Poll of the Day > How do you lot prevent your lives being empty and bereft of joy and purpose?

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EclairReturns 12/26/20 12:09:25 AM #1:	Assuming that you make an active effort to do so. I must have these answers. --- Number XII: Larxene. The Organization's Savage Nymph. <cite>EclairReturns posted [p:948764039] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Assuming that you make an active effort to do so. I must have these answers.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mead 12/26/20 12:12:29 AM #2:	Stop worrying about so many things. Just let all of that go and trust yourself. Basically dont sweat the small stuff and do your best to enjoy each day for whatever it is --- YOU control the numbers of leches. -Sal Vulcano <cite>Mead posted [p:948764114] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Stop worrying about so many things. Just let all of that go and trust yourself. Basically dont sweat the small stuff and do your best to enjoy each day for whatever it is </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
blu 12/26/20 12:15:22 AM #3:	Pretend things will change when I can retire in my 30s and I can fill my time with whatevs. Really that didnt work but I found playing video games fills the hole so I play a lot of those now. Find more enjoyment in the small things. Nearing 30 Im just starting to enjoy things like the feeling after working out, sunrise colors, beautiful snow, how food tastes...never really had found enjoyment in things like that before. <cite>blu posted [p:948764184] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Pretend things will change when I can retire in my 30s and I can fill my time with whatevs. Really that didnt work but I found playing video games fills the hole so I play a lot of those now. Find more enjoyment in the small things. Nearing 30 Im just starting to enjoy things like the feeling after working out, sunrise colors, beautiful snow, how food tastes...never really had found enjoyment in things like that before. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JOExHIGASHI 12/26/20 12:23:10 AM #4:	video games anime movies --- Next Xbox will be named Xbox1 2 <cite>JOExHIGASHI posted [p:948764359] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>video games anime movies </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ogurisama 12/26/20 12:27:36 AM #5:	Travel Video Games Lego --- http://cdn-android.apptap.com/img/870/mobi.colortrilogy.bitlink/267135850.png https://i.chzbgr.com/completestore/12/10/5/uv4r7nGyrE6ylt2lHGWpiQ2.gif <cite>Ogurisama posted [p:948764464] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Travel Video Games Lego </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
keyblader1985 12/26/20 1:01:24 AM #6:	Joy is wherever you want it to be. Purpose is nonexistent in the grand scheme, so it doesn't make too much sense to worry about it. Time enjoyed is time not wasted. --- Official King of PotD You only need one T-Rex to make the point, though. ~ Samus Sedai <cite>keyblader1985 posted [p:948765128] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Joy is wherever you want it to be. Purpose is nonexistent in the grand scheme, so it doesn't make too much sense to worry about it. Time enjoyed is time not wasted. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
funkyfritter 12/26/20 1:01:39 AM #7:	I try to get better at dota. --- And with that...pow! I'm gone! <cite>funkyfritter posted [p:948765133] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>I try to get better at dota. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kyuubi4269 12/26/20 1:02:27 AM #8:	Bang babes --- Doctor Foxx posted... The demonizing of soy has a lot to do with xenophobic ideas. <cite>Kyuubi4269 posted [p:948765157] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Bang babes</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kimbos_Egg 12/26/20 1:05:37 AM #9:	a gun --- You think you've Got problems? https://imgur.com/Khu5iBF <cite>Kimbos_Egg posted [p:948765229] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>a gun </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
EclairReturns 12/26/20 1:16:32 AM #10:	blu posted... I can fill my time with whatevs. That does sound like something I very much want to be doing. I also very much just want to move and get a place of my own, and a job and such. That's the only tangible dream I really have. I do not really have the important things figured out: location, nature of the work to pursue, and what I will be doing in the present-day order to inch myself further to this vague dream of mine. But I do not have a career figured out yet, and I've no idea of the sort of steps I should be taking in order to advance a career I have not figured out yet. This sounds a bit silly in hindsight, and it does seem like I stress out too often about neglecting to do the latter. All the same, it is difficult for me to learn what sort of work I'd enjoy. Using the parachute method provides little insight about the career I might enjoy, in addition to making me feel worse about myself. Aptitude tests rarely give me any results that I show the slightest interest in. I am just so disinterested in life, nowadays, that any career that I might have found interesting a few years ago, just looks like sequence of meaningless words on a computer screen right now. I have trouble maintaining focus when reading a book for similar reasons. In short, I am feeling