What do you expect to get from life?

Sitting here coping in my existentialist dilemma and figured I would see some other thoughts.

What does life mean to you? What do you enjoy in life, and what do you aspire to get out of it? If you could skip ahead to your deathbed and describe your ideal (and realistic) life that fulfilled those notions, how would it look? Are you "happy" with your life, and whatever your answer, describe why you are/are not content with it.

No need to answer all of the questions, feel free to expound on as many or few as you wish.

 

What I want in life now as a 21 year old? To keep in contact with a solid chunk of good mates, occasionally get loose and run mucks, lay down the foundations for myself in the years to come. .

What life means at the moment is, work all week and enjoy the weekend with those want to be around, I know sooner or later we are all going to go our separate ways I just want all the good memories to last and to get this binge drinking mentality out of my head now so when I'm older I can look back an say.. I had fun.

Right now I'm content with my life, I have a steady paying job with another option of going back to being an electrician so I feel safe job an wage wise, I have been with my girlfriend since high school, yes that's 4 years so I'm all happy there also, I live in a massive granny flat out the back yard of my house so I also have privacy and semi independence. My group of friends are all top blokes an chicks. There's always the annoying circumstances that arrive but I sort out the problems as they come. I'm pretty layed back.

On my death bed I just want a Decent sized house two to four healthy sons/daughters(preferably sons..) , and some decent bank to leave behind for them. I want to have kids young I guess I got get onto that soon haha. If everything goes well this is what I should be looking at easily. I wouldn't mind seeing some grand kids.

 

I want to have a big house on a river or a ocean side, with a wonderful family packed with 4 kids. I want to have a range rover. I want to own a camp for my grandchildren to enjoy as they grow up also.

 

What do you enjoy in life, and what do you aspire to get out of it?
Knowledge seeking, and to ultimately achieve all my goals

If you could skip ahead to your deathbed and describe your ideal (and realistic) life that fulfilled those notions, how would it look?
A packed funeral, large family, and a decent estate (which will be dispersed of philanthropically)

 

What does life mean to you? Very broad; life is life. I'll assume it to mean 'what is the meaning of life?'.
In short, I don't believe life has any meaning on a personal individualistic level.


What do you enjoy in life, and what do you aspire to get out of it?
My goal in life is to live a satisfactory life; do not confuse this with hedonism.
How I go about achieving my goal, in essence, the question. I enjoy everything in my life, I really do. Be it hanging out with friends, learning about things, playing sport, being around family, running, going to the gym, I really enjoy every facet in my life because I choose to do it, it is not enforced onto me.

If you could skip ahead to your deathbed and describe your ideal (and realistic) life that fulfilled those notions, how would it look?
A successful career in law, numerous friends and family that would mourn my passing, a house with a swimming pool, gymnasium, and tennis court, a continuously loving wife, 2-3 kids (at least 1 of each gender) that have been able to make their way in life doing what they want, grandkids with the same potential.



Are you "happy" with your life, and whatever your answer, describe why you are/are not content with it?
I'm more than happy with my life. I say this, because I've been able to do virtually everything meaningful that I've wanted to do. I have loving parents, great friends, do well at school, naturally athletic, healthy, well-off, as a resultant of this, it amalgamates to only one thing; I am happy.

 

What I expect to get out of life is death. In a sense, we avoid all of the obstacles in our life only to make it safely to death.

I can, however, appease my humanity by doing what I judge to be important with my life. Overthinking these kinds of things without a religious reason or aspiration often leads to depression and ultimately Nihilism. I take my life day by day, and do what I can to make myself and those around me happy. That's all I really require for my life; to be human, to live it, to die.

 

I realized that everyone only gets one life to it must not be squandered. Live life up to the fullest, do things you normally would be to shy and wouldnt normally do. I have decided to live my life with no regrets (obviously not doing dumb shit) so if I see something I might want I will pursue it.

 

So it seems like the gauge of a happy/meaningful life is based on financial success in addition to having a family/popularity for the most part. Which is pretty standard, but recently stuff like that has just seemed so meaningless.

What type of knowledge are you looking for? Why?

I intentionally did not word it as "meaning of life", because as a non religious person I do not think that life has a specific purpose. Hence why I worded it as what does "life mean to you", so I can see where people are putting their value in life and why.

