Your motivation for living?

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I imagine that once I finish school, somehow I will become very rich and powerful. Once done I will be surrounded by beautiful men and women, and people will think of me as a genius so any awkwardness I may give off will just be seen as part of my genius.

....This seems reasonable right??
 
Mr.Moon

Mr.Moon

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My motivation? I'm just interested in seeing how much more downhill the worlds going to go. What with the horrific oil spill in the gulf, it's getting there.
 
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Mr.Moon said:
My motivation? I'm just interested in seeing how much more downhill the worlds going to go. What with the horrific oil spill in the gulf, it's getting there.
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You want the world to end? I don't blame you if that's what you're thinking.
 
Mr.Moon

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jthomas said:
You want the world to end? I don't blame you if that's what you're thinking.
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Well, yes and no. Yes in the sense that I love nature and all its splendor, but all the greedy people are ruining it instead of looking for fast solutions. Many animals lose their homes and die. And no in the sense that I wouldn't get to talk to you guys anymore. ::p:
 
be_noticed

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i guess im fortunate i found a positive friend in college when i was 17 last year. i always thought once i turned 18 i wouldnt be able to cope with being an adult and living in the real world. but as long as my friend is around i dont want to dissapoint. everyone else isnt positive, not my parents anyway :l
 
theslowesthand

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For me, it seems to depend on what sort of day/week/month/year i'm having.
Usually, when i'm "okay"/stable/etc i probably live for my computer, technology, my TV programs.
When i'm "down" then that all changes, and i live only for the moment, & for momentary comforts such as coffee, biscuits, chocolate, computer, classical music - really simple, soothing, comforting things.

Breaking it down a bit...
Motivation = energized into action
So motivation to live = energized into living (ie ARE living)
But WHAT is "living"? I think the question refers to simply "being alive" (breathing/existing/etc), so it can also :. mean motivation to not want to die, or even motivation for not killing oneself (or attempting to)?

So then, the reasons why i haven't killed myself have been...
- habit
- reptilian/mammalian instinct to live
- fear of change
- still got "a bone to pick" with society/mankind/life (ie revenge); maybe wanting to wait till i had prepared a way to "go out with a bang"
- projects that i want to take to completion (prob my main motive)
- so those i leaeve behind won't suffer the pain of my loss
- hope that things will "come right"
- hope of "great" things for my life (ie my destiny)
- (maybe a few more)
 
sanitariumcalls

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To prove to all the bastards in my life, and to myself, that said I was nothing, a waste of air and flesh, that I am something. That I am not talentless.

I will finish college, at a damn good school no less, and make good money and live for both my Dads whose lives were cut short. I will prove to myself that I am worthy of being their daughter, and make them smile down from heaven in pride.

I will be a successful woman in this world!
 
coyote

coyote

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I keep going round and round with this question.

I haven't been able to come up with an answer.

I don't really have a reason for living.

I really want to have a reason.

But everything I look at as a possibility seems so pointless and/or selfish.

This has been depressing me for some time.

I just keep going through the motions.

I'm not even sure why any more.
 
tweetebird

tweetebird

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To be completely honest, my biggest motivation for living is my family. My other motivator for living is my passion in life: playing and composing classical music on my piano. I would also love to get to a point where I can actually help others who are silently suffering entire lifetimes of mental illness and afflictions. Thats about it. I have absolutely no fear of death, and look forward to it in many ways. I know, kinda creepy, but it is what it is *shrug*
 
Falkor

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Music, love, family, friends, pets, a good laughter, support & care, nature,
beautiful landscapes, sports, art, psychology, life...
beautiful songs... just many things.. Life is really beautiful
 
spring

spring

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the thought of reaching nirvana or something like that keeps me away from suicide,at least i want to wait and see if i have a chance at it,rather than to kill myself before i have experienced anything at 21.
my obsession with elevation of the soul to another dimension has been with me since i can remember,though i dont believe in religion
needless to say i KNOW its probably never gonna happen or maybe such a state doesnt even exist
 
Sial Axetder

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spring said:
the thought of reaching nirvana or something like that keeps me away from suicide,at least i want to wait and see if i have a chance at it,rather than to kill myself before i have experienced anything at 21.
my obsession with elevation of the soul to another dimension has been with me since i can remember,though i dont believe in religion
needless to say i KNOW its probably never gonna happen or maybe such a state doesnt even exist
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An obsession with elevation. Soul travels to another dimension. Higher than what is not. You don't have to believe religion. Believe in something you must.
 
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