Pretty big question here. Sometimes I feel as though I have all the things I want and as though I’ve had them for a long time and therefore I do not worry about having the things I want or having to get them. Now of course I don’t have a huge house or an expensive car or thousands of dollars to just blow into the wind, although those are in fact things I don’t have, when I think about them, I don’t really want them. I have no desire to be stuck someplace where I can’t freely move around, or to impress people with a big fancy car, or so have so much extra money that I don’t know what to do with it. I mean, I’m already at the point where I can’t find anymore clothes that I want to buy, or anymore toys to go along with any of my many hobbies. I’ve got nothing but time, and while I’m not loaded and I can’t jet set around the world, that’s about all I"m not and about all I feel like I can’t do, and I don’t really feel compelled to accomplish either.
So you get people who want something out of life and they’ve got all these reasons to go and do this or that, or to sacrifice this or to strive for that. I believe that they find some kind of fulfillment in the chase. I don’t know. I’m probably one of the luckiest bastards alive to be happy with what I have and for it to come so easily.
So I find myself sitting around killing time, taking naps, driving aimlessly in my car and running unnecessary errands just to have something to do. When I can find people to go with me I get them together and we go and do things like take trips or kayak or shoot guns or whatever. You know, like go and do something.
So assume I live to be like 70 years old. What the hell am I supposed to do between now and then? What should I want out of life? I despise children, I don’t want to be obligated to anything like a particular address or line of work. I’m perfectly happy as far as I can tell, and I have all the distractions that one could want or need.
So should I just sit around for 37 more years chillin? Should I want something else? Talk to me people.
Right now I want more laughter than grief. I figure sooner or later the stress, pain, studies, work at work and home and grief ought to give way to a good round of fun. Thats all I want. More giggles and belly laughs. Oh and to sleep for a day without someone needing me.
It will happen.
Agreed. But what if i told you i laugh all the time and that for real my ribs do hurt? I could feel a calling to invent a machine that kills the rib pain associated with laughter.
hmmm i think about this too regularly, i take it you have a few years on me
perhaps the zen answer is to want to not be concerned with what one should want
i know what i want
worry free lifestyle, lots of sex, recreational drug use, plenty of resources to fully indulge any hobby or interest, no time constraints on pretty much anything
but i too am concerned about what i should want, some of which is so engrained that it is now what i want
Change your religion to something with a lot of stuck up lay intellectuals who talk down every other sect and religion when guest speakers are invited to speak.
Lift heavy weights tied to your testicles.
Eating vegetarian food while listening to Brian Eno tracks.
Do missionary work in the third world combining these three activities, and remember, don’t share your salad with them unless they pay for it in full, if they do, it’s a 50-50 split.
Virtue, because virtue demonstrates a purposeful and meaningful life.
Lots of sex with beautiful women, complete a few personal projects I’m working on, and build a spaceship. I want to be the first man on Mars. I want to be the first man to have nanotechnology, state of the art CPU and silicon processors, implanted into my brain. I want it all. How could any man settle for less in life?
Why are we still sitting here on Earth, is there something wrong with you people, or maybe there is something wrong with me?
What should one want out of life? I don’t think anyone ought be obligated to want something out of life.
What do people typically want? Satisfaction.
So the question to you is, are you satisfied with your life? Would you be satisfied with another 30 years of chillin?
I want many things out of life. I want to help people find comfort in this world, stop needless suffering, inequality ect. - I want to see my nephew grow up, help him find his way, give him what I didn’t have - I want to learn more about reality, widen my understanding, and come to peace with my existence - I want a family of my own, and a decent social life with close friends - I want to refine my skills in the arts - I want to see my ideals realized, even partially - I want to experience the expressions of others… and the list goes on.
Happiness is all you can expect or want from life I think (which probably means nothing to those who do not value it as highly as I do, and nor should it). How you go about finding that, that is your own want, and by what concern who knows, and there is no Bible or magic that will lead you there. Probably the most trite post I have ever made, but also the most true. There is, genuinely, to be trite again only one way of life, and that’s your own. What should one want out of life, I think it’s easy, can I do it, fuck can I: probably not trying hard enough.
What I want most out of life is to find just one person, one human being, who is similar to me in some remote way. I fear that I’ll never find such a person, and that I’ve become far too disconnected and removed from humanity to ever find my way back to it. My humanity is fading away. So my answer is “a connection to somebody worthwhile, somebody of extraordinary value”. At least, this is what I want out of life. Everyday, I become exponentially more certain that I’ll never find it in this lifetime, everyday losing more and more hope.
It always seems to be ‘to have peace of mind’ for me, which entails taking the necessary steps to achieve that state of mind though, but I am relentless in the pursuit of it as I believe that it is my right to have.
To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women. Or maybe at least a couple new HK pistols and some more ammo.
