How To Distinguish If It`s My Life Purpose Or Not?

[SimpleGuy]

Two months ago I started playing guitar. Just learning. Before I got this guitar I really had a passion to play on it. After 1-2 weeks I can play some cool songs, but it feels to me now like "Meh, yeah, it sounds good, but who cares?". I feel like yeah, it`s good music, but, after all, who really cares if I can play beautiful music?

So that`s it. Is it like I`ve gone through a purpose layer (from book "The Way of The Superior Man") and now I need to move on. Or I`m just lazy fucker or whatever?

 

Thanks for attention.

[Hojo]

I play guitar since I was young I felt the same way but you just keep picking it up over time and you will be able to play and get good. If you dont want to play it anymore dont and leave it alone you wont forget anything you learned. Its good for you not anyone else its not someone elses life purpose. Your life purpose dosent have to make you famous just kill some time with what you want to do.

Edited November 20 by Hojo

[SimpleGuy]

On 20.11.2025 at 6:25 PM, Hojo said:

I play guitar since I was young I felt the same way but you just keep picking it up over time and you will be able to play and get good. If you dont want to play it anymore dont and leave it alone you wont forget anything you learned. Its good for you not anyone else its not someone elses life purpose. Your life purpose dosent have to make you famous just kill some time with what you want to do.

Thanks!

[Human Mint]

Then you need to try a couple of different things if it does not resonate.

[SimpleGuy]

40 minutes ago, Human Mint said:

Then you need to try a couple of different things if it does not resonate.

Thank you, but read the question, please

[Human Mint]

"How To Distinguish If It`s My Life Purpose Or Not?"

If you're too young might be very hard to "distinguish" it right out of the bat. It becomes clear as you try stuff, gradually. That's why I respond what I wrote.

"Meh, yeah, it sounds good, but who cares?". I feel like yeah, it`s good music, but, after all, who really cares if I can play beautiful music?"

I feel different when I play guitar, the oposite of that. So I can more firmly trust my gut there. But I know I love other things which I tried in the past, but not a strongly as the first one. I am building Arduino skills too for example.

So my answer was pretty on point, think about it.

Edited November 24 by Human Mint

[SimpleGuy]

3 minutes ago, Human Mint said:

"How To Distinguish If It`s My Life Purpose Or Not?"

If you're too young might be very hard to "distinguish" it right out of the bat. It becomes clear as you try stuff, gradually. That's why I respond what I wrote.

"Meh, yeah, it sounds good, but who cares?". I feel like yeah, it`s good music, but, after all, who really cares if I can play beautiful music?"

I feel different when I play guitar, the oposite of that. So I can more firmly trust my gut there. But I know I love other things which I tried in the past, but not a strongly as the first one. I am building Arduino skills too for example.

So my answer was pretty on point, think about it.

thanks!

[Human Mint]

1 minute ago, SimpleGuy said:

thanks!

You're welcome. What other things you think you could try?

[SimpleGuy]

Just now, Human Mint said:

You're welcome. What other things you think you could try?

there is tons of them. Like doing some micro-politics thing, creating businesses, something with languages, making youtube channel on specific niche.

Btw I`ve already tried 3D, programming, graphic design and photography. ENTJ speaks inside of me that I`m not that.

[Human Mint]

4 minutes ago, SimpleGuy said:

there is tons of them. Like doing some micro-politics thing, creating businesses, something with languages, making youtube channel on specific niche.

Btw I`ve already tried 3D, programming, graphic design and photography. ENTJ speaks inside of me that I`m not that.

Well, you have a fair amount of experience in different things to narrow you down more. Maybe instead of trying other things you would benefit more from revisiting in your mind the things you've tried and make a throughout contemplation of what aspects did resonated with you and what didn't, what do they have in common, like what draws your attention to that kind of things.

You're gonna succeed more if it is based on your personal experience. Then, the things you listed at the beginning, could you pull something out of 3D modeling or graphic design and use it for micropolitics? Or photography + youtube?

See, these kind of questions should help you more. Be more clear.

[SimpleGuy]

15 hours ago, Human Mint said:

Well, you have a fair amount of experience in different things to narrow you down more. Maybe instead of trying other things you would benefit more from revisiting in your mind the things you've tried and make a throughout contemplation of what aspects did resonated with you and what didn't, what do they have in common, like what draws your attention to that kind of things.

You're gonna succeed more if it is based on your personal experience. Then, the things you listed at the beginning, could you pull something out of 3D modeling or graphic design and use it for micropolitics? Or photography + youtube?

See, these kind of questions should help you more. Be more clear.

Thank you a lot! This really helps. Will take action on it

[SimpleGuy]

On 24.11.2025 at 9:00 PM, Human Mint said:

Well, you have a fair amount of experience in different things to narrow you down more. Maybe instead of trying other things you would benefit more from revisiting in your mind the things you've tried and make a throughout contemplation of what aspects did resonated with you and what didn't, what do they have in common, like what draws your attention to that kind of things.

You're gonna succeed more if it is based on your personal experience. Then, the things you listed at the beginning, could you pull something out of 3D modeling or graphic design and use it for micropolitics? Or photography + youtube?

See, these kind of questions should help you more. Be more clear.

I contemplated on your advice and came to the conclusion that I just like the sound of typing on a keyboard. That’s the first thing. Second thing I liked is putting my thoughts on paper. Also I’m in the flow when I’m typing some text. I dunno what kind of life purpose this could possibly be lol

You know, likely I’m not the artistic type, because when I played guitar, shot photos, made music in fl studio, created something in blender, I just felt: “Yeah, this is all cute and beautiful, but it really doesn’t matter.” And when I think to myself: “If this doesn’t matter, so what matters?” Answers I get on this question are only about helping poor, like people in Africa, helping animals. Because to me, all this artistic shit like music, films and art overall is not available to people who don’t have food to eat, like some girl in Gaza, don’t have law and schools. This is what really matters.

[Human Mint]

1 hour ago, SimpleGuy said:

I dunno what kind of life purpose this could possibly be lol

No idea, quite a lot possibly. I am not good at writing.

For the rest, well... at the end is how your work impact others. I get the impulse of ranking profession in terms of practicality but that will limit you a lot. But you may be more productive that way.

Edited Monday at 11:14 AM by Human Mint

[Human Mint]

@SimpleGuy Have you watched the Life Purpose Course?

[SimpleGuy]

47 minutes ago, Human Mint said:

@SimpleGuy Have you watched the Life Purpose Course?

Yes

[Human Mint]

On 12/1/2025 at 9:38 AM, SimpleGuy said:

Yes

Ok ok.

You want what you do to be meaningful, but you have to know that it could be anything as long as you cultivate it enough. That's why going all the way with something is important. You could help a lot of poor people through art, you don't know that, quite unlikely but not impossible. It just depends on how you frame your work. If writing is your stuff then go ahead and think all the possible ways it could have an impact on people.

[SimpleGuy]

2 minutes ago, Human Mint said:

You want what you do to be meaningful

How else could it be?

[Human Mint]

4 minutes ago, SimpleGuy said:

How else could it be?

You will be surprised at how little people talk about it. I bet you don't know what meaningful really means or entails.

[SimpleGuy]

2 hours ago, Human Mint said:

You will be surprised at how little people talk about it. I bet you don't know what meaningful really means or entails.

You can elaborate if you want to

[Human Mint]

On 12/2/2025 at 0:42 PM, SimpleGuy said:

You can elaborate if you want to

Developing meaning takes a lot of years.