What should I do with my life?

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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Whether you like it or not, you do have a life, but it really isn't very long, it's gonna be over soon one way or another, you may as well try to make the best of what remains of it. The only thing you need to worry about accomplishing is getting some enjoyment or meaning out of it, and not spending it all feeling miserable. Try imagining yourself as a character in a game or book, with your mind outside of it, what should Vulptex do if he could do anything he wanted? How should he spend his remaining time in the matrix before its over? I don't know the answer to those questions, but thats what you should do. For me it helps to think about this in the 3rd person perspective, I can be more objective and rational without my emotions and defense mechanisms entering into the picture, when I view and judge myself as a 3rd party

[–]Vulptex[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Try imagining yourself as a character in a game or book, with your mind outside of it, what should Vulptex do if he could do anything he wanted? How should he spend his remaining time in the matrix before its over?

Those two sentences are the exact opposite of each other.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Those two sentences are the exact opposite of each other.

It only seems that way because you are completely missing the point of what I am suggesting. These are examples of different paradigms you could use to help you see your own life and the opportunities in it from a different/outside perspective that gives you some emotional distance between you and things you are thinking about so you can see them more clearly and objectively. They arent meant to be consistent with each other, they are examples. It doesn't matter much what the paradigm is, it matters that you are viewing yourself through a 3rd person lens, because that will give you a different perspective