First statement is interesting. Does expecting death and being fully aware of its eventual end change the way you live at all? And "In a sense, we avoid all of the obstacles in our life only to make it safely to death." is not always true; I personally joined the military fully expecting to be deployed and engage in combat, which I guess could be a counter example.

I have run into a bit of nihilistic thinking I suppose; I guess the issue is that I was raised in a christian household and "embraced" it for 18 years, then the hypocrisy of it all hit me. 4 years later, I am thinking about all these questions, and without any religious motivation or "divine" purpose, on a generic sense, you are left with nothing. As such, I am trying to see what people like yourself who make this distinction do to place value or derive meaning from their lives, views on happiness and contentment, etc.

I like this approach; what have you done thus far to live in this prescribed style?

 

In a short, pleasure.
People attain pleasure in various ways.
Why do we want money? Because we can buys things that give us pleasure, or to some people just having money gives them pleasure.

Even pain can be pleasure, to masochists.

 

What does life mean to you?
Well really life is life, we don't know what, if anything comes after it so while we are living it might as well make the most of it.

What do you enjoy in life, and what do you aspire to get out of it?
Currently in my life my friends and the times we have are what i enjoy the most. The weekends are always something to look forward to because i know I will be with them and what more could i ask for. What i aspire to get out of my life is to always feel as good about it as i currently do, why let the little things get in the way of the big picture. Basically just enjoy every second granted.


If you could skip ahead to your deathbed and describe your ideal (and realistic) life that fulfilled those notions, how would it look?
Well I want a successful career that grants me a healthy bank account, freedom, and many good times. And of course a family to share these experiences with, and to be able to give said family everything they could want in life.


Are you "happy" with your life, and whatever your answer, describe why you are/are not content with it?
I'm extremely happy with my life because i have the freedom to live it how i want to live it. As long as i can do that i will continue to be happy for the rest of it.

 

Nothing much life is something verry strange ,
I wish i could become rich later and find myself a hot girlfriend,
i wish i will never live in missery and have a good life
Cya later,
Firefluw

 

like if i am too shy or nervous to do something I literally just think why not. I dont want to end up on my deathbed thinking "what if" So i live in the moment whenever people ask me to go hang out and party i am more likely to say yes now rather than pass. I try to think this way as much as possible. Life is meant to be enjoyed.

 

Hopefully a quick death.

 

I respect that thinking then I suppose.

Thats rather sad.

 

You have no idea.
EDIT: id rather not get into it, but if you knew you'd understand.

 

Nothing is for certain in life except a few things (which I wont express; rather stay on topic). Keeping that in mind what I'd like to do is to not live life solely for materialistic gains nor to live the average mans life. Which would be to wake, work, sleep - rinse and repeat.

Ultimately looking to do something productive in life, something different. Not quite sure what.
I guess I'll need to wait and see what life has in store for me.

 

Right now I can say life is meaningless through what I've been through. Its always the same bull but different appearances. Same mistakes. Seems like humanity is stuck in the same pattern, no matter what. I simply try not causing any problems without reason to live peacefully but I will certainly confront a problem if its brought to me.

I enjoy being in the company of those who still have solid moral values. Which is virtually not existent nowadays, its simply all acts now. If there's nothing in it for them they won't be interested. I simply want understanding and peace. It troubles me how many misunderstanding we have due to the most ignorant selfish reasons.

I can honestly say all I want is my own home, car, steady job, and as much knowledge life lets conceive. I do not want a family, at all. As it is, I choose not to have any serious relationships. Its not easy, not because I want a relationship deep down, but due to the fact women confuse their emotions even when they know what's up. I'm not saying I want fun and games with women, I still provide support as a friend and more. Not easy to explain heh.

 

Never said it was bad, but sad. I guess if thats where your at, then it could make sense.

So you don't really know then the answers either, you are just certain of what is the antithesis of these things?

If humanity is stuck, is there even any point at all then? Why continue in the cycle that everyone else does is you are cognizant of it?

 

I've learned to not expect anything because honestly it all can be taken away in a blink of an eye. I just live day to day and whatever happens next I go with.

 

No there isn't in my view. I can't really explain but it seems humans can't completely give up entirely. Including me, so we go on living life as we see fit. Not sure if you get me..=|

Btw, I think you meant to put "is" to "if" right?