Whats the point?

LegacyUser

I am born,
I go to play school,
I go to primary school,
I go to secondary school,
I go to college,
I get job,
I change job x number of times,
I die.

Why are people happy? I look at happy people and I don't understand what exactly there is to be happy about. The sheer mundanity of life just crushes any possible happiness I may have.

I'm in my final year of college I feel I've not yet lived a day of my life. I look to my future and I see nothing to get excited about. To concept of pursuing a career and climbing the corporate ladder and all that ****e does not interest me one bit.

To find and be in love? I recently found out I'm not good enough for the one girl who I thought genuinely loved me. And I'm not good enough for her, not good enough for anyone to be honest. I have absolutely nothing to offer.

So I ask, whats the point?

Kevster

Hi,

You are already well on the way to a recovery from your 'gloom' because you have recognised right here what you DON'T want to do in life. So, all you need to ensure now is that you live your life differently.

I won't lie to you: Life IS pointless, but that doesn't mean that you should just let this fact depress you. Instead, use your brain and be creative about what you can do in life. Look at me here: I was 3 months away from finishing my honours degree in Computer Science, but then I left it and began studying a different course. 5 years on, and I'm now in the final year of a different honours degree.

My point is: Focus on what YOU want, and go after it.

Elessar

"Life sucks then you die".

That's about it really.

Just do what makes you happy and try to forget about "points", you'll only drive yourself crazy. Methinks you are just in a bit of a bad patch, notice you never think like this when you're feeling great?

MagicMarker

point? wrote: »

I am born,
I go to play school,
I go to primary school,
I go to secondary school,
I go to college,
I get job,
I change job x number of times,
I die.

Why are people happy? I look at happy people and I don't understand what exactly there is to be happy about. The sheer mundanity of life just crushes any possible happiness I may have.

I'm in my final year of college I feel I've not yet lived a day of my life. I look to my future and I see nothing to get excited about. To concept of pursuing a career and climbing the corporate ladder and all that ****e does not interest me one bit.

To find and be in love? I recently found out I'm not good enough for the one girl who I thought genuinely loved me. And I'm not good enough for her, not good enough for anyone to be honest. I have absolutely nothing to offer.

So I ask, whats the point?

You need to broaden your horizons.

Life is what you make it.

Sofaspud

There isn't a point to life, other than to enjoy it as much as you can before you die. Too many people forget this, and think they need a job just to get as much money and prestige or honour as they can.

To quote God, speaking through the medium of Morgan Freeman, "Some of the happiest people on the planet go home stinking to high heavens at the end of the day"
As long as you don't get stuck in a job that bores you, and has you only living so you can spend your paycheck on your 2 free days a week, you'll see that life doesn't have to have a point to be fun.

And about the woman thing, cheer yourself up, I'm going through a bad woman patch at the moment too but you should NEVER tell yourself you're not good enough for anyone. No matter how crap you may be.

LegacyUser

point? wrote: »

I am born,
I go to play school,
I go to primary school,
I go to secondary school,
I go to college,
I get job,
I change job x number of times,
I die.

Why are people happy? I look at happy people and I don't understand what exactly there is to be happy about. The sheer mundanity of life just crushes any possible happiness I may have.

I'm in my final year of college I feel I've not yet lived a day of my life. I look to my future and I see nothing to get excited about. To concept of pursuing a career and climbing the corporate ladder and all that ****e does not interest me one bit.

To find and be in love? I recently found out I'm not good enough for the one girl who I thought genuinely loved me. And I'm not good enough for her, not good enough for anyone to be honest. I have absolutely nothing to offer.

So I ask, whats the point?

Ha, this is probably not the response you were hoing for, but life is, indeed, poitless!

The only thing that keeps people going is love, whether it's your parents, your other half, your children or perhaps your neighbours... if you really and trully love someone, your life revolves around that person, and they may even love you back.
Even if they don't, you can still live in hope they may some day... isn't that worth living for!?!

LegacyUser

I hear ya

But, no one says that you have to get a job and pursue a career.

I tried it, didn't like it and changed my lifestyle to suit me.

I lived abroad for about 4 years in 4 different countries - working, chilling and seeing what life was like for other people.

I have discovered a hobby for the first time in my life which is now something I get very excited about . I was only thinking the other day... "damn, I wished I had discovered this years ago - I;ve only got 30 odd more years of doing this"

I;ve started to do more with my life and it soon becomes apparent that it's

I work for myself and don't make a whole heap of money but it means I don't have to be up and in work at 9, out at 6 and get 4 weeks holiday a year. To me that's a life that is now totally alien to me. I know that a lot of people have to do it to pay bills, for kids etc but to me it's insanity. Then again, they might see me as a lazy hippy type.

