What keeps you going?

BlitzFiend · March 26, 2016, 07:55:02 PM

What is your drive in life?
What convinces you to trek on, despite every endeavor only satisfying your hunger temporarily?

Probably not the best question to ask a board full of *insert insulting noun*, but I'm curious as to what you folks here find to be the meaning of life, and more importantly, what motivates you to slog through.

My take, if your mind is blank:
Life's all about the self. Feeding your ego just enough so you'll know your limit, yet still dare to exceed it. Ethics, morals and principles are relative, and act only as spice if you want to truly test your abilities.

Achieving an inner peace and happiness through the occasional breakdown is the way of life. Highs and lows happen, but the lows make me question if it's worth it in the long run. The only thing I sometimes lack is the motivation, which sparked my interest in making this thread.

Feel free to share your life's joys, whether it be food, kittens, loved ones or masturbating.

Naru · March 26, 2016, 08:05:12 PM

as an overall drive to "keep going" right now is to search for a better understanding in our place in the universe, but to get there, the challenge / failures / successes i will encounter on the way there is what drives me most. right now, whats driving me is challenge and well, romance.

BlitzFiend · March 26, 2016, 08:09:35 PM

Quote from: Narulion Sol on March 26, 2016, 08:05:12 PM

as an overall drive to "keep going" right now is to search for a better understanding in our place in the universe, but to get there, the challenge / failures / successes i will encounter on the way there is what drives me most. right now, whats driving me is challenge and well, romance.

Do the challenges give you a sense of mastery, once completed?
Is romance fulfilling?

Elai · March 26, 2016, 08:16:13 PM

A girl. And the idea that killing myself would cause a lot of suffering for those around me. Kind of obligated to exist.

Naru · March 26, 2016, 08:16:33 PM

Quote from: ??? on March 26, 2016, 08:09:35 PM

Quote from: Narulion Sol on March 26, 2016, 08:05:12 PM
as an overall drive to "keep going" right now is to search for a better understanding in our place in the universe, but to get there, the challenge / failures / successes i will encounter on the way there is what drives me most. right now, whats driving me is challenge and well, romance.
Do the challenges give you a sense of mastery, once completed?
Is romance fulfilling?

well, i like to have a challenge, i know life isnt easy and being able to pull through (even in the slightest bit) makes me feel more alive. ultimately, yea, i guess you could say i get some sort of mastery.

about the romance part? well, from what i got now, yea its fulfilling a want i have in life. something i havent experienced for a while.

BlitzFiend · March 26, 2016, 08:23:41 PM

Quote from: Eli on March 26, 2016, 08:16:13 PM

A girl.

Tsk tsk tsk, a mere girl?
I understand your point of view, though.

Quote from: Eli on March 26, 2016, 08:16:13 PM

And the idea that killing myself would cause a lot of suffering for those around me. Kind of obligated to exist.

Suffering, yes. But in what way are you obligated?
I'd advise you to grow in confidence, as I've been in the same spot.

Elai · March 26, 2016, 08:28:39 PM

Quote from: ??? on March 26, 2016, 08:23:41 PM

Tsk tsk tsk, a mere girl?
I understand your point of view, though.

She isn't just any girl. To me, anyway.

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Suffering, yes. But in what way are you obligated?

Imposing a net positive amount of suffering on others is immoral. So I have an obligation not to kill myself.

DAS B00T x2 · March 26, 2016, 08:29:03 PM

Fun.

Friends, booze, hobbies, driving fast, my brother and I doing stupid shit and laughing about it later...
I'll probably die before I'm old anyway. Why end the good times any sooner?

Oh, and of course I have to do my part in securing the existence of our people and a future for white children.

Word Wizard · March 26, 2016, 08:31:19 PM

I get joy out of helping people.

BlitzFiend · March 26, 2016, 08:32:33 PM

Quote from: Eli on March 26, 2016, 08:28:39 PM

Quote from: ??? on March 26, 2016, 08:23:41 PM
Tsk tsk tsk, a mere girl?
I understand your point of view, though.