helpless at the mo', without a clue as to where next I must--or rather want to--go. JOExHIGASHI posted... video games I always feel unproductive whenever I do this. I feel like any time spent on this could be spent trying to find work; recent happenings in my life have depleted my savings considerably, and I interpret this as a sign that I should have been taking my job-searching more seriously this year. Yet, after figuratively combing through job advertisements that ask for qualifications I do not have--the chief qualification, of course, being existent social skills--I cannot help but feel dispirited. JOExHIGASHI posted... movies I've lost most of my interest in fictional works. I find myself hating others discussing them for this very reason. Ogurisama posted... Travel Any money I use on travel, in my view, should be saved for relocation expenses. I cannot emphasize enough that I utterly despise this state and its exorbitant living expenses that make it extremely difficult for a person like me, with no experience, no connections, and little hope of securing stable employment, for me to realize my dreams described thus. In any case, though, I don't like this state anyway, for many other reasons I've not discussed here. In any case, I am vehemently opposed to depleting my savings any further than I already have. --- Number XII: Larxene. The Organization's Savage Nymph. <cite>EclairReturns posted [p:948765444] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote><cite>blu posted...</cite> <quote>I can fill my time with whatevs. </quote> That does sound like something I very much want to be doing. I also very much just want to move and get a place of my own, and a job and such. That's the only tangible dream I really have. I do not really have the important things figured out: location, nature of the work to pursue, and what I will be doing in the present-day order to inch myself further to this vague dream of mine. But I do not have a career figured out yet, and I've no idea of the sort of steps I should be taking in order to advance a career I have not figured out yet. This sounds a bit silly in hindsight, and it does seem like I stress out too often about neglecting to do the latter. All the same, it is difficult for me to learn what sort of work I'd enjoy. Using the parachute method provides little insight about the career I might enjoy, in addition to making me feel worse about myself. Aptitude tests rarely give me any results that I show the slightest interest in. I am just so disinterested in life, nowadays, that any career that I might have found interesting a few years ago, just looks like sequence of meaningless words on a computer screen right now. I have trouble maintaining focus when reading a book for similar reasons. In short, I am feeling helpless at the mo', without a clue as to where next I must--or rather want to--go. <cite>JOExHIGASHI posted...</cite> <quote>video games</quote> I always feel unproductive whenever I do this. I feel like any time spent on this could be spent trying to find work; recent happenings in my life have depleted my savings considerably, and I interpret this as a sign that I should have been taking my job-searching more seriously this year. Yet, after figuratively combing through job advertisements that ask for qualifications I do not have--the chief qualification, of course, being existent social skills--I cannot help but feel dispirited. <cite>JOExHIGASHI posted...</cite> <quote>movies</quote> I've lost most of my interest in fictional works. I find myself hating others discussing them for this very reason. <cite>Ogurisama posted...</cite> <quote>Travel</quote> Any money I use on travel, in my view, should be saved for relocation expenses. I cannot emphasize enough that I utterly despise this state and its exorbitant living expenses that make it extremely difficult for a person like me, with no experience, no connections, and little hope of securing stable employment, for me to realize my dreams described thus. In any case, though, I don't like this state anyway, for many other reasons I've not discussed here. In any case, I am vehemently opposed to depleting my savings any further than I already have.</quote> ... 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Muscles 12/26/20 1:34:28 AM #11:	I just always try to do my best and find something to aim for. Achieving goals, even small goals, feels good and helps fulfill a sense of purpose. Just look at life like a game and realize it's an open world game where you set your own objectives, just way more complex. --- Muscles Chicago Bears \| Chicago Blackhawks \| Chicago Bulls \| Chicago Cubs \| NIU Huskies <cite>Muscles posted [p:948765739] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>I just always try to do my best and find something to aim for. Achieving goals, even small goals, feels good and helps fulfill a sense of purpose. Just look at life like a game and realize it's an open world game where you set your own objectives, just way more complex. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JigsawTDC 12/26/20 1:41:59 AM #12:	My career is teaching, so that is regularly rewarding in its own way and helps me to create a purpose for myself. I also spend a lot of my energy on personal creative projects and that helps me feel fulfilled as well. Aside from that, I find meaning and joy in friends and family. <cite>JigsawTDC posted [p:948765847] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>My career is teaching, so that is regularly rewarding in its own way and helps me to create a purpose for myself. I also spend a lot of my energy on personal creative projects and that helps me feel fulfilled as well. Aside from that, I find meaning and joy in friends and family. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