Realising that life is pointless can be very liberating. It;s pointless, so try to make is as much fun as possible is my motto.

HOw you do that is up to you: as kevster says, focus on what you want and go after it.

I thought about death recently and the things I'd miss (I know I wouldn't miss anything while dead obviously) if I died.... it was all the simple things... good times with friends... good conversations..... sitting on the beach watching the sunrise on an autumn's morning with a coffee in my hand just staring at the sun in the clouds... my family.... , my hobby, ..... parts of my job................. so now I do all of those things as much as I can.

What do you enjoy doing?

The_B_Man

point? wrote: »

I am born,
I go to play school,
I go to primary school,
I go to secondary school,
I go to college,
I get job,
I change job x number of times,
I die.

I am born, (and have lotsa fun playin with toys and such)
I go to play school, (and have lots afun playing with toys and such)
I go to primary school, (then come home every day and make friends, play, do stuff i want to do)
I go to secondary school, (make more friends, have the beginnings of a social life, get introduced to girls, and more "grown up" things)
I go to college, (get new opinions on life, get introduced to new lifestyles, form an opinion on what i wanna do in life, take first steps to achieving desired life)
I get job, (get out in the world on my own, start working on achieveing a life/family/whatever my preference is)
I change job x number of times, (alter aspects of my life to suit my life and how I want it to develop)
I die. (and everyone I've become close to shows up at my funeral, including my family, friends, and other people that thought highly enough of me to show up)

See, its not that simple. its whats in between what you mentioned above that counts. thats "life", not the life template ya mentioned above that everyone goes through. Stop being silly and getting depressed about something you dont even know about yet.

Bottle_of_Smoke

Take it to the biology forum!

good post the B man

Anyway there are plenty of things to be happy about, there's no real point to lots of things but we can still enjoy em

Sarky

What would you like the point to be?

Wagon

Well it's interesting you say that. People often say that college was the best days of their lives but in retrospect it's a load of bollocks. Being broke, having to work a ****e job to get yourself by and all the coursework on top of it as well as being hungover for at least a thrid of it all was fun but not the best life has to offer. Life isn't a joke, but out world today is. So why not take the piss out of it? I don't mean steal, abuse, live in a state of anarchy etc... I mean just be a nice bloke who keeps his sense of humour forever. People seem to lose ot a lot these days. You won't take life too seriously as a result and while you'll love the things most important to you life family and friends, you won't let the bull**** of the world get you down, nor the people that support it. Seeing as how your here for a few years, you may as well try and have a laugh

beth-lou

point? wrote: »

I am born,
I go to play school,
I go to primary school,
I go to secondary school,
I go to college,
I get job,
I change job x number of times,
I die.

All of this stuff is fundamental to enable you to feed and house yourself throughout your life. But LIFE is the stuff that happens in between. It the relationships between friends, family and loves.

You say you've been rejected by your girlfriend. Well that's really tough. It is. It happens to us all and is also a part of life. Hurt is unavoidable if you are going to have a full life, because to have one you have to take risks and one of those is falling in love. Sometimes it doesn't work out, but there must have been something missing for her if she wanted out and you will eventually meet someone that you are more compatable with.

If you don't like what you are studying or the career path that you are on, then change it. You are young, free and single and this is the time to make the changes you want.

Hang in there. I know you are feeling low but things will improve.

unhappycamper

point? wrote: »

I am born,
I go to play school,
I go to primary school,
I go to secondary school,
I go to college,
I get job,
I change job x number of times,
I die.

Why are people happy? I look at happy people and I don't understand what exactly there is to be happy about. The sheer mundanity of life just crushes any possible happiness I may have.

I'm in my final year of college I feel I've not yet lived a day of my life. I look to my future and I see nothing to get excited about. To concept of pursuing a career and climbing the corporate ladder and all that ****e does not interest me one bit.

To find and be in love? I recently found out I'm not good enough for the one girl who I thought genuinely loved me. And I'm not good enough for her, not good enough for anyone to be honest. I have absolutely nothing to offer.

So I ask, whats the point?

I just recently was dumped for another man after 3 years so yeah life is bollix. On the other hand I don't care no more because I am setting up my dream business after 7 years hard work. Find something in life that makes you thrive with interest and apply yourself to that. You sound very negative about life. How attractive is life going to be if you don't seek out what life has to offer? Sitting around feeling negative about it is harmful. You don't have to be the same as everyone else. Do something unique and your individuality will shine through.