She isn't just any girl. To me, anyway.

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Suffering, yes. But in what way are you obligated?

Imposing a net positive amount of suffering on others is immoral. So I have an obligation not to kill myself.

Morals & girls both come and go, friend.

Quote from: DAS B00T 2016 on March 26, 2016, 08:29:03 PM

Fun.

Friends, booze, hobbies, driving fast, my brother and I doing stupid shit and laughing about it later...
I'll probably die before I'm old anyway. Why end the good times any sooner?

Oh, and of course I have to do my part in securing the existence of our people and a future for white children.

I see.
But, uhh, why white children specifically..?

DAS B00T x2 · March 26, 2016, 08:33:56 PM

Quote from: ??? on March 26, 2016, 08:32:33 PM

Quote from: DAS B00T 2016 on March 26, 2016, 08:29:03 PM
Fun.

Friends, booze, hobbies, driving fast, my brother and I doing stupid shit and laughing about it later...
I'll probably die before I'm old anyway. Why end the good times any sooner?

Oh, and of course I have to do my part in securing the existence of our people and a future for white children.
I see.
But, uhh, why white children specifically..?

Because white nationalism

Elai · March 26, 2016, 08:35:32 PM

Quote from: ??? on March 26, 2016, 08:32:33 PM

Morals & girls both come and go, friend.

Morality is objective, so you're wrong there.

Not going to argue romance with you.

Verbatim · March 26, 2016, 08:36:49 PM

The possibility that I could contribute something of value or meaning to the world, even if it's small.

Ultimately, other people keep me going.

Naru · March 26, 2016, 08:39:26 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on March 26, 2016, 08:36:49 PM

The possibility that I could contribute something of value or meaning to the world, even if it's small.

basically what verb said also

BlitzFiend · March 26, 2016, 08:39:46 PM

Quote from: GohanRules12 on March 26, 2016, 08:31:19 PM

I get joy out of helping people.

What kind of sick, twisted freak are you??
On a serious note; quite the trait you've got there.
Does doing good really bring enough joy to you?

Word Wizard · March 26, 2016, 09:11:23 PM

Quote from: ??? on March 26, 2016, 08:39:46 PM

Quote from: GohanRules12 on March 26, 2016, 08:31:19 PM
I get joy out of helping people.
What kind of sick, twisted freak are you??
On a serious note; quite the trait you've got there.
Does doing good really bring enough joy to you?

I don't know if I can have enough joy. I do know helping people has also helped me though. It's corny, but I've borrowed some principles from fiction to frame my character off of.

eggsalad · March 26, 2016, 09:51:35 PM

I don't know, I kind of don't have any driving force, which is why I crumple pretty easy under pressure. I don't have major aspirations, I just want to live a humble and stable life. I don't need a nice house or nice vehicles, I feel satisfied with good internet service. That'll probably seem asinine to myself years down the line, oh well. I'm not too happy I let myself fall into the college trap. What keeps the stress from truly getting to me is most people wind up somewhere eventually. Hopefully not homeless, but usually somewhere I wouldn't find that bad.
BF helps give me reason to do things though.

🂿 · March 26, 2016, 11:28:32 PM

Quote from: Eli on March 26, 2016, 08:16:13 PM

The idea that killing myself would cause a lot of suffering for those around me. Kind of obligated to exist.

Epsira · March 26, 2016, 11:31:02 PM

The prospect of doing more things which matter to me personally... because I assign value to them (and there's nothing wrong with that).
I guess you could say possibility motivates everything I do.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · March 26, 2016, 11:33:08 PM

I don't. I just keep going because, all things considered, suicide is a pretty shitty thing.

Sandtrap · March 27, 2016, 12:17:53 AM

That's a good question. Things have been strange for me lately. Since I've given about half a year or so before what I've got kills me, I sort of seemed to just detach from mostly everything. I am, on my way out the door, soon. Most of all the worries or things I fussed over just became irrelevant to me.