aHappySacka 12/26/20 1:42:43 AM #13:	Don't fill myself up with doubt, and self-pity? it also helps to not live in a third world country. --- You are now blinking and breathing manually. https://imgur.com/91NC0Cb <cite>aHappySacka posted [p:948765862] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Don't fill myself up with doubt, and self-pity? it also helps to not live in a third world country. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 12/26/20 1:51:43 AM #14:	Purpose is overrated. It evokes notions like destiny, which are a thing of the past when gods would sent heroes on quests. We don't really do that any more. Instead I'd suggest just trying a bunch of shit to see if you feel passionate about something, then do that. Or keep doing something until you get pretty damn good at it at which point you're going to feel more passionate. Joy comes from passion, which is part of the reason why retirement is such a killer. When you're not actively engaged, your mind, body, and spirit atrophies. Retirement is one of the most fucking depressing things in the world, it's like a countdown to infirmity and death, unless you find some new projects to motivate you. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:948766023] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Purpose is overrated. It evokes notions like destiny, which are a thing of the past when gods would sent heroes on quests. We don't really do that any more. Instead I'd suggest just trying a bunch of shit to see if you feel passionate about something, then do that. Or keep doing something until you get pretty damn good at it at which point you're going to feel more passionate. Joy comes from passion, which is part of the reason why retirement is such a killer. When you're not actively engaged, your mind, body, and spirit atrophies. Retirement is one of the most fucking depressing things in the world, it's like a countdown to infirmity and death, unless you find some new projects to motivate you. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Muscles 12/26/20 1:58:12 AM #15:	Zeus posted... Purpose is overrated. It evokes notions like destiny, which are a thing of the past when gods would sent heroes on quests. We don't really do that any more. Instead I'd suggest just trying a bunch of shit to see if you feel passionate about something, then do that. Or keep doing something until you get pretty damn good at it at which point you're going to feel more passionate. Joy comes from passion, which is part of the reason why retirement is such a killer. When you're not actively engaged, your mind, body, and spirit atrophies. Retirement is one of the most fucking depressing things in the world, it's like a countdown to infirmity and death, unless you find some new projects to motivate you. I would definitely argue that purpose does not evoke notions of destiny automatically, it can just as easily be viewed as self given instead of God given. Like exactly what you said was a purpose driven life. --- Muscles Chicago Bears \| Chicago Blackhawks \| Chicago Bulls \| Chicago Cubs \| NIU Huskies <cite>Muscles posted [p:948766102] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Zeus posted... </cite> <quote>Purpose is overrated. It evokes notions like destiny, which are a thing of the past when gods would sent heroes on quests. We don't really do that any more. Instead I'd suggest just trying a bunch of shit to see if you feel passionate about something, then do that. Or keep doing something until you get pretty damn good at it at which point you're going to feel more passionate. Joy comes from passion, which is part of the reason why retirement is such a killer. When you're not actively engaged, your mind, body, and spirit atrophies. Retirement is one of the most fucking depressing things in the world, it's like a countdown to infirmity and death, unless you find some new projects to motivate you.</quote>I would definitely argue that purpose does not evoke notions of destiny automatically, it can just as easily be viewed as self given instead of God given. Like exactly what you said was a purpose driven life. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 12/26/20 2:12:50 AM #16:	Muscles posted... I would definitely argue that purpose does not evoke notions of destiny automatically, it can just as easily be viewed as self given instead of God given. Like exactly what you said was a purpose driven life. Passion is not purpose. The notion of purpose is something that you're meant to do. Unless you were raised for a specific reason (or purpose), nobody is "meant" to do anything. Passion is something you enjoy doing or want to do. Can they align? If you're raised to do something and get good enough that it that you start to enjoy it, sure, but the two aren't actually joined. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:948766321] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Muscles posted... </cite> <quote>I would definitely argue that purpose does not evoke notions of destiny automatically, it can just as easily be viewed as self given instead of God given. Like exactly what you said was a purpose driven life.