to obtain any sense of forward accomplishment.
That's why my goal in life is to build a kick ass homestead that stays in the family. Its physical use and function outweighing my limited potential in my lifetime.
Once you have kids your mindset changes and you realize everything isnt about you. When you're younger your world view is more about how things affect you personally. You're more individualistic. But when you get kids you instantly start looking out at the world and start thinking of the collective a lot more