Because they're things that are about to go beyond my grasp. I won't be alive to worry about them. Nor strive to them.

But then I remember that the doc's statements aren't everything. And I shouldn't let everything go so easily. Maybe I can outrun their projected dates for a few extra months. Maybe I can even beat the odds.

Right now the only things I really care about are my family and the people around me. I want to continue going so that I can be there to help them when they need it. I want to see them make something of their lives beyond the failure of mine, and to myself, be somebody who played a hand in enabling it to happen.

What's keeping me up and about is people. People I worry about or care for. I want to see them make something of themselves. I want to listen to them when they have nobody else to talk to. Listen to what fascinates them and makes them happy. Help them when I can, if, I can.

Most of all, I'd like to meet somebody who can put a spark back in me. Which is hard, now. Because I'm in a failing state of health. I couldn't bump into somebody and willingly get close to them now that I know my time's running out. I wouldn't inflict that on them. And I couldn't do it to myself. To finally meet somebody who adds something back to my world, only to go and have it taken away.

I keep getting up because I want things to go right.

Winy · March 27, 2016, 12:53:35 AM

Want to teach people about space and have a good time.

Doctor Doom · March 27, 2016, 01:02:12 AM

Defiance. Also, I only have about sixty, maybe seventy years left anyway. Might as well ride it out.

Ian · March 27, 2016, 01:56:23 AM

I am simply me, I'm not out to famous or the next big success. I simply want to push the limits of what I personally can do and through reaching smaller, manageable goals, accomplish something bigger in the long run.

Tsirist · March 27, 2016, 01:57:18 AM

I just like to be alive. There really aren't that many things I intrinsically dislike doing. Any displeasure stems from "I'd rather be doing this," but realizing that usually helps when it becomes a problem.

I don't need a lot to keep living this way either, so I don't feel like I have a lot to worry about in the future. Just want to enjoy my time with the SO, spend some time every day chilling out, and working on things that are a bit hard.

Luciana · March 27, 2016, 03:07:19 AM

I honestly don't know. I just kind of roll through life, knowing I'm not reaching my full potential, but not being so depressed as to commit suicide. Though it has crossed my mind frequently. I'd just never do it.

BaconShelf · March 27, 2016, 07:08:18 AM

I don't really have any driving motivation.

BlitzFiend · March 27, 2016, 07:41:20 AM

Quote from: Luciana on March 27, 2016, 03:07:19 AM

I honestly don't know. I just kind of roll through life, knowing I'm not reaching my full potential, but not being so depressed as to commit suicide. Though it has crossed my mind frequently. I'd just never do it.

Quote from: BaconShelf on March 27, 2016, 07:08:18 AM

I don't really have any driving motivation.

Quote from: Prime X on March 26, 2016, 11:33:08 PM

I don't. I just keep going because, all things considered, suicide is a pretty shitty thing.

Quote from: Decimator Omega on March 26, 2016, 11:28:32 PM

Quote from: Eli on March 26, 2016, 08:16:13 PM
The idea that killing myself would cause a lot of suffering for those around me. Kind of obligated to exist.

What is up with the melancholy in here
Thought you guys had a bit more oomph in ya

BlitzFiend · March 27, 2016, 07:42:15 AM

Quote from: Gaara444 on March 27, 2016, 01:56:23 AM

I am simply me, I'm not out to famous or the next big success. I simply want to push the limits of what I personally can do and through reaching smaller, manageable goals, accomplish something bigger in the long run.

I like this
I approve of this
Though, why not dream bigger?

🍁 Aria 🔮 · March 27, 2016, 11:44:06 AM

Quote from: ??? on March 27, 2016, 07:41:20 AM

Quote from: Prime X on March 26, 2016, 11:33:08 PM
I don't. I just keep going because, all things considered, suicide is a pretty shitty thing.
What is up with the melancholy in here
Thought you guys had a bit more oomph in ya

Less of an "oomph", more of a "bleh".