</quote> Passion is not purpose. The notion of purpose is something that you're meant to do. Unless you were raised for a specific reason (or purpose), nobody is "meant" to do anything. Passion is something you enjoy doing or want to do. Can they align? If you're raised to do something and get good enough that it that you start to enjoy it, sure, but the two aren't actually joined. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC 12/26/20 2:55:34 AM #17:	Joy and purpose are abstract concepts, forced on an indifferent universe by tiny beings. ^_^ --- "This was my birthright. You don't get to take it from me a second time." -- Aloy <cite>DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted [p:948766859] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Joy and purpose are abstract concepts, forced on an indifferent universe by tiny beings. ^_^ </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfFa 12/26/20 3:00:40 AM #18:	I jerk off! --- girls like my fa <cite>ReturnOfFa posted [p:948766918] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>I jerk off! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gaawa_chan 12/26/20 3:28:23 AM #19:	... I don't? --- Hi <cite>Gaawa_chan posted [p:948767264] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>... I don't? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FatBecky 12/26/20 4:52:04 AM #20:	Mead posted... Stop worrying about so many things. Just let all of that go and trust yourself. Basically dont sweat the small stuff and do your best to enjoy each day for whatever it is this. it made me a much happier person overall. --- . <cite>FatBecky posted [p:948768146] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Mead posted... </cite> <quote>Stop worrying about so many things. Just let all of that go and trust yourself. Basically dont sweat the small stuff and do your best to enjoy each day for whatever it is</quote>this. it made me a much happier person overall. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
joemodda 12/26/20 5:49:36 AM #21:	drugs yo Or just play a lot of videogames and keep yourself occupied mentally somehow --- It's not genocide... it's pesticide... <cite>joemodda posted [p:948768734] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>drugs yo Or just play a lot of videogames and keep yourself occupied mentally somehow </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SunWuKung420 12/26/20 8:19:51 AM #22:	I'm happy to be alive. Everything else is a bonus. --- For what it's worth I was the one that made up the scenario that she posted on Facebook about him beating her lmao. Cacciato 11/12/2020 <cite>SunWuKung420 posted [p:948770209] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>I'm happy to be alive. Everything else is a bonus. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
party_animal07 12/26/20 8:51:12 AM #23:	I dont want for much, and the things I do want don't cost much so I'm always at least halfway content. Plus, I always try to be optimistic (which took a lot this year) so when I'm down I can still see the brighter side. The only place I struggle sometimes is my lack of significant relationships outside of my family. --- https://warpzone.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GRANDIA_-696x509.jpg <cite>party_animal07 posted [p:948770645] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>I dont want for much, and the things I do want don't cost much so I'm always at least halfway content. Plus, I always try to be optimistic (which took a lot this year) so when I'm down I can still see the brighter side. The only place I struggle sometimes is my lack of significant relationships outside of my family. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FatalAccident 12/26/20 9:23:12 AM #24:	by not using words like bereft --- walks away <cite>FatalAccident posted [p:948771212] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>by not using words like bereft </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
JOExHIGASHI 12/26/20 9:26:54 AM #25:	EclairReturns posted... JOExHIGASHI posted... video games I always feel unproductive whenever I do this. I feel like any time spent on this could be spent trying to find work; recent happenings in my life have depleted my savings considerably, and I interpret this as a sign that I should have been taking my job-searching more seriously this year. Yet, after figuratively combing through job advertisements that ask for qualifications I do not have--the chief qualification, of course, being existent social skills--I cannot help but feel dispirited. JOExHIGASHI posted... movies I've lost most of my interest in fictional works. I find myself hating others discussing them for this very reason. That's what I do. Maybe you can exercise --- Next Xbox will be named Xbox1 2 <cite>JOExHIGASHI posted [p:948771278] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>EclairReturns posted... </cite> <quote>JOExHIGASHI posted... video games I always feel unproductive whenever I do this. I feel like any time spent on this could be spent trying to find work; recent happenings in my life have depleted my savings considerably, and I interpret this as a sign that I should have been taking my job-searching more seriously this year. Yet, after figuratively combing through job advertisements that ask for qualifications I do not have--the chief qualification, of course, being existent social skills--I cannot help but feel dispirited. JOExHIGASHI posted... movies I've lost most of my interest in fictional works. I find myself hating others discussing them for this very reason.</quote>That's what I do. Maybe you can exercise </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IAmNowGone 12/26/20 10:11:33 AM #26:	DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted... Joy and purpose are abstract concepts, forced on an indifferent universe by tiny beings. ^_^ this FatalAccident posted... by not using words like bereft Lmaoooo and to answer OPs question...I simply fill the void with drugs or videogames to avoid the inevitable reality that nothing matters. <cite>IAmNowGone posted [p:948772118] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>DiScOrD tHe LuNaTiC posted... </cite> <quote>Joy and purpose are abstract concepts, forced on an indifferent universe by tiny beings. ^_^</quote> this FatalAccident posted... </cite> <quote>by not using words like bereft</quote> Lmaoooo and to answer OPs question...I simply fill the void with drugs or videogames to avoid the inevitable reality that nothing matters. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BUMPED2002 12/26/20 10:13:44 AM #27:	Just live life and enjoy it! --- SpankageBros <cite>BUMPED2002 posted [p:948772159] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Just live life and enjoy it! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
adjl 12/26/20 10:40:18 AM #28:	keyblader1985 posted... Joy is wherever you want it to be. Purpose is nonexistent in the grand scheme, so it doesn't make too much sense to worry about it. Time enjoyed is time not wasted. Pretty much. Life is pointless, and always will be. Just have fun with it. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:948772768] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>keyblader1985 posted... </cite> <quote>Joy is wherever you want it to be. Purpose is nonexistent in the grand scheme, so it doesn't make too much sense to worry about it. Time enjoyed is time not wasted.</quote> Pretty much. Life is pointless, and always will be. Just have fun with it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fierce_Deity_08 12/26/20 10:57:01 AM #30:	I dont, thats why I hang out on this website. --- Official Fierce Deity in my own mind. GT: OnikaraStar, PSN: Onikara, NNID: OnikaraStar <cite>Fierce_Deity_08 posted [p:948773194] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>I dont, thats why I hang out on this website. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChimeraBlue 12/26/20 11:37:50 AM #31:	Mead posted... Stop worrying about so many things. Just let all of that go and trust yourself. Basically dont sweat the small stuff and do your best to enjoy each day for whatever it is It's really this. Every breath is a treasure, anything beyond that is just extra. Be thankful for what you have. --- This is a signature. <cite>ChimeraBlue posted [p:948774219] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>Mead posted... </cite> <quote>Stop worrying about so many things. Just let all of that go and trust yourself. Basically dont sweat the small stuff and do your best to enjoy each day for whatever it is</quote> It's really this. Every breath is a treasure, anything beyond that is just extra. Be thankful for what you have. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wwinterj25 12/26/20 11:44:29 AM #32:	EclairReturns posted... I must have these answers. Happiness id different for everyone. I'm not as content as I want to be but I'm still happy with the things I have in life. Family, interests and acquaintances all help. As for purpose I've always thought quite a few folk focus too much on what's to come rather than enjoying the moment. Perhaps the meaning of life is to actually enjoy life. --- One who knows nothing can understand nothing. http://psnprofiles.com/wwinterj - https://imgur.com/YvP6isz <cite>wwinterj25 posted [p:948774376] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>EclairReturns posted... </cite> <quote>I must have these answers.</quote> Happiness id different for everyone. I'm not as content as I want to be but I'm still happy with the things I have in life. Family, interests and acquaintances all help. As for purpose I've always thought quite a few folk focus too much on what's to come rather than enjoying the moment. Perhaps the meaning of life is to actually enjoy life. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jen0125 12/26/20 12:05:15 PM #33:	I don't. I just let the pain and misery take over my thoughts. --- https://imgur.com/4ihiyS2 "I am not gay! Can't you get that through your head? I am very much aroused at the site of a naked woman!" - Dan0429 <cite>Jen0125 posted [p:948774872] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>I don't. I just let the pain and misery take over my thoughts. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
captpackrat 12/26/20 12:41:50 PM #34:	--- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, Minutus carborata descendum pantorum. <cite>captpackrat posted [p:948775938] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
wwinterj25 12/26/20 1:08:05 PM #35:	I heard the secret to happiness is goats. --- One who knows nothing can understand nothing. http://psnprofiles.com/wwinterj - https://imgur.com/YvP6isz <cite>wwinterj25 posted [p:948776676] in How do you... [t:79199979]...</cite> <quote>I heard the secret to happiness is goats. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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